The Folks in the Woods, Part 1a: Elizabeth
Elizabeth had always been the good one. The responsible one. Her parents' perfect, good little girl. Natalie had been angry and rebellious, and Jessica was young and clueless with her head in the clouds, but it was Elizabeth who knew how to roll with...
The Folks in the Woods, Part 1: Jessica
_(Note: The following story contains scenes of abuse and incest, including a father molesting and raping his teenage daughter. Therefore, it will certainly not be to everyone's taste; proceed accordingly.)_ No one really knew what the folks in the...
On Balance, Very Nice Indeed
The knocking of the door became so insistent, so perversely annoying, it disrupted the young male's sleep. With a loud groan he got up and sleepily walked towards the bathroom. It had been a short night, a heavy day at work the day before... His mind...
Beating the Heat: Dolphins (Conclusion)
_(Note: The next installment of Beating the Heat is taking a while to show up, as there are several sections that I decided I wanted to include before compiling the new version. However, I know that some people may have felt a little bit left hanging...
The Red Ones
You have to understand that in our culture, there are three kinds of "women." The first, the true females, are the ones who were that way since birth. No one's sure entirely why - a quirk of genetics, something in the environment, a major solar...
The Folks in the Woods, Part 6: Best-laid Plans
"Released on bail? Are you kidding me?" Carlton growled into the phone in unsupressed outrage. Assistant District Attorney Fenton replied with his usual blend of contrition and thinly-veiled despair. "Sorry. We ended up pulling Walker for...
The Overture
I thought that it would have killed me, and so I was quite perplexed when I realized, afterwards, that I still drew breath. You have to understand that, in my generation of the family, seven males had been born; and of those seven, five had already...
The Folks in the Woods, Part 5: First Steps and Missteps
Elizabeth was lying on her bed, doing some reading for her home-schooling program, when Frand walked in and sat down on the bed next to her. Her pregnancy was still progressing, and while her belly hadn't yet swelled to the size it surely would as the...
An Unconventional Education, Part 1a: Not Entirely Redacted
Lorenzo Baltamo worked the checkpoint kiosk at the head of the tunnel leading to the BAL-Envoe Conglomerate's high-security chemical storage facility. It wasn't the most interesting job ever, but it paid well enough, he got to watch as much TV as he...
Writing Prompt, Week 1: Standing Up
Brian stumbled back, his stubby legs scrambling to recover from Terry's shove. He glanced up, scared and angry, to see Terry looming over him, his jerk friends flanking him to either side. Well, maybe looming was an exaggeration - Terry wasn't that...
The Folks in the Woods, Part 7: The Concept of Love
(Note: The first part of the story involves Frand raping one of his other daughters. Be aware. Should you wish, for whatever reason, to avoid such a thing, you might consider scrolling down to the page break.) From the moment that Frand appeared at...
A Different Diplomacy, Part 1: Axe
It is, perhaps, true that the language in question lent itself more towards directness than poeticism. It was a workaday language, designed for a culture that believed speech and literature to be instruments of communication and clarity, largely...