Little Melanie has picked up head lice from school. Since her mother works late hours, she usually spends the night at the neighbor's house on weeknights. Jim's wife works nights also, so it's up to Jim to handle the problem.
A Devastation Diary Story The Chairman of the East of England Committee has to travel to the Training Centre to see his ex-wife. On the way he encounters another young woman who needs help, but it's not what you might expect.
Two years in the deepest and worst part of hell and I had enough to buy land. While digging a well the earth slips and he drops into what was the entrance to a mage burial chamber. It was filled with mage books with pages of gold. There was no one that could afford the gold but... He could trade it for help from a mage to keep his farm safe. Only safe is relative when there are mage creatures straying from hell into your fields.
A life time fighting as a soldier or constable and the loss of my family was all I had to show for it. Only when the emperor breaks into my home it is a chance to start over. There is still work as a soldier but it was a second chance. Only this time it is criminals that span empires and kingdoms, republics and federations and we must put an end to them.