I stared at the serpent sculpted from the stone block, a serpent with an apparent hood of feathers. Scholars worldwide were in disagreement about the hood. Some maintained that this represented the feathered serpent of the Aztecs of South America, a creature today extinct, or at least a creature unseen in times recorded by the written word. Others vigorously...
Kayla looked terrible. Her eyes were red and puffy and her usual make-up was totally lacking. "My God! Kayla what has happened to you?" "Olivia, I have had one helluva night. I even considered calling you last night, but I thought I would wait until this morning." "Wait for what?' "Olivia I know that this will sound really strange, but did anything weird...
Victoria stretched her arms and yawned idly, the cool Atlantic breeze ruffling her dress. The deep forest, something she'd never seen in England, rustled and quaked. Their Virginian song had played since they day they'd come ashore, and she hoped it'd never end. She traced a circle in the loamy soil, swinging the basket as she leaned against the thick trunk...
With the departure of Don Alonzo Puertocarrero I was to continue the campaign in Mexico alone. His departure was a relief. Now no one in the expedition was more high born than I, and so no one could countermand my orders. Even so I had argued with him when he said he was going to depart. He was foolish to leave. Fortunes were to be made here in the New World...
The City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is hands down one of the worst place I've ever been to. Seriously. Sorry, but the town is crap and someone's got to say it. Everyone in Winnipeg is either White or Aboriginal, and the two groups have a strong dislike of each other. I'm half Black, so they don't know what to make of me. Whoopee for me, right? The name is Damon...
It was hot. Not the sticky and muggy heat people would complain about during a backyard barbecue when Earth was still around. No, this heat was dry and deadly. My suit read off 55 degrees centigrade as the outside temperature. I was born and trained on the Earth Systems research station that used to orbit Mars. Keywords being 'used to'. The top secret milit...
June 22 Dear Clair, I write you now from the deck of a ship bound over the Pacific Ocean. You know I’d gone to meet with an old friend of mine about possible employment. Well, I have met with him and his patrons and agreed to join their team. It is an easy assignment. They are looking to discuss with the chieftain of a tribe of foreign Indians of some sor...
Tom sat on a small hill. He had a good view of the beach and the ocean. He was thinking about the report he would write. Tom was on assignment from the State Department. He was working as an independent investigator under contract. In the past he had been to a war zone, an isolated village, a crowded Eastern city and other places but he had never been sent t...
Crystal, a friend of mine, who’s a reporter, went on vacation. She decided that she was bored with her job and needed it worse everyday she was reporting. Crystal decided on a cruise through the Hawaiian Islands, I asked if I could go but she said she needed a break from everything. I shrugged and passed it off, as she just needed time alone. She said...
I hope you'll all be pleased that I got this chapter out so soon. I'm trying to make up for disappearing for 2 years, haha. I know a few of you requested that I choose a day to post but I don't want to do that because I may not be able to have it out on time since I am starting school soon. I know how disappointing it is to be at work or school and expect to...