A love story of adventure of two star crossed lovers-brothers who travel to earth to find themselves and to mature.
A titillating story of love and romance, adventure and pain, separation and coming together, desire and loathing, and finally, indifference as these two characters weave the story line introducing unexpected elements and characters.
Excerpt
..."The old man came in two days as promised. He brought new cloth with him, food and an order to bathe. “I want to take you out tonight. I want to show what a beautiful boy I have.” Aslavio got up without a word and followed the old man. The man watched Aslavio bent over to undo his shoes and take his cloth off. He came up to him and run his hand down his stomach and back. He stuck his fingers in between the boy’s legs and placed the hand into his mouth. “God, I just love the smell. Its like…ancient legend, it is the sea, the life, death, power, and you.” Aslavio was afraid the old man would get sentimental, so he gave out a loud fart. The old man jumped in surprised, and somewhat disgusted, took a step back. He looked at Aslavio. Aslavio looked at him with defiance, allowing his long and tangled white hair fall over his eyes, to conceal the hatred and death wish. He gave the old man a crooked smile. He watched with hatred as the place between man’s legs began to swell. He jumped into the bath and splashed all the water he could muster, around himself. The old man mumbled and exited. He came back with a tray of food and a whip. Aslavio did not see him. He sat in the bath, allowing the water to take him. He sneakily placed the hand in between his legs and brought it to his mouth. Did he really taste the way the old man has described? He swallowed. It was not bad. Not something I would live off, Aslavio thought with a wry smile on his lips, but I like it. He then leaned back and closed his eyes. Suddenly, he felt the air supply being cut off. He started struggling to get whatever it was that was cutting the air supply off, off him. He struggled to open his eyes and see what the killing danger was. The old man was behind him, strangling him with a silk cord. Aslavio fought hard and brought the old man down with an elbow into his teeth. “Lay still, silly boy, someone is here to see you!” protested the old man. Aslavio looked at the door and saw a tall man with two swords fastened to his sides, standing at the door."
Pieces of Eight, Part II is an eclectic collection of eight imaginative novellas that complement the eight tales that appeared in Pieces of Eight. The selections are a blend of different short story/novella plots and themes. Science-fiction, paranorm
