Slow Stories

A crumbled spot in the trail put him here. The blazing summer sun keeps him company.

I called out "Hello?" and walked slowly forward. I felt like I was intruding. But I was dumbstruck by the vivid green walls of foliage that hemmed in the garden making it the most private feeling space in the whole of London. "Can I help you?" a girls voice behind me made me jump. I turned around. She was holding a garden fork firmly with both hands, the tines pointing nonchalantly towards me like she could strike out effortlessly if she needed to.

A Taking the Class Story (1)
Eighteen years after World War I ended, countries involved in the conflict began seeing the rise of Classes within their populations. This development shaped history. The year is now 20XX. Classes are regulated and mundane. Students are taught how to prepare for the Skills, Traits, and Quirks from a Class. After her eighteenth birthday, Alaina Bishop must come to terms with the gap between the future she's always fantasized about and the cruel new state of her life due to her Class.

Vickie, now corrupted by the wealth and power she once fought, will do anything to gain even more -- including enslaving her own mother.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Episode 9 in the Outpost Series. Frances continues to tell the story of Heinlein Station. In this story she doesn't tell her own story so much as take a break from reliving the past. In doing that she reaches a turning point.

A coming of age story about two sets of siblings who grow up together miles from anywhere, and who discover all the good things in life together. Two plus two can equal six or eight under the right circumstances.

Back on familiar ground. A chance meeting, a lift home, coffee, then-well, you can probably guess. A little sex. British English used throughout.

A The Engineer Story (1)
An engineer finds his wife is unfaithful and sets out to take revenge and leave her. However, the best laid plans... so he goes with the flow.

A straight-forward doggie dominance tale, but with many twists on the standard tropes. Silvia Joyce learns that a pet owner needs training more than her beautiful husky.