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Wednesday Briefs: March 16, 2022

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The Garret Farm: Part 26 by J Ray Lamb

Sandy and Trent silently drove along the road from the farm towards town. It wasn’t necessarily towards Racoon Rapids, or ‘town’ on the farm, nor towards Flat River, the ‘city ‘. Sandy had no idea where they were going but he trusted Trent not to get him into trouble. Just as he had fully relaxed, Trent started taking small county roads getting onto smaller and smaller roads that had quickly turned into a small rutted path through a field.

Trent realized that Sandy was completely disoriented and smiled to himself. He wanted to go somewhere quiet…

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Wednesday Briefs: March 9, 2022

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Ancalagon: Chapter Eighty-one by Cia Nordwell
 

“You can’t do that!” Sonez blustered. The Heeze whispered in his ear. “It’s dereliction of duty!”  

“Watch me.”  

Garjah had let me handle my former captain until that moment, but when he took another threatening step forward, he decided to get in on the action with Bouncer. He brought one thickly-muscled arm up and pointed right at the red-faced captain who thought he could bully me. “If you touch him, I will remove your arm. And since you only have two, I don’t think you will function very well.” He flexed his fingers, so casually menacing that it was more

 
 

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Wednesday Briefs: March 2, 2022

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Ancalagon: Chapter Eighty by Cia Nordwell
 

“I shall go back and prepare my people for your ambassador’s visit.” Garjah tilted his head, one fist over his chest in salute. I guess he respected the Fertet who’d agreed to come in place of the Glo’ots the Council had tried to send in the first place. I’d vetoed that immediately, ignoring my mother’s hiss behind me. They were a species long part of the Galactic, but they were stuffy, bureaucratic types who would not do well with Garjah’s people.  

No, to foster a relationship, they’d needed a species who held similar values and who would appreciate the beauty

 
 

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Wednesday Briefs: February 23, 2022

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Rose and Thorne 6 #12 (3.2) by Julie Lynn Hayes

Beautiful blue eyes certainly ran in this family. As did good looks. And killer smiles. Okay, not Joe Junior, but all the rest were good-looking people. At least from the outside.

I hung back as uncle and nephew hugged it out. Deciding I should make myself at least somewhat useful, I retrieved our suitcase and set it on the floor.

“It’s so good to see you, Ethan,” his uncle was saying. “You’ve become quite the looker, you have. Breaking all the hearts?”

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Wednesday Briefs: February 16,2022

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Garret Farm: Part 23 by J Ray Lamb

Colin sat down to eat with the rest of the crew. Everyone was in a good mood which clashed with his own bitchy mood and frustration with Murphy.

After the past few months of wild and crazy sex, his being given the commissary managers position, and sleeping with Murphy, he felt settled in to the farm and had a incipient relationship with Murphy.

Now, everyone was sitting here around the table as if nothing had changed on the farm. Perhaps nothing had changed, but to Colin everything had changed. Did he want to keep the commissary manager position?

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Wednesday Briefs: February 9, 2022

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Garret Farm: Part 22 by J Ray Lamb

Jason stormed back to the garage and glared at Sandy’s car. The glare was a combination of disgust, jealousy, and pity.

Disgusted that some young kid who hadn’t worked a day in his life was driving a seventy-five thousand dollar sports car, jealous of the car itself but also that Sandy has the means to be able to afford one, and finally, pity that Sandy was driving a vehicle that was so obviously unsuited for life out here on the farm.

Nevertheless, Jason had been asked to take a look at Sandy’s car and he would do his best.

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Wednesday Briefs: February 2, 2022

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Garret Farm: Part 21 by J Ray Lamb

Murphy woke up and stretched out across the bed. Colin was already up and doing his morning work which brought a smile to his face.

Colin was a damn good cook and a halfway decent fuck. As he was around Colin more and more, he realized that the rest of the crew was right. Colin needs his own house and place to go other than here.

As he scratched his balls, he turned and saw that it was almost 11:00a.m. and he’d not even made it out of bed. Jumping out of bed, he quickly packed himself into some jeans…

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Wednesday Briefs: January 26, 2022

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Ancalagon: Chapter Seventy-five by Cia Nordwell
 

We’d shared some information I’d learned and what the team had compile so far, so there were more than a few murmurs when Bouncer made his little threat display. Of course, he’d promptly yawned and then lay down at my feet again right afterward. Lazy little shit caused problems and then left me to fix them.  

“Yes, he is dangerous, and he does have natural defenses that could harm others. But so do a great many aliens or creatures from their planets that accompany them among Galactic space. He cannot be separated from me.” In fact, now that I thought

 
 

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Wednesday Briefs: January 19, 2022

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Ancalagon: Chapter Seventy-four by Cia Nordwell
 

Those words rippled in my brain. Peace. We all claimed to want it, to come in peace or welcome others in peace, but both Garjah and I were dressed in suits; that didn’t show a lot of trust in their peace. Then again, I saw armed guards in alcoves.  

Standard practice, but would aliens unfamiliar with the Galactic Council or Institute know that? Probably not. There’s too much at stake to go off on an intellectual tangent about how capricious peace could be. It was why I was a biologist; animals generally didn’t mask their behaviors. You might not know

 
 

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Wednesday Briefs: January 12, 2022

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Rose and Thorne 6 #6 (2.2) by Julie Lynn Hayes

“God, you’re the best Vinny.” His words reverberated warmly against my neck. “I just don’t know what I’d do without you.”

“You’d survive,” I assured him, even after he turned a skeptical eye toward me before straightening up. I was just being honest. Ethan was a strong man. His continued survival didn’t depend upon me. Me, on the other hand…

“But you don’t have to worry about it,” I hastily

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