Here is the long awaited fifth chapter of the Wolf Lake series. I hope you enjoy this as much as the others. It was probably the hardest one yet to write and has a slightly different feel. As always, comments and constructive criticism are always welcome. * * * * * Peace had just settled in when all hell broke loose. Nicholas, true to form, didn't bother...
Dear Readers! This chapter is so much about Wogsi Gosiq and a fictional fact of the dark side Gemi and the light side Xeo. Yes, from the last chapter, you want to know what happens. First, you will learn more about the Gemi, but I don't like to write about the dark side sometimes. I warn that it becomes a shocked and brutish story. In this chapter it will...
Regina stood by the fireplace and sipped her cranberry juice and seltzer while she scoped out the party guests. Many folks were feeling no pain, talking, laughing, and flirting. Some were downright comical. Every now and then she would zero in on David and take note of whom he was chatting with and if he lingered with anyone in particular. She liked to note...
Chapter 11 Natural Progression Over the next few weeks life continued normally, work, training and time together with Lorraine, life was very good. I even took up tennis and golf, both of which I thoroughly enjoyed and we managed to play both on as many weekends as we could while the weather held. Chrissy started to spend more time with her friends, exact...
The weather man predicted a great forecast for Memorial Day weekend. I contacted several of my bird watching partners, which are also members of a web-ring I belong to, to see if they wanted to go away “birding”. It was to my dismay that most had family gatherings of one kind or an other. Once I discovered that I’d have to go alone, I sought out the perfect...
For John, a prayer * The following is a true story, but with most names changed to protect the innocent and guilty alike. You know who you are anyway. I am cursed to fall in love under the stars- or at least under shooting stars; meteors; Spanish meteoros- however you say it, an inadequate word for a phenomenon as otherworldly as love itself. These fleet...
The dinner had been excellent. Cheryl Hascombe, Harold Masters, and Dermot Cairns were standing before the huge fireplace in the library, sipping brandy. Cara DiGiacomo had left the room to make a telephone call. “Harold?” “Yes, Cheryl?” “Could I have my skirt back now, please?” Masters smiled. “No, dear. I’m afraid you look far too alluring just as you...
Once upon a time but perhaps not quite as long as you might think, in the mysterious realm of Aldebaran, there was a soldier named Wesley Finn. Wesley was young but of an age just old enough to volunteer for service. He'd been raised by his widowed mother with a sense of duty and it had always been his dream to be one of the Queen's guards. Being so young an...
Engineer Mike Giles and wife were unable to start a family and neither would undergo tests, fearful of being identified as the problem party. Gloria took a lover leading Mike to suspect her motive was pregnancy. Then his girlfriend at his worksite 200 miles north becomes pregnant which answers the question about his alleged infertility problem. Gloria agrees...
Liam tossed the empty bag in the garbage can, having filled the windshield wash buckets for the last time. He checked his phone, and saw that he only had five minutes left in his last day. He took his time walking back from the diesel fuel island, burning up one of those five minutes. Tomorrow, his evening would be free. He wasn't entirely sure what he was...