Derby Day Surprise – Chapter 7
By
JulieDCole

[Cliff and Maxine are discussing their plans for the next few days]
“Well, are you going to go?”

“What do you mean?”

Cliff, Maxine’s assistant sighed.

“To the board meeting in Devon? What with everything that has been going on, you have missed the last three.”

It is impossible to make direct comparisons of time between Earth and Castle via any one or group of characters since the characters’ timelines are anything but consistent as persons from various times on Earth become co-temporal with persons from other times on incursion.

The Jillaroo. Part 4 Love and Devotion

We married in Broken Hill with just close family with us. I had flown to his home to pick up his two brothers and had arranged for a friend to fly them home again.

The Bisley Boy
A Short Story based on Alleged Fact
By Maryanne Peters

My husband, the late Sir Thomas Parry, was a man of great importance in the household of the late Queen Elizabeth for the two years before his death. Some said that he was poorly qualified to serve as the Comptroller of the Royal Household. That may be the case. Some said that he must have some hold over Her Majesty, but I doubt that anybody could fully appreciate how momentous was the secret.

I stood motionless for a few minutes, trying to make sense of the feelings that were overcoming me. Did I want to cry? Scream? Stay in a stupor of emotions?
Yes, to all of the above.

Arctic Fox

Chapter 9

February 21, 2021, 6AM

SeaTac, the Seattle / Tacoma international airport, was bustling as usual. Mike and Gloria hurried to make their plane. It had been running late, and they had gotten breakfast, but now, Alaska Airlines had called boarding for the flight. They made it in plenty of time to spare, showed their first-class tickets, and entered the plane.

Rumor was that the plane was transporting some native artifacts that had been on tour throughout the Lower 48 (continental United States), back to the Anchorage Museum. It had taken some time to get everything loaded and secured. Why Alaska Airlines would have a problem securing native Alaskan artifacts was beyond Mike. Still, he supposed the people in Seattle weren't from Alaska, so perhaps it was too complicated for them.

A stranger who passed through Diddleyburg during a critical time, in her life -- has returned. She had been gravely offended during her first visit and has vowed to have her revenge — not against just one person, nor a set of individuals -- but against the whole town.

(Let’s hope Mark Twain can forgive me for what I did to his great story.)

The Visund departs Joth to resume its journey upstream. All are looking forward to the journey, glad to be afloat once more. Tackling the tricky currents, the Visund narrowly avoids a collision while Tyra has an unexpected proposal.

The Voyage of the Visund

A tale of Anmar by Penny Lane

33 - On the Sirrel Again

Mom made a noise. “You came here yesterday in a dress? I think he recognized your freckle pattern.”

 
Butterscotch

22. Testing

by Erin Halfelven

Jem… Chapter 216

Jem…Chapter 216 by Bailey Summers Copyright © 2013 Bailey Summers All Rights Reserved.

CHAPTER 18
Our early evening meal was just as I had grown used to with my old friend, but it was made so much easier with her new double-burner stove. We had the usual mix of a couple of tins of stew, perked up with the addition of curry powder and a tin each of sweetcorn and button mushrooms, served over some reconstituted ‘savoury rice’ and some plain pitta bread to wipe out our bowls. That sounds boring, but there is something about being outdoors that always gives me an appetite, and the mixture was tasty and filling. I caught Kim smiling to herself.

Ron is a recent retiree. His wife helps him make a few adjustments so they both can lead better lives.
How important is point-of-view? The following story is split into two parts. Each Part is the same story, as told from two perspectives: That of the wife and then that of the husband.

To Return Home

Chapter 1.1

I dove into the water, alongside my sister, Paula. Neither of us wore any of the diving equipment of old, except for a pair of goggles each. I hated trying to see underwater without them. Many people didn’t worry about them either, but I had hated blurry vision since I was a kid. Before I was injected with nanobots, I was myopic, but the bots had cured me of that problem almost immediately. My vision had been perfect ever since then. To dive into the water and not be able to see was too nerve-wracking. Perhaps since it took me back to the time before I was female? I wasn’t sure, but nevertheless — I wasn’t willing to do it.

I looked at my friend of many years, and smiled. "Let's forget about the issues on the ship for a bit, and just enjoy the meal."

Captain Martin returned my smile. "Sounds good to me. When we're done though. I really have something I need to show you."

I enjoyed the chicken and the company. It was great catching up. It's only been a week since I've been captain, but with everything going on, it has felt like a year.

You Wear It
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

I might have been attracted to Jules for all the wrong reasons. I mean, she was bigger than me, stronger than me, maybe even more masculine than me. You might think that she was a lesbian if you met her, but when we first got together, she was in a princess costume and she looked gorgeous.

Summer Times
A Novelette in a Dickensian Style
By Maryanne Peters

Chapter One

“I have a proposal for you, Mr. Summers,” she said. She appeared to me to be a fine woman, of imperious bearing and with an expensive frock – totally out of place in the gatehouse where we first met that day.