Month: October 2021

“Nathan. Where are you? We need to talk.” My wife called out as she came through the front door. I could hear that she was not alone. She knew I was home, because my car was sitting in the driveway. “I’m upstairs. I’ll be down in a minute.” I called out as I was shutting the suitcase laying on the […]

“You can just lie down here,” My friend with benefits, Lance, told me. I looked down at the slightly cleared dirt under the tree. The sticks remaining were small but I still didn’t want them digging into me. I thought about heading back to the party on the shore of the lake, a few hundred feet away, but I hated […]

Sam and Janet Knight were hosting their monthly bridge evening. There were two tables, as there had been for about three years. Sam and Janet were playing with Norman and Joan White. It was their turn to play with these partners. Sam heartily disliked Norman. He and Joan had taken the place of a couple who had moved away to […]

“You whore! How could you?! Get out of my house you fucking slut!” These are the words you expect yourself to say whenever you wife confesses to fucking another man. It’s the practical reaction to such devastating news. But that’s not how you would react, is it? And it’s certainly not how I reacted. Brewing over years of our marriage, […]

The calm before the storm; that’s how Lucifer would have described the deafening silence that preceded the wooden gates opening before him. In mere seconds the arena would erupt in an echoing roar as gladiators entered the spectators’ view, desperate for bloodshed and death. Yet there he stood, immersed in a seemingly everlasting silence. Years under the Emperor’s rule had […]

These are the adventures of Peridur and Eleanor, two elves who share one soul and a taste for adventure. Exploring realms both physical and spiritual, our heroes seek to grow and learn about themselves and the world around them. Peridur and Eleanor have been brought up in the elven court. Recognised from birth as Soulbound, or one soul in two […]

When their eyes met and Thoron heard his blood howl, he knew he’d have to bend her over the table. Judging by the widening of her eyes and the rising blush in her cheeks, Ilya knew it too. The quill pen slipped from her trembling hands. When his hands enclosed her waist, her body melted into him with relief. The […]

When Richard Potter turned 70, he retired and promoted his oldest son Richard Jr. to CEO of his company. The old man retained the Chairman of the Board title just to keep tabs on things. His oldest daughter Sally was promoted to chief financial officer (CFO) and his youngest son Doug became the chief operations officer (COO). All three of […]

Vespasian leapt from one rock to another, avoiding the worst of the spray from the rough waves crashing in. There were few sandy beaches on the Shield Islands, and nothing on the north end he called home looked like paradise. He slid down and around a large wet boulder, landing shin deep in a tidal pool. As a boy, he […]

Without warning, the perfect, sunny afternoon suddenly gave way to a violent, torrential downpour. Thunder rolled and lightning crashed as Atheia tried to make her way back to the small, worn path she’d come on. It was difficult to see in the rain that came down in hard sheets and she was soaked through her cloak and clothes in no […]