Barrack Room Betty
By
Michele Nylons

Chapter Ten – Sea Daddies and Sea Mommies

Michael Nyland graduates from recruit school and qualifies as an Able Seaman Writer and is posted to the Royal Navy flagship, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal. He settles into his duties and has put 'Michele' and the Barrack Room Bettys behind him. But Michele's past is not easy to escape, even at sea.

My name is Kevin Jackson. I am the third man in my family to carry that name. It used to mean something on this ship, but it doesn't hold much weight anymore. My grandfather was the President of Security, my father had a doctorate in human physiology and was the Vice President of Operations. I, on the other hand, simply work the cash register at Main Street Electronics.

Moment of truth. I'm in the hospital's cybercafe. It's three am so I have the place to myself and I'm about to do what I've been putting off since Michael told me the secret, or at least, what he claimed was the secret. I google 'Marcus Julius Naso', the name Michael told me was mine. .

Then I look at my search results and shudder. I attempted to usurp the throne of the Roman Empire before being assassinated in 407 AD? Oh, wait, that's the wrong Marcus Julius Naso!

Barrack Room Betty
By
Michele Nylons

Chapter Nine – Pink Pussycats

The ROP has come to an end at HMS Chelmsford but not the girl's penchant for crossdressing. The 'grommets' get a week's leave and Michele takes her charges to Pink Pussycats nightclub for some fun. Jason turns up and drunk and tries to spoil the evening.

CHAPTER 4
I lay with Blake that night, more at ease than I had been for years. So many of my worries had been eased by the trials, and now I saw an old friend happy and safe, and so clearly loved and in love. I mumbled into my husband’s chest without realising it, and he simply hugged me closer to him as Fritz rumbled from the top of my pillow.

“We need to report properly to Lainey, love”

“I texted her, sent a picture, yeah?”

The morning dawns as the Visund takes on a new passenger. At their next stop, the town market must be inspected to find clothing and footwear for the mystery woman, who is offered a temporary name. Eriana is introduced to the afternoon nap and asked to design... trousers?

The Voyage of the Visund

A tale of Anmar by Penny Lane

5 - First Steps and Stitches

Fiach didn’t flinch, neither did her smirk waver. His sword, held in his right hand, was raised high above his head ready to hack down, cleaving the impertinent girl. The instant he began to swing she ducked to his left and twisted around his left side while slashing his left hamstring.

The man yowled in pain and rage as his momentum made him stumble forward a few steps before the savagely wounded leg gave out sending him crashing onto the street. Smiling broadly Fiach pirouetted to stand facing her downed opponent. “Pfft! Is that the best you can do? I shall enjoy letting your sword taste your virgin ass! That is if it IS virgin!”

Barrack Room Betty
By
Michele Nylons

Chapter Seven – Retribution

Michele is sacrificing herself daily to Petty Officer White to appease him so that he won't take retribution against the other Wrens and Sailors. Jason senses a change in her which he doesn't like and suspects Michele is seeing someone else causing him to punish her. Doris is the only other Wren who knows Michele's secret and it breaks her heart to see Michele being defiled daily by Knocker and spurned by her boyfriend Jason. Please heed the cautions.

Selene looked around the park. The council had chosen her for this task. She was to find the first of the new group of magical girls. She had been told that this group would be different from the others. This group was being created to keep the other groups from fighting amongst themselves. She only hoped it worked like they wanted it to. As for why they chose her instead of an older guide. This group was completely new. Something that has never been seen before. So, that meant that nobody knew what their path would be. From that viewpoint, why not have a completely new guide?