It's a cool fall evening in the mountains of North Carolina. Ella was wondering around trying to find a good place to set up camp for the night. She hates the cold and camping for that matter; but she wanted to prove a point to her parents, that she could take care of herself. They gave her a map, with a specific area marked, and agreed to allow her to stay...
Chapter 31: Children She'd met Zyra at the age of 8. Before that she'd been with her mother. Ginger mostly remembered the sound of her voice, and the soft catch in it as she told her "Stay here," and disappeared into the forest. Her hair was thick and brown like her own, the soft waves brushed her face more than rags and soap. She was a dirty child, and the...
***** Bruised Ego ***** It was twenty five minutes after school and Sara leaned against Andrew's locker. With every noise she looked down the hall, anticipation in her eyes, until she again leaned her head back with a loud frustrated sigh. Andrew rounded the corner, and the young couple smiled with excitement as they saw each other. They came together and e...
This story is a departure from my usual subject matter, at least to a certain extent. I hope you enjoy it. This story is also a *romance* so if you are not interested in that aspect of a relationship please do not read it or comment as those comments will be cheerfully ignored since you have been warned. ***** I awoke to a strange room and a strange feelin...
Something was odd. Dan looked over at his neighbor's garage. The door was open, and trash cans were spilling out onto the driveway. It just wasn't like Kyle to leave his doors open. Raccoons are such a nuisance in this neighborhood. He walked over and noticed the paper on the lawn. This was just a little out of the ordinary. Kyle ran every day, and always st...
The clan is of the utmost importance to every Celt, but there aint a red-headed woman in the land who wouldn't throw us aside in favour of her sister. ~~ J. Milton O'Leary Reservoir of Power: Chapter 3 Lena curled luxuriously into her warm bed and pulled the covers tighter around her. It seemed as if it would be a wonderful time to just remain underneath...
It was very early morning, and the rain had been falling for some time now. The air smelt of trees and moss, but under those prominent scents were the warm trace of something alive and moving. It was small, but not so small it was unworthy of notice. Up ahead, a branch shook, the sound of the leaves rubbing together and the clinging water falling onto the d...
© Edited by Penn Lady This is a copyrighted work of fiction. All rights reserved. This is a submission for the Halloween contest. Please comment and vote. Thank you! * "Hey, guess who remembers we still exist?" Violet asked as she entered the pack house library, waving what appeared to be computer print-outs above her head. The lithe young woman strod...
Jason walked into this little shop he had just noticed the other day while driving by. It appeared to be some sort of sex toy shop or at least that's what he expected with a name like Liliths Erotic Emporium but when he finally decided to check it out it was nothing like what he had expected. He hadn't had the guts to check it out at first and wasn't even su...
-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alanna Imperial County of Catriona 9th of Zenith, 1282 D.f. -=-=-=-=-=-=- Dawn came early in the Catrionan wilderness this midsummer day, the endless chirping of crickets being replaced with the playful tweets of birds in the oak and birch trees dotting the hillsides. A man and a woman laid together under the linen canopy of their sha...