Month: September 2021

Not a soul in either direction. Just as the website Cassandra had found stated, the private-property nature of the beach meant that even on a Saturday afternoon, the crowds that plagued the public beaches were nowhere to be found. Hopping on top of a large rock, she again peeked down both stretches of the strip, and again she found the […]

“I’m telling you, Sophie, I’m just about at my limit. All he does is play that stupid game.” Jason peered down into his cup at his reflection before taking a sip. He and Vince had been living together for the past year since they’d both started their respective jobs: Jason, at a well-known accounting firm, and Vince, a part-time trainer […]

Tonight, was the royal banquet for my title ceremony. As the adopted son of Lord Brawn, I didn’t have a noble title but serving as a knight in the king’s army and helping defeat the Black dragon, the king was granting me a title. As I made my way into the banquet hall I could see the spell I’d cast […]

“Boss, your wife is on line 3.” announced my secretary, Caroline over the intercom. Before I could say a word, she snapped, “I know you said to tell her to fuck off if she called. Well, actually you said for her to call your lawyer. But she has called so many times this morning I can’t get any work done. […]

Briar’s Mill, California wasn’t much of a town to look at. Not quite suburban and not quite rural, it lay in a middle-ground of uncertainty that had it perpetually looking like a town out of a PG-13 80s adventure movie featuring a bunch of kids solving mysteries on bicycles, but not one that could afford to be filmed in a […]

Three young women, all in their early twenties, huddled by the window and peered curiously out of it. “Let me see,” Kenna whispered. The small woman pressed herself between her friends. They parted to let her push her face up to the window. The narrow opening looked out over the worn yard of the monastery, populated by a couple of […]

Though the winter was far behind, there was still a nip on the 3AM air. Sylvianna tugged her tailored wool-blend jacket closer around her as she reached for the keys to her garage. She’d dressed accordingly to both the job and the weather, with heavy combat trousers and a long-sleeved shirt over a silk camisole with lace lining — the […]

She tried to break free from her captors as they laughed and grabbed her by the elbows, she pulled and pulled and thrashed this way and that but it was no use. “No! No unhand me, you brutes!” Her hair was now loose and unbound, frayed tangles now clung to her sweat drenched face, the slick rivulets of her sweat […]

“You sure you don’t want that to say ‘fuck’ instead, little girl?” asked the tattoo artist. I hated that he called me that. I was nineteen, damn it! “No,” I said as I slipped out of my skirt. “Just… Just follow the instructions.” He looked down at the piece of paper in his hands and snorted. He then motioned with […]

She stood in the dock of the courtroom and could barely keep herself from vomiting. It had been an unbelievable 12 hours since Rosie was out in the city with her friends. She was still dressed as she had been when she walked into the bar to meet everyone in person for the first time in several months. She reflected […]