MONGREL: The notion 'Get some mongrel in you' means adding something to your persona to provide a harder edge. This supposes a touch of defiance or rebelliousness will make a difference; a significant difference especially to the downtrodden. In this instance the advice to 'get some mongrel' was given to a character who's perceived as being excessively too n...
This chapter is, more than any other, about Harry and his friends outside of Hawksworth. When Harry woke up the next morning in Byron, Susan had already been at work for several hours fifteen hundred kilometres away in Adelaide. "Where is everyone?" Harry asked. "Al and Lynn are at the beach; Al's trying to show Lynn he can stay on a board for more tha...
As Jan turned away to open the gate to her garden path Kate moved into the front seat, revealed Harry's big stiffy and quite gently stroked him all the way back to her home, frigging herself all the time. They wasted no time when they got indoors. They both stripped off and Kate produced the brandy. They relaxed together on the sofa. Harry anointed Kate's b...
After showing Harry his room and a few surprising things about herself, Juliet led Harry out of his room back up the long corridor. They passed by the entrance door from the lab and went into the next room to the left. It was a large room with a bunch of tables and chairs on a resilient tile floor. Harry had smelled the food cooking and as he looked to one s...
"We're quite a pair, I mean look at us," Melissa said after tossing her armload of branches into the huge pile covering their front yard. "Yeah, pretty grungy, but hey this should be the last of it," Harry replied, dragging two garbage bags full of debris next to the large pile. "Well, finished until the power comes on, then we've got to get the inside of...
"You're being uncharacteristically quiet." Barbara made the observation as Harry drove through the dark, nearly empty streets. They were on their way home from a "required" social function that neither had wanted to attend, but which Barbara found she had rather enjoyed. Harry hadn't spoken since they had entered the car. He glanced over at his wife, who wa...
He was an old man, frail and unsteady. The few other passengers on the local train, watching as he tottered to a seat, may have felt some concern for him. Sallow faced and feeble he was truly a candidate for public sympathy. Sitting back in his seat, as the carriage doors closed, and the train jerked into motion on its circuitous route, old Harry Dayton, fe...
A/N: Thank you for your lovely comments! I so appreciate them, I wish I could reply directly :) I just realised I should be uploading the text via .txt file, all my formatting had dropped out, but that should be fixed from this chapter onwards. Enjoy! --- 4. Discovery -- Charley awoke feeling like she'd had the best sleep of her life. She reached her...
Harry's notes: hope you enjoy chapter 8. When you feel an unseen presence in the night sky, remember that it was born here. There is a summer poetry contest going on in the poetry feedback and discussion forum. Vote on all 5 semi final threads. One of them is mine. Silas decided on the bar for his meeting with Harry. Even how he arrived would determine...
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. This material maybe not be reprinted or posted on any other internet site without the expressed written consent of the author. * The first thing Harry felt was a pulsating pain at the temples. He opened his eyes but it was still completely dark. He could see absolutely nothing. He had no idea where he was or the last pl...