#86 in Short Story (7/11/15) Remember your "first time?" Well, I wish I could forget mine. As a Freshman in college, I met Carrie and we fell in love. We thought we were the perfect couple. We thought we would always be together. But after we decided to consummate our relationship, it all came crashing down. Bitterness and recriminations followed. Now, it is my college reunion and I find myself face-to-face with Carrie for the first time in twenty-five years. And I realize that I might have a chance to heal the wounds of the past... or possibly make them a whole lot worse. Switching back and forth between past and present, and told in first person, this is a work of fiction that is, as they say, "inspired by true events." New cover courtesy of Elicia Hyder, who just couldn't stand to look at the horrendous old cover any longer. *******PLEASE NOTE: THIS STORY CONTAINS SEX, PROFANITY AND ADULT SITUATIONS*******

At 17, Wildy's mother and 13 year old sister were murdered in front of her. Ten years later Wildy is a cutthroat investigative reporter on a mission to bring her family's killer to justice. Unfortunately, justice for her family may prove to be the worst kind of injustice for Wildy and the man she loves.

What happens when you are millions of miles in space and you find that the Earth, you and your comrades, and the one you love, are victims of the biggest and cruellest moneymaking scam in the history of mankind. Your soul screams for help from the universe. This is the story of that scream.

"An ally, a shadow and a bond made of deepest love, Will assist the Iris Our Goddess of all Time Flaws can't be mended, but peace will occur Under our dear Goddess spell, All will be One This is the Prophecy that will save us" Meryl used to be a normal girl until she stumbled into another universe that's completely different from Earth. What she finds there will change her life forever. Somehow she's destined to fulfill the prophecy. Will Meryl be able to learn The Laws of Paxia?

‘Death is very likely the greatest invention of life.’ STEVE JOBS, THE APPLE CORPORATION. For millennia mankind has searched for the elixir of eternal youth. Science has now brought us to the very brink of this search. Advances already predict that babies born today could live to well over 100 and very shortly to 140 and beyond. This could be the biggest threat to humanity… ever. Imagine this world if only a few select individuals were invited to benefit from this utopian world of eternal youth, wealth and power. This is the world of Primogeniture. – A world where The Firstborn holds power absolute. – A world where the banishment of death becomes the ultimate prize. However, one unlikely individual holds the key. But will he part with his secret? It is said that every man has his price… As the stakes rise – the very future of mankind waivers in the balance.