Chapter 1 '4:27 am', read the digital clock on Mina's clunky silver phone. The device looked like it was from the early 2000s. A gloved hand grasped the phone tightly; gosh, Mina never had been very good around electronics. Weren't young people supposed to be good with these kinds of things? She was only twenty-four, and still felt like a child. Mina knew...
Getting Lost is a science-fantasy serial presented in 6 parts. I recommend reading Getting Lost 1, or the tale might not make sense. I want to thank Krellyn, Leah Harvey, and RNebular for editing. Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy it! Guinevere A. Hart ********** Lotus' dorm was quiet, but she knew her friend and personal assistant, Pol, would...
Chapter 3: Watching the Stars Duncan fondly studied the woman beside him. He sure understood how she could feel so discouraged. It had been a tough day. What with her husband abandoning her in the middle of nowhere with a broken car. Then the SOB yelled and sneered at her as a means of feeling better about himself. Helen had confided in Duncan that this wa...
Part V Chapter 40 ____________________________________ After Callahan returned to work, Didi Goodman settled into a new, though somewhat less exciting routine. She continued to look after Callahan's accounts and to take care of the house in Davos, just as she had for well over a year now, but she also continued working for her father. In effect, then, she...
Chapter 7 Trial Day 5 Your ideology is not how you can use your church to serve God, but how you can use God to serve your church. Janine emerged from the bedroom, bleary eyed and still half asleep to be greeted by freshly brewed coffee, toast and a choice of cereals. "Hmmm, this is nice. Thank you for last night, I just needed company, I'd almost forgott...
Book 2 - Prologue Pain and Fear. Inexorably linked at opposite poles of an eternal figure eight. All of us, no matter what path our lives take, find pain and fear along the way. They can define how we live our lives or they can challenge us to actually live. The choice, as in all things, is ours. People run from pain because they fear it. Believing tha...
We had a few nights off in a row during the summer. This was something special when you worked for the concessionaire at a major national park that saw millions of visitors a year. We really wanted to make the most of it. Driving down to the nearest city (Fresno) was a drag and the idea of going the five hours to San Francisco was tempting, but something we...
I awoke to a sunrise, and many, many aching pains in my face, and muscles. After an hour or two, I stood up, and was absolutely shocked by what I saw next. There was a massive crater, and that same 'fire' flowing in and around the crater. Now that I was much closer, I was able to see that it was multicoloured, and most certainly NOT fire. I saw a levitati...
A little flash story. * * * * * * * * * * I sat there astonished, as my wife repeated herself. "Yes, John, that's what I said. I want to try BBC." My wife Louise had been my friend and soulmate since we were teens. We shared everything which each other - our dreams and goals, our political opinions, sporting events and the opera. I thought we were bound...
The Betrayal We were due to arrive on his world in two days, and because of this Oliver and I have seen very little of each other. We hadn't made love since then night I got my filters off because he rarely returned to our quarters and if he did, he came just to sleep, and hold me. However, the nights he was not with me seemed to trigger the nightmares agai...