(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they’re never real. They’re never real, and I hate them because they aren’t.

In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing…okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous.

You really need to get out more. Where’d you glean that interesting nugget? The desperate men’s journal perhaps?

A pulse. Beat-beating against her palm. Alive. Beat by beat the bottomless whirlwind of perceptions and data and images and sensations careening through her mind—so many how can this tiny skull hold them all—began to...

Know this. If you’re here to hurt my ship, or my crew, I will make sure you truly do know suffering.”Cale from Demon Possession

Most of the girls I’ve met since moving here have failed to ignite any modicum of enduring interest. Of course, I’ve dated; I’m seventeen years old and as horny as the next guy.

Usually for the same reason you were unconscious, I think.

While I AM sure of what I want, I’m equally unsure of how to attain it.

Well, no. I thought you were a criminal.

Not in this country.

They sit in their soundproof rooms and issue tone-deaf edicts and call themselves controlling the world. And one day they ask you to die for them.

The Suitors Ball is fast approaching and it’s a nasty reminder that my suitor will be chosen shortly. I feel sorry for the poor unfortunate guy, whichever one of them it happens to be.

Alex, I can’t.

It wasn’t till Sebastian began to stalk toward her that she recalled her situation. She was wet and half naked, alone in a room with a strong brutish male of unknown intentions

I feel myself collapse inside as if the life force has been sucked out of me.

He did not have time to wallow, to give a moment’s thought to what may have happened to her or whether she was alive.Turn into the punch, grab hold of the gun, leap into the...

It’s the first instance where I believe that it might actually be wrong, the first time I feel like a bit of a creep.

He takes two steps back. Closer to the portal.I can’t stop myself. “Ben,” I call. And I’m not even embarrassed about how helpless my voice sounds.Don’t go.”I’ll come back for you.” He takes another step...

She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion…

I’m already under the covers when he comes in. I watch as he takes off his shirt and jeans, and climbs into bed beside me. On any other occasion, the sight and feel of his...

He was terrified he was making the wrong choice. He relied on his instincts in his work but now he didn’t dare trust them. The wound of betrayal still burned raw in his chest and...

None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.

You took apart your robot dog.

Don’t let go.

I am unbelievably nervous.It is most unlike me.This girl is really messing with my mojo.

Reaching out, I grab his hand and intertwine my fingers with his. And I move into his space until we’re not even an inch from each other. Laying my forehead on his chest, I take...

Above her like this, he was a warrior god, hot and hard, demanding complete submission.

I work my way through the rest of my dates, but I’m only there in body. The boys usually give up after the first hour; it’s difficult to have a conversation all by yourself. My...

She didn’t want to be the savior of humanity. She never had. She didn’t want to be the vanguard—of destruction or salvation. What she had really wanted was to be a girl whose father lived...

He was protecting me with just the tips of his fingers, like five miniature copies of his heart touching my skin.

Sweet as sugar. Let’s get back to why you won’t let me put my hands on you.

We don’t get to choose what happens to us—but we always get to choose how we react to it.

I’m following hot on her heels, smarting from her latest rebuttal, and I can’t contain my temper as the flood of rejection washes over me, tossing me precariously close to the edge.

Those deep set eyes that look like they could tell stories for days, and that wavy brown hair that feels soft between my fingers. I try to memorize the angles of his jaw and the...

There, amongst the angry water was the glow of green eyes, hundreds of them encompassed the entire area…We were completely and totally surrounded. They all hung just below the water waiting for a sign to...

Oh, oh. My heart starts that quivering, fluttering thing it does whenever he hints at his desire for me. Lacing his fingers through mine, he moves to close the gap between us. I know he’s...

She thought he might have said her name, but it was background radiation accompanying the hum in her ears and the symphony in her head——a song of quantum mechanics and trajectory calculations and astroscience physics...

If you jotted down all of my ill-thought out comments, you could write a book entitled, Guide to Getting Punched in the Throat for Boneheads-Mad Hatter in “Death of the Mad Hatter” (Coming Soon!)

Uh, wait an hour?

He’s going to kill everyone on this planet, reduce the human race to dust. There will be no one to stop him. You are the only one who can. – Aiden Deverill

…this.

Everything changed the moment I found you. I changed.

And the way it felt?” I whisper, as if that might soften the blow of embarrassment I’m about to deal. “Is that how you were feeling – how you feel – about me?” A breeze...

The strange paradox of science is that it does not explain reality, it explains our fantasy. It is a beautiful thing.

I won’t pressure you, Ari, but I’m not opposed to subtle acts of persuasion.

Good luck with the aliens? You are such a prick.

I fell in love with her suddenly, deeply, in the most all-consuming way.

I couldn’t help but notice how hot he looked tonight with his strong build lining his t-shirt. He should never cover his beauty with clothes and such things. – Ariel

I told you I have both male and female organs.””You didn’t say they were all fully functional!” Belle stared at the rapidly disappearing bulge.”Damn girl, how’d you get so lucky? Shit!

That excuse only works until you discover the person is merely an individual like any other.