A new couple just moved in and I went to introduce myself and see if I could help with the moving in. The wife was more than a little pregnant so I knew she wouldn't be able to do much. Little did I know she had her own "welcome" for me!
A story in the Stories from the Hearth Universe
Friends gather to celebrate the life of their friend Richard Jordan: Fireman, elder, and mentor. What happened in the fall of 1965 that changed Richard forever? Nobody knew. Before he died, Richard shared the story with a young man he was mentoring. He made him swear to wait until after his death to share it. Now, Sam, the young man, tells about the magick that entered Richard's life. All Norse Words are defined in the story. Dedicated to Þór Óðinsson (Thor)
Busty Zoey gets caught having too much fun on Prom Night. She is sent to her grandfather's ranch for the summer, where she finds, much to her delight, that between her grandfather, her uncles, and her cousins, the fun never stops!
I was flying the first week of April 2020 when this story came to me. Story of what happens on an overseas flight during the initial part of a pandemic. When you are one of the people the airline agrees to fly for the government. And the only other passengers are also considered special or are airline employees who don't have to work on the flight since there are only three passengers. A flight where pandemic fears remove all the rules of flying.
Iran already led the Middle East in underage marriages, but with Iranian government banks issuing loans for marriage expenses, underage marriage shyrocketed. What happens when a man tries to sell his fifteen year old daughter who is deaf, dumb and blind? Read on to see how this girl find happiness.
Thorne Saint Cirq had spent thirty-three years at the Wat in Northern Thailand in meditation and prayer. The CIA sent thugs to retrieve him for a mission. When the thugs threatened to destroy the Wat and kill the monks, this offended Thorne's Warrior perceptions. After removing the thugs and capturing their leader, he sets out to find those who sent them. He had a mission of his own.
A middle-aged widower, his old flame, her jealous husband and their families. Ordinary people attempt to deal with jealousy and its aftermath while trying to be true to their own moral code. Perhaps they make mistakes, being human. The title translates as 'Love conquers all things,' [Virgil Eclogues 10]. Does love conquer all here? This story is slow even by my standards.
Marianne Riedasel arrived on Earth from the three plus gravity planet Telchines in August of 3995 to attend the Mine Engineering Course at the most the most prestigious mining school available, the Colorado School of Mines. There she discovers that her upbringing and strength are both an asset and a liability. The story follows her adventures at school with her new friend, Will Rugelery.
When Greg and his teenaged daughter, Marlee, have some tension at home, he decides to take the girl on a tropical vacation where they can get away and work out their problems. They never expected a visit to the resort's nude beach would change everything.