Slow Stories

A story in the The Pulseverse Chronicles- Eternal Awakening Universe
Before the first stars learned to burn, the Pulse was born, a living rhythm of creation that binds gods, universes, and mortal thought. In the world of Zena, a single clash reawakens that long-forgotten force. The impact fractures the laws of reality, its echo rippling through distant realms, stirring watchers, worlds, and ancient minds that have slept since the dawn of existence. Now, as the Pulse stirs once more, time bends, empires tremble, and the Void turns its gaze toward creation itself.

A small engineering workshop is given the contract to refurbish a massive gearbox. See how the workshop expands and its employees develops with it. The title 'River Rat' doesn't become obvious until midway through the story. Not a stroke story / (Reviews)

Scarlett Johansson, Keira Knightley & Rachel McAdams pose nude together for the cover of the 2006 Vanity Fair Hollywood issue.

A teenage boy finds himself trapped in a world of swords & sorcery. Not a stroke story. / (Reviews)

On a small, privately owned, Island off the Southeast U.S. coastline, a man buries his brother, and then bends himself to undertake a daunting task which he feels unprepared and unqualified to perform. This is his story and the judgement he assigns to the events that transpired. / (Reviews)

Kathy almost passed out and fell against David in the Quito airport. He caught her before she fell and restored her. They were on the same nature cruise to the Galapagos. The three girl friends thought there would be many young single men, but there were only two. Kathy was left to dance with David, who was considerably older.She liked him a lot and became very suspicious when he wouldn't visit her.

A Story in the Ethical Practice: A Firm Motive Universe
A brilliant rookie lawyer new to Chicago, clumsy with women in the past, finds true love with unexpected consequences. Other women with similar shady careers fill his bed and his heart. (The MM categories are brief and rare)