The dark, purple clouds hung low on the mountains, heavy with moisture and were releasing their burden rapidly. The fierce winds were driving it on a slant, almost level to the ground, but five riders were mounted and ready to ride north, soaked already but unconcerned with the weather. Harlan looked at his clan and then to the others riding with him. Eamon...
Sandra As I sat in the hospital ward next to the empty bed waiting for John to return from his latest x-ray, I let my mind drift back to the horrendous last 24 hours. I had spent three wonderful days with my long-distance pen pal John, showing him the sights of my hometown when he came over from America to stay. We have been emailing each other for several...
3/27/13 "Trinity Brown" - 1986 Starring: Colleen Brennan, John Leslie, Kimberly Carson, Tamara Longley, Joey Silvera Director: Robert McCallum Run Time: 91 min A car chase through the darkened streets leads cop Trinity Brown (Colleen Brennan) to shoot a thug in defense of her partner Zack Fredricks (John Leslie). In another part of town Frankie Carbone...
For the next few hours Sienna went about doing mundane labors of life. She went to a dry good shop, a groceries store, and a cobbler to fit Marius with some good shoes. At each establishment she introduced Marius as her bodyguard and told the proprietor's that he had buying authority for her. Most did what whatever she wanted but the dry goods owner made her...
My mind trailed off into the distance as the car made its way through the city streets. Rubbing my chin thoughtfully, I thought about the various possibilities that existed in a city such as this on a Saturday night. And to realize those possibilities, you just had to find the guts to speak your mind. At least, that’s what everyone kept telling me. That’...
In the flat above mine lived a short, dumpy, middle aged woman. We met on the stairs occasionally and said hello, politely, well we did until the evening when there was a terrific crash on my bedroom ceiling, followed by a half an hour of silence, then a desperate banging started. I ascended the stairs to find the front door of my neighbours flat unlocked, f...
Clark slowly shut the door to his apartment with a soft click. It was all too easy to come home from a long day and absentmindedly shut the door with a little too much force. He'd already gone through too many and didn't need anymore complaints from the neighbors. He sighed wearily and swept that damned curl from his forehead. Clark retreated to his bedroom...
One - Procurer, Pimp or Public Service It was one of the few things that I had tried, that I just couldn't do on my own since my accident. Whenever I wanted to get in the hot tub, I was supposed to put a plastic bag over my cast to keep it dry. I just couldn't get a good seal around my arm above the cast with just one hand. I guess I should explain a lit...
Edited by Rozezwild "Jerk!" Julie slammed the cabin door as her boyfriend's Jeep tore up the dirt leaving her strained until morning. The shutters rattled on their rusted hinges, crashing shut against the wooden framed windows. Rotten limbs fell on the tin roof screeching across and tumbling down crushing the porch. Julie stumbled back into a long back ro...
We live in a college town in Missouri. My husband and I own two small tanning bed salons on each end of the University campus here. We have a pretty steady client business, but it definitely picks up a lot before spring break as everyone tries to get that base tan before they head down to the beaches. As a whole, it is a pretty easy career. We sign people u...