To men, women are fascinating creatures. Intriguing, unfathomable and, perhaps most importantly – formidable. Most of the time, they're one step ahead of us. They know how to get what they want. Usually they can convince us it's what we wanted all along. Guys catch on eventually. Usually after it’s too late to do anything about it. But every now and then, a guy outsmarts a girl. Or does he? In my senior year of college, a...

The job was cook's assistant: ten bucks an hour. I learned the ins and outs of the kitchen fairly quickly and the rest of the business piecemeal as I went along. I was determined to do a good job and not embarrass myself. Plus I wanted to more than earn the $400 a week the job paid me. I got a small cut of the tips on my shift too; that added another twenty to thirty a week extra to my check. The apartment she'd set me up...

I was returning to my district's bus yard to park my school bus for the weekend. It was Columbus Day weekend and I was excited for three days off. The streets were black without a single vehicle on it besides mine. The Lakewind High School District's transportation department was placed in the middle of nowhere. Lakewind Township consisted of vast farmland and miles of long, winding roads stretching across the hills. The...

Tazlynn stared at the huge fish tank and thought how nice it would be to take a dip in the lake. She wondered how cold the water was because it was a crater lake formed in a long extinct volcano. She didn't know much about fish, nothing of volcanoes nor what to do with her dead brother, Chet's cabin. Tazlynn was a city girl from Manhattan, but Chet had left New York ten years ago to work on environmental issues, something...

Special thanks to ShyVixen and LatinSugar who helped me edit this piece.Her dark lord is coming back On this moonless nightAs the clouds cover the skyThe gate to hell will open for ninety-nine nightsHe has prepared for this moment for a thousand yearsPatiently waiting for this darkest nightHer dark lord is flying backDemons circling along his sideBlack wings reaching out into the skyScreaming out their fierce battle cryHe...

the one who held me captive has been dead for some time, though he had time enough to teach the prisoner that she was there to serve. when he made his exit he left the cage locked and over time others came to give advice or give reasons why the cage was necessary. but then you came by carrying your magic mirror telling me to look closely and notice that the door was actually open, the captive truly free and worthy and bea...

A Boating Accident begins the tale He took her in his arms and shielded her with his broad chest and shoulders. She seemed so vulnerable as she held onto him tightly. “It’s alright little one, you are safe now.” He murmured in her ear. “I was so frightened when the boat capsized, she whimpered. I didn’t think anyone would be alive when you came to our rescue.” “Well, we were lucky that someone saw what happened and called...

I am in my mid-twenties, and I am told that I am a cute little hottie. I hardly ever need to shave, I have nice, smooth skin, and a nice full head of soft, light brown hair that is not hippie-length but long enough. I've also been told that if I styled my hair a certain way, put on some lipstick and a dress, that I could pass for a girl (but that's for another story). I guess you could say that I am a girly-boy. My fondes...