The Glow
Love, Without Restrictions
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I had been floating on my back, kicking my feet gently, and when I opened my eyes I had floated a long way from the boat. The island was now closer than the Valerian, so I swam ashore and walked back down the beach. The sand was very hot so I stayed in the shallow water. When I got down to the pond, I stopped and looked at its colorless calm. I went past the pond and walked around to the other side of the island where I first came ashore. The island was bigger than I calculated, so I took a shortcut back to the east side and swam back to the boat. I started the diesel, charged the batteries, refroze the fridge, and used the microwave to heat up a can of Campbell’s Chunky Sirloin soup. That, some garlic bread, and a Heineken constituted sustenance until tomorrow. The sun set as I finished another beer. I leaned against the cabin with my feet on the cushions and stared at the Salt Pond. With no colorful activity, I leaned my head back and watched a jet passing… possibly from Cuba. “FLASH… FLASH… FLASH!” “Oh sure… now you want to play! I worked all day and I’m tired!” I said loudly. I looked back up at the sky as the jet had vanished into the distance. “FLASH… FLASH… FLASH!” “Okay, it’s not like I’ve got anything better to do!” I climbed into the dinghy and rowed to the beach. With each approaching footstep of my feet, the Alka-Seltzer fizz echoed my approach. “Oh yeah! You guys are on the ball tonight!” I reached the pond. “So what do you want?” The white light went away and the deep amber light grew brighter from the bottom. “Okay… I think I understand!” I took off my t-shirt and stepped into the water. The amber grew brighter and a slight surface fizz tickled my legs. I smoothly floated on my back without causing a lot of waves. I floated out into the center and held buoyancy in that location. “So I’m here! What do you want?” I whispered. I felt my body mass increasing and it became harder to maintain my buoyancy. I was sinking in the water so I took a big breath and let myself drop to the bottom. I was suspended in the warm amber glow of peace and calmness. I felt like I could go to sleep but I knew that if I did I would drown. The pain in my lungs increased. I opened my eyes and stared through the amber glow. I saw all the eyes watching me from the surface. I panicked and tried to surface only to stir up the sand into a nasty gray cloud. The amber color changed to a reddish gold. I was being restrained on the bottom. I had to breathe! My lungs felt like the cells were being ripped out. I held my breath…. I held my breath! …….. I inhaled the water…………………….
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Louis is a resourceful artist, a solo sailor, and life in Key West was simple until he met Riki. She was the daughter of a powerful political figure from Ukraine and that complicated everything. They became fascinated with each other and their sex life was... young-adult, with imagination. When Riki’s friend Berlin comes onto the pages there are no restrictions until the cover closes. Along with Louis’s emotional conflict between Riki and Berlin, there was also a third lover in his life. She was an extraterrestrial... maybe, entity, that was accidentally discovered in a salt pond, of a small island that was not on the charts. She had many powers and influence over Louis. She scared him, but he had a dangerous addiction and curiosity toward her.
About the Author
Anxious to explore the world, Alex left the United States at twenty-one. He is a yacht cabinet maker, sailor, diver, artist, and has only recently discovered that he loves to write. He learned to sail when he lived in St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Many of the situations in this book are actual experiences, and others are, obviously, not. It’s fiction . . . right?