Harlen smiled out his front bedroom window, watching the sunset. The fiery reds and oranges reflected from the high clouds reminding him of Hyandai’s hair. He glanced over his shoulder at her. Hyandai lay sleeping soundly, still tired from her ordeal the night before. What does this night hold for them? Harlen wondered. Will it be a simple night of peace an...
Ch.13 Peace, Love, Blood Tom was good to his word, at finding an engine at Gus' yard. Clay threw some plywood in the bed and picked it up with him. Three hours after bringing it back, Moon went in and started it up. The engine had almost half the mileage, than the old one, giving them hope, the bus would be running for many more years to come. Moon promised...
Howard was pulling on the handle to the second drawer of his personal file cabinet, when Aunt Jean appeared at side door of her garage. "Honey, Gail called. She sounded a little upset. She wants you to go to Atwood's office. She said you should come by before you go to work, but ... well, she did sound upset about something." "Okay, I'll go on by there now...
Yikes!! Randi wants "magic" and "mystery" and I'm anything but magical and mysterious. So, I turned to my buddy Rick, at rkv330, who feeds me great ideas. I thought he'd lost his mind when he floated this one. But the man knows mystery. Of course, I also want to thank Randi, for her super editing, her vision and leadership - and, most of all for her friendsh...
If you're new to the story, please start at Chapter 1. If you've made it this far, enjoy the finale. As with the previous chapter, I've combined two into one, so this one's pretty long. It's been a real pleasure writing this story, and I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. As usual, remember to rate and comment, I love hearing y...
This story is a work of fiction based on some of today's headlines. No one in this work is real, or is this story even based on a real person or event. Pretty clearly everyone mentioned is over 18. As always I appreciate constructive criticism to my inbox. I continue to venture forth without an editor because these way too long and rambling efforts are mine...
"Don't go down this block," Major Wood commented, nodding to his left "it goes past the Russian embassy, they record everything." It was a good thing the top brass was giving the Major a few days to show me the ropes before I replaced him on this assignment; we weren't even half through our patrol yet, and there had to be a dozen places I had to know to avoi...
Chapter 9 Two years earlier... "I don't know why you don't go to Presentation ceremonies," Renny said. "You've got the body for it, and you've taken all the same classes as the concubines, except for the secret ones." Treya laughed at her roommate. "They're not exactly a secret since you immediately come back and tell me all about them." "I can't help it...
Arianne Voric shifted down a gear, feeling the strong pull of the two litre engine as she accelerated into the long, climbing curve. Her leather gloved hands moved deftly across the steering wheel instinctively correcting an incipient skid as the road surface changed from dry to damp under the fringe of fir trees that bordered the A1 highway. As the road str...
Ian rode through his kingdom as the snows were melting. It had taken longer to get everything ready; he was a year behind his goal. This was the summer of the campaign, however: the plans were laid, the musters called, the forces moving. He'd spent the that winter at home with his son, whose wife presented Ioannis with a son on midwinter's day. In the northw...