Home Repairs
I was beginning to get annoyed by now. I know tradesmen have a reputation, but the company made all sorts of promises when I called them up. Definite appointment time they said. The plumber will be there on time they said. Well three o'clock is not...
Urban Exploration V
The café was crowded and full of the incessant hubbub of pointless conversation. In that it was perfect; one reason I had chosen it. Nobody could hear anybody properly amongst the general uproar. Someone really should be put in jail for the current...
Halloween at the Stables
Richard scowled into his book. The words flowed past, like so many unintelligible scribbles, and he let them flow in and out of his mind like confetti. With the objective part of his mind, such as it was, Richard had to admit his father was right. He...
Pet
My body aches, and I try to find a position that doesn't cause screaming pain to course through my muscles. There isn't one; Master has made sure of it. Sometimes Master is cruel; I love him in spite of that. Or, if I am being honest, sometimes because...
Goldenmane Chapter V: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" The leader watched the helpless stallion with a dispassionate appreciation for the finer points of torture. Rusty really was something of a connoisseur, and as much as he would have...
Glory Days
"Darling, were you two drunk or something?" "No, my little cupcake." "Don't you 'little cupcake' me. Normally, when you guys spill your drink all over yourselves, it's because you're drunk. Like at the races that time in first year..." I frowned,...
Reminiscing........Nick
I usually hated night shift. All the fucking crazies came out at night, especially on a Saturday night. As a relatively junior police constable, I got the worst shifts and the least overtime. That's how it worked. Still, I kind of liked my job. It...
Six Ribbons
Six Ribbons _If I were a minstrel, I'd sing you six love songs_ _To tell the whole world of the love that we share._ _ _ _If I were a merchant, I'd bring you six diamonds_ _With six blood red roses for my love to wear._ _ _ _But I am a simple...
Born to be a King - First Lesson
The young lion stood uncertainly. He was too well bred to let it show much, but it was there for the experienced eye. The way his ears twitched; the nervous flick of a tongue over whiskers. The rapid slap of a tail against his leg. He had assumed the...
Let it Ride Chapter 3
I drove through the early morning, on a sort of auto pilot as I wove through the traffic heading North. My ass still hurt but it was down to a tingle now, a poignant reminder of the tiger I left behind. I hoped he would find someone less damaged than...
Let it Ride Chapter 2
I retreated to the warmth of the diner. I had enough after filling the car for a cup of coffee, and I sipped the bitter liquid slowly. It had probably been stewing in its pot for the last three hours and had finally reached the point where the bitter...
Let it Ride
There is a special place in hell for when a relationship goes down the toilet. I knew it well, my own personal circle of the damned; and it was usually my fault. As it was this time, again, when my inadequacies overwhelmed everything else like they...