A Story in the Fate Universe
A bit of facts, some myths and some fiction from my imagination. Ever wonder how Friday the 13th became unlucky? There are more than a few religions, cultures, books and TV shows on the subject from, like 1100 until now so pick one yourself. I'm sticking to this story myself.
Annie wasn't naïve when she followed Tom to Serbia, but perhaps a little innocent. It was 1997, Communism had collapsed, and the Balkan Wars appeared over. It seemed the perfect time for a young couple to make their fortune, explore the world, and leave past disappointments behind. But Belgrade could be cruel to foreigners, and in the end, Annie's innocence would fall as its victim. Yet, she learned, the city had gifts had to offer too - gifts that could prove just as intense as its dangers...
Times are a changing. With the recent 1978 Equal Opportunities Act in Victoria, there are now even more policewomen attached to Senior Sergeant 'Wild Bill' O'Donoghue's 'Uniform Branch' - Sergeant Tess Gallagher and 'Trainee' Constable Susie Raynor now joining the select cadre of local policewomen. And then, there's 'Charlotte the Harlot' and the girls at the Sunbury 'Halfway House' to deal with too! A follow on from Kelly Maree O'Rourke and Joanna Louise Parrish...
A Conversations Story Another difficult conversation, although in this case, what turns out to be a different conversation between six people, and which turns out to be pretty one-sided in the end.
Executioner decides the justice system isn't working at it's full potential to send him the condemned. He sets out to deliver his own justice in the manner he knows best.
When a burglar breaks into a house to steal, he finds that the husband and wife are home. The cowardly husband offers his wife in place of himself when he is threatened and has to suffer the indignity of watching the burglar rape his new wife while she is still wearing her wedding dress.