CHAPTER ONE THE PROPOSAL The peeling plastered walls, painted white to brighten them up made Patsy Diamond shudder. Prison would be anyone’s nightmare, she was sure of that and it made her skin crawl. Hearing the lock in the door and the jangle of keys, the warder entered. She looked up as women started walking into the visiting room full of plastic chairs and tables. It was hard to see who she was looking for, they all looked the same in their prison uniforms. The women’s fa

TWELVE Chelsea had left Beth at the coffee shop after about an hour of getting to know each other. Beth had been "on the job" for two years after deciding her prior profession as a programmer was dull. Thus, Beth enrolled at the Police Academy, and it agreed with her. "Now, here I am, with an exciting job where I can help people." So, they parted ways, with Chelsea promising to call upon her if she needed a friend, and then began the drive home. During the drive, the image of

Chapter 4 The boys do some snooping at the new teacher’s house Ms. Pickle noticed that Mr. Parkin’s desk contained many framed family photos. “I see you have a big family,” she said. “Yes, I do, but I wish I had more time to spend with them. It’s more than a full-time job being a principal,” he confessed while staring at one of the more recent family pictures. “Well, summer will be here in a few months, and you’ll have more time to spend with them.” Ms. Pickle straightened he

Extract from 'The Devil’s Halo' THE LABYRINTH Yes, I am Daedalus, original designer of the Labyrinth of Knossos in which the Minotaur was housed. That was more than three thousand years ago. I am more famous now for inventing the wings that helped me to escape Crete after I fell afoul of King Minos. My son came with me and died when he flew too high. It is often said the sun melted the wax that held together the feathers of his wings but that isn’t true. We know that when we

Chapter 2 Lord Gorab of the Sabres, Chief of The Hills, shifted his weight on the ring of twisted bark and furs sitting on his wooden throne. His piles always played up when he was bored. He had seen off his entire troop of fighting cocks that morning already, and most of the pacifist ones too. He’d had some slaves flogged and then had the flogger flogged, and now he was back in his palatial tent with nothing to do but stare at the ancestral tapestries and painted skins surro

Cities, Nomads and Rocks is a collection of poems drawn from life in various cities… some ancient, some new and some exhibited in museums. A few are even war torn. Then, there are poems on the inhabitants of the city, experiences within a city —happiness, grief, sorrow and humour. And a bit about crises in cities, especially climate change that we are all weathering together on this planet, irrespective of where we are located. Strung with it are thoughts of survival –how wo

THE GHOST AND THE GRIMOIRE AN EXCERPT He gazed at her inquisitively. She, obviously, was not what he expected. It gave her a moment to observe him as well, or at least what he once was. Intensely handsome and rugged appearing with long, dark hair pulled back in a ponytail. His dark eyes were almost hollow, reflecting the true meaning to the windows of his soul. His body was ripped, but in a wiry sort of way. The muscles of what was, pressed against the tightness of his unifor

CHAPTER 2 The taxi dropped me at Charles De Gaulle airport with five minutes to spare. Their flight would have landed fifteen minutes earlier; nine twenty. Before the cab picked me up, I logged onto my laptop to check if there were any delays. Fortunately, after trying five minutes of browsing, I found that none had been reported. Allowing the girls time to get through passport control, customs and then baggage reclaim, I reckoned on twenty to twenty five minutes before the

*****WARNING: EXPLICIT ADULT CONTENT***** EXCERPT Briggs POV From where I’m sitting, I have a perfect view of my toy. My gaze is glued to her body’s rhythmic movements to the music. The dress she is wearing making her ass look like it’s begging to be squeezed. The tight, strapless dress is pushing up her breasts in a delicious way. My cock stirs. She is a beautiful girl and right now she looks downright delicious. Thoughts of her lips wrapped around my cock swirl through my m

New Release – As the Fire Dies (Metal Embers Series Book 1) – Release 2/20/2026 Kindle - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GF191T53 Wide - https://books2read.com/u/bxlXWl Blurb Abel Sharp has no idea that one letter could change the course of his life forever. Having spent his life fighting for success after almost ruining everything from the start, he is now at the top of his game. His band Louder in Silence has risen to being one of the most popular metalcore groups in the scene,