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A former Marine Captain is trying to deal with wounds suffered in Viet Nam while running a struggling business. He discovers his wife in bed with a black man. Life gets worse from there. No 'AI' was involved in writing this story. I always have problems with the codes.

A watch can be exciting even when there is no demon attack...

A Claire Hammer: Already a Whore Story
Chapter 5 of "The Year She Looked Nineteen." The second half of Claire Hammer's gap year before attending the University, set two years prior to NaturalHammer's "Becoming a Whore."

A celebrated geiko is sold to a samurai—full price, no haggling. She expects a gilded cage. Instead, Fuyuki Kazuma hands her a blade and asks her to defend herself, even against him. What follows is a rare marriage built on trust: he teaches her to fight; she teaches herself to stop kneeling. When enemies mistake her for merely decorative, they learn otherwise in blood. A story of a woman who refused to choose between grace and danger—and found she never had to.

This is a Swarn Cycle story. You discover how far someone will go to get off the earth.

This is part of the Swarm Cycle. A little information can go a long way.

An over excited cross dresser, fouls fail of a robber.

An anthology of stories set in and around a residential building, exploring the romantic, sexual, and personal dramas of its inhabitants.

Her name is Twix. It's the one she picked. She pulls espresso, keeps the tip jar exactly one hand's width from the edge, notices what everyone's hands are doing, and does not explain herself. It's a good life. She chose it. The rest is her business, and she is very good at keeping what's hers.

A woman's confession ignites a decade of transformation. Heather kneels before her best friend Tonya and husband Keith, begging to become their legal property. What follows is a complete unmaking—collared, renamed Pearl, sterilized, and surrendered to total ownership. Through pregnancies, public displays, and family integration, Pearl finds freedom in captivity, creating an unconventional family legacy. A story of trust, surrender, and love that transcends traditional boundaries.