I almost shot him.

My right arm moved, and the Punisher scythed through the air as my body reacted – as I reacted – to Arnval’s announcement in the blink of an eye.

But at the last moment before my index finger depressed the trigger, I held myself back.

The urge to fire the linear rifle was tremendous.

The rifle trembled in my grasp as I was caught between opposing tidal forces raging within me.

The need to vent crashed with the need for prudence.

“Mom, are you sure about this?” Tizzy glances at her mother in the passenger seat of her police car.

She was driving her to the Honolulu Airport, instead of the private airfield they normally used. She knew whoever the men had been a few days ago had left. Tizzy knew government agencies don’t give up that easy on people.

“Don’t worry about me, sweetie. I’ve played this game before.” A grin appears on Cheshire’s face.

“If you say so. So, how long will you be gone, mom?”

Try Lesbianism
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

What man would be happy to hear his wife declare that she was a lesbian? That she was a lesbian and did not find him sexually attractive? That she never had?

I mean, such a husband would think: Is it something I did that turned you away from men? Or, if you have always felt this way, what does that say about me? Am I less of a man? When we make love, do you think of me as female to get off?

Summer With Em Chapter 43
By Julie D Cole

We had an hour to kill before boarding so we spent it looking at cosmetics and buying dad a bottle of Malt Whisky. I wasn’t sure if he’d like that but Frankie thought it was a good idea and that he might like to share it with his father.

Our intrepid Wizard Du jour is sheltering in place with Murphy, the love of his life. Things are quiet, the physical and magical worlds have paused, and the loving couple can finally relax and get down to business (literally). Unfortunately for Harry, nothing is ever quiet, or simple.Updated Contains mature themes, descriptions of sex, and transformations of all sorts. spoilers for all Dresden Novels.

Lillyn takes another walk with Pasus when an unexpected visitor arrives.
Bringing news that might unbalance Lillyn's world once again.

Dang, trying to find a lose ground when it's still in the split bolt inside the breaker box and isn't making contact is interesting.

Chapter 18

Marcy had hoped the stop at CC’s would have been the last one. She had suffered enough embarrassment for a day. Lisa’s claim that they still had a few errands to run made her worry that it wasn’t all over after all. Her worries were soon confirmed when they stopped in a rather seedy looking neighbourhood.

I ran down the stairs after the man that might be my dad, but there was no sign of him. I stopped in the middle of the archway at the bottom of the stairs, staring down an empty corridor. The tears that had started after seeing the memories were in full force now and I slumped against the wall and cried. I cried for being taken from my parents, for being lied to, for the life that should have been. 

Origins #1

Author’s note: This is the first in what might be a series of short essays about some of my favorite fictional universes. Today; we’ll take a look at the backstory of the Land, the world of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.

The story of the Land, and the larger world that it is a part of, begins with a Creator. The Creator sought to make a living world, so first he used white gold and wild magic to forge the Arch of Time, as a place for his world to be made within, and a bridge of light to connect it to himself.

By Jasmine Monica
Veronica discusses her decision to try out for cheerleading and explains why. She startes training and then takes a test and learns about the history of the witches.
Chapter 7

Zoran’s Story
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters