Pretty Penny (Poor Penny)

“Please let me switch seats,” Penny begged her friend Tom for the hundredth time. He was supposed to be seated next to her boyfriend Aaron on the school trip. He didn’t really care to sit next to Aaron, but he also did not feel like doing Penny a favor. She was popular in their friend … Read more

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 05

CHAPTER FIVE 2ND WEDNESDAY By eight twenty Mike arrives in the parking lot at CPX and parks by Len’s old Pontiac. Len has the tractor under the pin at the dock and waves to him as he comes across the yard. “Good morning, sleepy head.” “Good morning, Lenny. Have you got the bills for that … Read more

Hunt Or Be Hunted IV

I was laying on my cot while Charlie is snoring loudly over in his cot glad he could sleep after today. I couldn’t get back to sleep for some reason every time I closed my eyes I kept seeing Dinkerman face scrunched up on the other side of my fist. I got off my cot … Read more

Phantom: A Love Story

“There is nothing more desolate in all the abodes of men than an unfurnished house dimly lit, silent, and forsaken, and yet tenanted by the memories of evil and violent histories.” -Algernon Blackwood, “The Empty House” *** “I guess no one mentioned that Devereux Manor is supposed to be haunted?” Amelia paused with trowel in … Read more

New Beginnings – Pt 3 Ch 02

Okay, folks – this chapter is really sick stuff. Go read something else if you didn’t like my other really sick stuff. Part 3 Chapter 2 “Okay, Praetor,” Amber called out with restrained exuberance. “All ahead full power!” The great mass of the derelict ship floating beside them vanished from the viewscreen as Amber, along … Read more

The girl – Book 1 – Chapter 3 – 1/3

*spoiler*: A multi-part story that goes from rape, to consensual torture and slavery, with an happy ending. Hank and Sam tried to behave as usual, but in reality they were afraid that police might come to their workshop any day. The girl knew their names and where they worked. Sooner or later they expected her … Read more

Wrinkles in Time Part 3 (long)

Part 3 Chapter 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sheila Belloq lay in blackness on the dusty stone shelf carved into the catacomb wall. She had barely managed to hide and turn off her light in time as her nemesis, Zachary Jones, entered the burial chamber. She rolled back against the mummified corpse sharing her narrow shelf space as … Read more

Phoenix Pt 2 Ch 12

The storm had passed and the crystal sun was shining brightly once again. Jeff gave Béla some of Greta’s clothes to wear. Surprisingly, they fit. Béla considered herself extremely petite and was hoping the clothing Jeff offered would be too baggy to wear. Then she could have convinced him to let her run naked; at … Read more

God is in his kingdom and all is well in the world.

“God is in his kingdom and all is well in the world.” – Evangelion lemon by MISTER BIG T. done for ”Author of the Month” contest. I decided to make an Evangelion lemon instead of Digimon lemon, because my style of writing better suits the psychotic atmosphere of Eva. Besides, I love the series. Oh … Read more

New Beginnings – Pt 4 Ch 04

Elaine, Annalisa and the human twins, Murielle and Miranda stood in the grove, holding hands to form a circle. “Now, here’s how it works, girls,” Elaine was saying. “We form a circle and we mind-link together. I will suggest the object to concentrate on. When you can see that object in front of you, let … Read more

Band of Bad Brothers

Jay sped down the two-lane highway, mashing a piece of straw between his teeth, his pulse quick with anticipation. The windows were rolled down in the older model Chevy pick-up, battered outside with dents and scratches, it was blazing hot and the truck had no AC. Neither one of the occupants cared about the heat. … Read more

“The Extinguishing Sister”

“I’m taking the car,” Cindy said, picking up the keys off the kitchen counter, as her twin sister Vanessa was right next to her, looking into cupboards for food. “I just got called in to work. Someone got sick, and they asked me to fill in.” “What?” Vanessa asked, slamming the cupboard. “You can’t do … Read more

Grave Robber

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” -Edgar Allan Poe, “The Premature Burial” *** Wallace dreaded nothing more than being alone in the dark, here of all places. Clarence had the lantern, and although he was an … Read more