Binding Negotiations
I did not have to look at the Doberman's reflection in the polished elevator doors to know he was having second thoughts. I could hear him fidget and shift his weight from one foot to another, trying to muster up his courage to tell me the deal was...
The Monster of Newbourne; or, Lady Kinstone's Lover
The Monster of Newbourne or Lady Kinstone's Lover by Wakboth * * * It was going to be a dark and stormy night. The sky was darkening ominously, and the wind was rising. It swept over the moor, rustling the heathers; it blew through the...
Alice - Altered States
Alice - Altered States by Wakboth * * * The tiny office looked like it had began its life as a janitor's closet, the slightly rickety steel shelves now holding a wide variety of botanical books, piles of print-outs and notes, and boxes full of...
Hot Row to Hoe, Part 2
**Hot Row to Hoe** **Part Two** _By Wakboth © 2011_ - - - - Almost an hour later, Honey was back at the garage, muddy, sweaty and grumpy. Getting out of the gorge had been harder than she'd thought, and she had slid back down a couple of times....
Hot Row to Hoe, Part 1
**Hot Row to Hoe** **Part One** _By Wakboth © 2011_ - - - - The weeks that Sierra Hewes spent on the Moons' farm were possibly the most educational in the whole of Honey's young life. Raised by her father on the farm, with no close female...
Part One - The Naked Lunch
Vietnam '69 - Year of the Cat By Wakboth Part One - The Naked Lunch * * * It was the June of 1969, and the Summer of Love had come and gone. The Vietnam War was going strong, despite attempts at peace, and there were still almost half a...
Uncomfortably Hot
**Uncomfortably Hot** _By Wakboth © 2010_ * * * The Palmer Library's ancient air conditioning was losing the battle against the heat wave that was baking the Starkers campus. Up in the second floor of the library, where the IT help desk was...
The Queer Case of Dr. Stevens; or, The Abominable Mr. Hardy
The Queer Case of Dr. Stevens; or, The Abominable Mr. Hardy by Wakboth * * * The study was a tall and narrow room with tall and narrow windows, flanked by brown curtains. It was a neat, well-ordered room, where the young, buxom blonde...
Part Three - Hearts and Minds
Vietnam '69 - Year of the Cat By Wakboth Part Three - Hearts and Minds * * * The village of Cao Sai was perched on the banks of a small tributary of the Perfume River, some forty miles west of Hue; beyond the village stood the wooded...
Her Finest Hour-and-a-Half
Her Finest Hour-and-a-Half By Wakboth * * * In the early spring of 1945, the US Army was moving into Germany, and the German Army was not really motivated to fight them. Oh, they fought, but they didn't really have the spirit in them. "Better...
Making an Impression
**Making an Impression** _by Wakboth © 2010_ * * * The knock on her dorm room door made Ellie jump even though she had been waiting for it. The blonde zebra checked for the fifth time that she had everything ready, then pushed the box under the bed...
Awkward
_ **Awkward** _ _by Wakboth © 2010_ * * * Ellie looked around herself nervously, feeling increasingly out of place in the churrascaria. Not only was Sabor definitely out of her price range as a college student, the blond zebra girl was the only...