Chapter 10: Auras and Amulets

My Land is an island. The locals call it ‘Land’ because it is all the land most of them know. It is some hundred miles off the coast of a rather disreputable South American country where the rule of law was haphazard to say the least. It is about 20 miles long and 16 miles wide.

Stoned

“Miss Harrigan, because of your age, I hereby sentence you to six months in the Secure Training Centre. Your vandalism was of the most heinous kind and will cost many pounds to repair. Take her away.”

I heard the words, trying not to cry. It was not what I had hoped, although my lawyer had told me that it was likely. Here I was, fifteen and now with a convict record. I knew that the STC I would be going to was almost worse than proper prison, as I had met several on the streets, who had been there and bore the scars.

Where the Sunflowers Grow
By
Rebecca Anna Coleman

-3-
My Will

I took a deep breath as I peered toward the glowing television screen. I was back home now, mom had called me before I'd had a chance to venture into girlhood. Mom did not feel safe driving home in a blinding rain storm. So we cut our little trip into Jackson short. I was a little disappointed. But I guess I just had to wait patiently and deliberately for the right opportunity to act, rather than acting on impulse.

The Green-Eyed Maid Inn

I caught a glimpse of both Emily and Claire standing near the back offices, and Nick was on duty at the front desk again, too. If these walls had ears, they’d probably wish they had hands instead, so they could shield themselves from the coming bloodbath.

Demands My Soul

A Transgender Heroine's Journey & Romance Novel

From THE ONE Universe

Chapter 27: Mobilizing Faith and Love

By Ariel Montine Strickland

With Delores approving Lambda Legal to appeal the appellate court decision to the Georgia Supreme Court, how will all involved get ready for their day in court?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.

Matty Caff AI Comic Fantasies: These are independent stand alone AI and Face Swap created comics of fantasy and some personal experience. I use my face in every comic.

Ethan Martin and his mother live a simple life in a small Southern town... with a twist: She makes dresses to pay the bills and he helps out as best he can.
 

Ethan gives his mother’s dressmaking business an expected boost.
 

Scents of Sense

Commodore Sally Fleet Naan Battle, a highly decorated naval officer who’d originally worked her way up through the ranks as a marine, was entirely in agreement with the Ayce legislation concerning the criminals of space. She’d told the assembled pirates, “Let me be quite clear about your future, you are going to die, all of you. All you have left to do is decide the manner of your deaths. If you tell me what I wish to know I shall grant you a quick and painless death. If you make things difficult you will be summarily executed by whatever means is most convenient to my marines, be that knife, sidearm or the vacuum of space. If you refuse to talk I intend to allow the mothers of the youngsters you brutalised and tortured for months to deal with you. They have promised me that they will not kill you till I tell them that I have all the information I require to wipe out all your colleagues and their bases. It’s entirely up to you, and lest you be concerned regarding the legality of my actions, we are in currently Ayce space and under their legislation.

Ursula settles in to life in the Clinic. Eriana seems a little calmer and recognizes that something must be wrong with her. Events mean that Ursula has to spend time talking to Hanida.

The Voyage of the Visund

A tale of Anmar by Penny Lane

106 - Explanations in the Wet

Getting to see her ladyship proved easier said than done. The estate manager took an immediate dislike to Josie. Thankfully, his boss was at her office desk when he called her. A few words from her to the manager were enough to let her pass.

WALK A MILE IN THEIR SHOES
A Satire

August 2029

In the UK General Election, Adrian White of the Make Britain Great Again Party becomes Prime Minister. He immediately awards himself a knighthood. A week later, unprecedentedly high rainfall combined with record spring tides cause widespread flooding in London and the Houses of Parliament are evacuated. White declares a State of Emergency and suspends regular democratic processes.

Walking the Blue Line.
Every rookie police officer knows the dangers of the job by the second week under their training officer. By the end of their training every rookie understands that there are something they can’t control, and not all crimes will be solved. Though all rookies share the same dream. Their first assignment following training. For 21 year old Officer Joe Cartwright of the Baltimore PD that dream is to be a member of the Mounted Patrol. What he got would lead to a life changing path.