Franklin wrote this humorous response to a call for scientific papers from the Royal Academy of Brussels while United States ambassador to France around 1781. He was also a respected scientist at the time. It was never sent (so as not to raise a stink) but was included in a letter to a friend.
It has been three years since Ginny B’s awful tragedy and death. James Mercer has moved on and was now married. He is a well respected university professor at a large university in Chicago, as well as a successful entrepreneur. Then one fateful day, his pal FBI special agent Lawrence Foster appears in his office with two government clandestine agency types. They make him an offer he can’t refuse.
A Winter's Universe Story Ripped from today's headlines! Well, cribbed. At first, I thought it would be that old standby - Davey v. Goliath. Move over Batman, Winter Jennings is taking on Big Pharma. Yes ... but. Everything started with a patent for a neuron blocker that showed some early promise in treating PTSD. Then things began turning dark. Oh, did I mention intracranial meningioma? Clitorides: Awards -- 2018.
A Mel Story Mel doesn’t do vulnerability—only chaos, climax, and the next wild night. But when an old story opens a new wound, and two women see through the performance, Mel’s world slows down. A night of toys, tongues, and trust becomes something more than a thrill—it becomes a reckoning.
A Their Wonder Years Story On popular request, I am creating this story as a playful companion to the main series (Their Wonder Years). This story will be a scrapbook of chapters, especially humorous chapters, that contain laugh-out-loud moments that don’t always fit neatly into the arcs but somehow make everything feel more real.
A story in the Family Formed by Fate Universe
Charlie finds his "soulmate", falls in love and soon finds himself embroiled in "self-discovery". He and his friends/lovers begin learning about love, life and. things they never thought possible! This story is a "What if it could really happen" fantasy/romance/action-adventure, of learning and dealing with newfound abilities. / (Reviews)
A small-time smuggler, Antal lives on the fringes of society in a minor backwater port somewhere in the Empire. While not exactly a cruel man he isn’t a saint and has his own issues with lust and revenge. He’s happy with how his life is going but outside forces, including the mysterious and dangerous Herceg and a bevy of women seem bound and determined to screw with it. Not a sequel to the story Ascension but comes from the same universe and a few of the characters overlap here and there.
A Romance of The Rails Story Part of the Romance of the Rails universe
George and Jill are back for another story. They are doomed to be on the Sunset Limited that was sabotaged near Palo Verde, Arizona in 1995... was it terrorism or something else? And there are new friends: Akilah is a palestinian girl; Josh is a Jew from queens; both are nerds going to CalTech; will they fall in love on this trip? Stranger things happen with Romance of the Rails...