You sigh as you walk down the street, heading to your family's store. For four generations, your family has run 1 of the world's most prestigious auction houses. While there were many auction locations, there's also a storefront in downtown New York. You had wanted to get away from the family business, majoring in journalism at Columbia. However, after your...
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"Fourteen more years. Fourteen more fucking years!" Yeah, I know, that sounds like a shout, but it wasn't, it was something I muttered under my breath. I had just written another child support check, dated May the first, to my cheating whore slut ex-wife. $1,200.00 fucking dollars a month, and I never even got to see my kids anymore. Oh, I was due visitat...
It was my fault. No if's, ands or buts about it. I was going too damn fast, the powerful Mustang felt so good to me, I just had to let it run. And run is what I was doing, the roar of the overpowered engine sweet in my ears, windows down, the blast of the sweet damp air of spring whipping around me. I slipped over into the left lane to pass a big semi lab...
As he entered the emigration tent on Long Wharf on the waterfront in Saint John, Canada, Freddie was in time to observe what must be the tail end of a particularly loud argument between Maria and Ralph Tinsley, two of the diners that he regularly served at the late seating in the main dining room of the Quincy Queen. There was a broad circle of empty space a...
Rain lashed the countryside driving people and animals to cover. Occasionally a small chunk of hail clattered across the courtyard. Somewhere above the storm, unseen by man, a gibbous moon rose. In Castle Frankenstein, Dr. Anne Frankenstein tried to contain her excitement. Months of labor and now her great work was ready. Immortality. Immortality for hersel...
Author's Note: An accident shrinks a thirty five year old man to just over three feet tall. *** In the next hour or so the uniformed police left in their squads and then they were followed out of the building by a half dozen people, including Ms. Joyce. I would recognize her from almost any distance by her height and the way she stands. Her father, Paul Jo...
The Year: 2011 The Place: New York Captain America opens his eyes for the first time in 70 years. Next to his hospital bed is a radio broadcasting the baseball game of the Yankees. He immediately realises something is wrong, he was at that game. He rushes out to see what's happening but something is wrong, everything is wrong. He looks around and sees a lot...
The crow's nest called down and pointed west. Amidst the setting sun, baking in its final glory of the day, the ship sailed towards them, not letting up their sails. They were still distant, far off; the hull barely breached the waves. However, even she knew that they were not looking to simply cross paths. Cross swords, she thought. Pirates... Like her t...
Still Life In Shadow or: The Order of the Universe, In a Smile ◊◊◊◊◊ She presented herself as a simple woman, and it had been said of her -- for as long as anyone on the island could remember -- that she had been unassuming, almost plain -- even when she was young. Before she left for Zurich. But that was so long ago. She had always been considered bril...