Driving rain hammered at Roland's armour, as it had done for the last few days and nights. The dark sky roiled and boomed with deafening crashes of unrelenting thunder as angry forks of lightning stabbed down at the earth. Sleep had been a lost cause, even when he did manage to find a rocky outcropping or enough tree cover for him and his horse. He no longer knew how long it had been since the rain began, or whether it wa...

Karl returned home a few hours later and showered. Afterward, as he sat at the desk in his room he replayed the events earlier that morning. He still couldn't believe his actions. It had started out yesterday with his being caught staring at Amy. She was the sister of his longtime neighbor and best friend Brad. Brad seemed to know what Karl was thinking as he stared at his bikini-clad sister's body and issued him a challe...

I paste a smile on my face as the unmistakable hand of my father lands on my shoulder. Sitting at his fourth dinner as Mayor of Serenity, I have never felt more like a piece of meat or an overdressed commodity at the very least. "Lana, Sweetheart, May I introduce you to a friend of the campaign?" I turn slowly, preparing myself for further boredom, the pasted smile, I'm sure, looking more fake than ever now. "Lana, this i...

Astari– Part One Everything hurt as Matthew de Lacey was making his way back to his tent. His arms and legs were aching, his head hurt even more where the mace had struck his helm and his pride hurt most of all. Defeat was a difficult drink to swallow, had Matthew expected to win the tourney? ‘Yes’, a part of him was saying, he was thrice the fighter than each of his opponents and he knew it well. He had surely demonstrat...

The Knight walked in from work, went to put His things away for the day, looks around shaking His head. “Take the dog for a walk,” He says to Abby. Walking in to the bed room, sound asleep is His sleeping princess all curled up in a ball. He can only assume she is naked as her favorite towel is falling off the bed and she did ask to take a bath. Her hair still in the sloppy ponytail she puts in so it won't get wet. “Princ...

Once upon a time in a far away land, there was a beautiful kingdom surrounded by deserts. People rode around on camels across the desert. The women wore colourful desert dresses that wrapped around their bodies and over their heads so just their faces were visible. And the mens' clothing were dark shirts and trousers and cloaks. Within the kingdom lived a king who had lost his queen while giving birth to their only child...

"If ye can spare a moment, Milord, I'm ready to report." Rael looked up from a map covering the huge pinewood table in his tent. A variety of similar maps and charts were arrayed on the table and rolled into tubes propped against the desk. There were writing supplies and a sheaf of fresh paper at the Knight Captain's elbow. StoneFingers was standing at the flap of Rael’s tent. The Dwarf looked like many of his brothers; s...

Life is hard at times among my people. Our land is cold, unforgiving and bleak in winters, but in the summers there's nae more beautiful place, trust me! My name is Lady Meghyn Carrolwyn. I'm called "Lady" because me mother died a few years ago, so it's up to me to be called such, except, well, I'm not much a lady it seems. Just ask me father. He's Lord Patrick Carrolwyn, and no stauncher supporter of the King is there. O...