26 May Red Balloons
1 A loud thud exploded in front of me. The precise spot which seconds earlier would have landed my body had it not been for the fate from the faint whine in the sky forcing me to halt in my tracks and look up. I would...
1 A loud thud exploded in front of me. The precise spot which seconds earlier would have landed my body had it not been for the fate from the faint whine in the sky forcing me to halt in my tracks and look up. I would...
Mary Wyles My name is Richard William Kinnley. Iβm seventeen years old. Other than that, I ainβt got nothinβ to say til my daddy and lawyer get here. ***** I gaze down the old farm road which stretches for miles in front of me. The hood ornament on...
1 She stared at the detail of the concrete work. Reaching out, her fingers lightly touched the surface and found it to be very smooth. Every imperfection of the modelβs body was detailed as if the sculptor knew her intimately. From the dimple in her chin...
1 My mom told me about Dadβs quirky habit of sleeping under the bed when he was young. My dad was a tough cookie, so hearing such a thing about him made it hard to believe. I guess his father had been in the Navy. Mom...
1 Shad Hankins pushed the tavernβs shutters open, and stepped through, leaving them swinging behind, as he stopped just inside. His dirty off-white canvas riding coat hung nearly to the floor, dripping rainwater from the cold wet storm heβd been riding in. While his eyes adjusted...
1 βDump the fuckinβ tiles out on the table, boy.β Billy John Cader said gruffly to his son of only fourteen years old who sat shaking in the chair with fear. Billy Jay had just celebrated, if thatβs what it could be called, his birthday only two...
1 Olive woke up suddenly from her usual restless sleep. At nearly 65, she was now accustomed to never sleeping very soundly. After all, she knew they were out thereβall slimy with stinking skin drowning in their own warts. Warts that would easily pass on to...
Chapter 1 The Gift On my eighth birthday, in 1968, I got an odd birthday gift. I was certain everything it represented was true, and I was quick to ask it questions as I awaited the triangular answer to appear in its purplish-blue form underneath its black...
Chapter 1 I pulled up my shirt to study my back in the mirror. It stung. I couldnβt believe Wade could do this to me. If Iβd held questions if this was only a game or realβI now knew as the pain and fear ripped through...
Chapter 1 The thumping inside my chest pounded in a rapid cadence, not skipping a beat. I swear it felt harder and deeper with every slide of my knee drug across the rough and aging concrete encasement. Both sides of the ledge were separated by the...
Prologue Joie slowly opened her eyes, tingles of numbing sensations prickled throughout her body. Not being able to focus on any one thought, she attempted to squint through the foggy blurred vision at what she could make out. The color green was predominant along with hues...
Ghost from the Past βYou know Jake...
Chapter 1 Two Hundred- and Forty-Three-Miles Above Earth Ivan Babichev sat quietly staring through the portal, his blue eyes fixed on the distant planet he called homeβEarth. His communication laptop sat blinking on the small desk next to his liquid-lock drinking cup of what I imagined was...
Part 1 A single white rose quietly fell from her slim young fingers. I looked down and saw it had landed on the dark walnut top of the casket. The beautiful wooden box somehow seemed out of place in the cold contoured hole in the soil....
Suitcase in hand, you head to the station. There is no way in hell that you are going to forgive that lying, cheating bastard ever again. He canβt be trusted anymore, and you know it. You know his lies about working late nights. The smell of...
Chapter 1 I pulled the door open and stepped inside Dutchβs Tavern, it seemed familiar, but I paused at the entry until carefully glancing over the barβs interior. My eyes scoured the inside from the left side of the door completely around to the right of...
Chapter 1 I grew up being a bit of an explorer at heart. It hadnβt exactly come naturally, but instead through my familyβs forced moves from army base to army base. I turned ten this year and I was on at least my eighth adventure to...
The Act The large metal plate was secured with long threaded bolts into the enclosure. These were applied and tightened down by two skimpily clad, dark-haired assistants, or vassals as they were called, and appeared to also be identical twins. The cage looked to be impenetrable...
Chapter One Tanner Lee Palper, or Tilper as people had called him even before he could remember, sat on the old rustic bench heβd put by the pond years ago. His pole sat leaning against the limb that jutted towards him from the water. It was...
Chapter 1: Manβs Best Friend The sound of Duaneβs Dodge diesel pounded a steady thump with a deep cadence as it idled up the dirt drive to the barn. The sun was setting but it still hung just above the ridge that rose above their farmhouse....