Sunday morning. A day filled with the routines established twenty years ago and reinforced over one thousand Sundays since. Minor variations accepted, with permission. From the day we were married I discovered the power a woman gets from having a ring on the third finger of her left hand. Maybe not all women, but the one I married behaved as if the ring was...
"Dee. Dee?" Someone was shaking him, and he didn't want to wake up. At first he couldn't remember why he didn't want to wake up, but the feeling was really, really strong and he held on to unconsciousness as hard and as long as he could. "Dee, wake up. I know you can hear me. Wake up... pleasse." It was the hiss that did it. The hiss made him think of Sy...
The first time I met Mike was, incidentally, my first day working as a nurse. It was a big day for me in many ways. A couple of weeks before graduating, I had been offered the job of my dreams at a pediatric ward at one of the biggest hospitals in New York. After years of studying I was finally done, and it felt great. The two weeks I spent taking it easy af...
Edited By Barney R * Hello my name is Frank. I am a pretty laid back kind of guy. I let things slide if there was nothing major, insults I'd ignore, slights I'd turn and walk away from. There are a few things that can get me riled; hurt a friend, or hit a lady. When I was a kid I was in lots of fights helping friends. George was top of that list. I was u...
I've worked with Stark's Traveling Freak Show for over thirty years now. The bulk of those years I've spent with Dr. Faustus and Monolith. Monolith is the reason there is a Stark's Traveling Freak Show, so I've always felt I have a lot of responsibility and receive a lot of respect. My job is not always pleasant and in fact is often quite gruesome, but I am...
BUT NEVER DOUBT I LOVE Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love. Shakespeare, Hamlet, II,ii,116 The voice was saying something I couldn't quite make out. There was the timbre of anxiety in the voice; the words filtered as if I had earplugs on. I gradually became aware of my body – my sub...
Demon Child Chapter 2 A demon is born. Enjoy xantu )===(>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The child was born much like any other, forced out amid blood and tears. Born naked and helpless, it wailed its protest at the injustice of being forced out of its refuge. The witch doctor held the little thing up and took note of its strange appearance. Its eyes were an odd milky...
Author's notes: If you are familiar with the song Ruby, by Kenny Rodgers, you know that this story can't have a happy ending. However, I have been asked by several readers to do this story so I bow to their desires. Abbreviations: NVA – the regular North Vietnamese Army VC – the irregular Viet Cong army in South Viet Nam. S2 – Intellig...
I had seen enough. I decided on a course of action. My stomach was twisted in knots, but somehow I sucked it up and walked to my closet. I pulled out a small suitcase and a larger one. I quickly and quietly removed clothes from the closet and packed them into my larger bag, hangars and all. It took only a minute or so to fill my suitcase. I moved to my dres...
John My wife woke me up at 10:30 PM, When she got home from work, asking me why I was sleeping in the guest bedroom and I told her we would talk tomorrow night when she gets home as I need my sleep because I have to be to work early tomorrow. She said she will be late tomorrow also and I replied I know you will do what's right and turned over and went back...