A couple scenes in this were inspired by a quite fantastic audio recording titled "Sehnsucht" by user feurlilie on SoundCloud, as well as the X-Art video "Farewell." I encourage everyone to check out both. ***** "Wh... where am I?" The room was dark, or was it her eyes that were failing her? She could hear noises, but everything sounded like her ears we...
Chapter seven By the time the morning sunlight hit the top of the cathedral, my mind had returned to business. Somehow that long, dreamy night with Tolerante had made me more determined than ever to find out what had happened to drive Paul into that mysterious and seemingly hopeless captivity, to turn that powerful love of ours so suddenly and irredeemably...
"Triethylene X," the doctor began as she pointed to an image on the screen depicting a complex chemical structure, "is a neurotoxin that was developed by NATO and its allies several years ago to be used in war. It is an airborne toxin that causes severe neurological damage to all animal life. "Three months ago the chemical plant in Saudi Arabia that manufa...
Disclaimer: Who can spot the most pop culture references? ***** Chapter 1: So here's a funny story. On March 30th, 1981, John Hinkey Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, succeeding in wounding him with a bullet that ricocheted and hit him in the chest. When Ronald Reagan was being wheeled into the hospital on a gurney, he looked up at hi...
London must be the most miserable place on God's Earth on a wet day in January. There were five of us in the Library of The Exiles Club that afternoon. The New Year of 1887 was but a few days old and I had I come to Town from my customary refuge in Cheltenham to meet with my broker and take care of one or two other small items of business. After thirty years...
Cobalt Blue Part 1 I posted the first 7500 or so words of this as Cobalt Blue, Chapter 1, my first attempt at writing. My intention, to be honest, was to post a chapter and read what feedback I received then use that information to mold the following chapters. A bit of a cheat, I know: pandering to unknown readers' opinions and really not fair as a "writer...
"Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth in blood." Much Ado About Nothing TOMMY It turned out that Finn wasn't an easy guy to like. I didn't really understand it, but most guys just tolerated him, instead of becoming friends. He was one of those people that was sort of closed off....
SOMETIMES, DYING IS EASIER...... TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 My name is Bill Maitland. I'm an Assistant State Attorney in the Jacksonville State Attorney's Office. Unofficially I'm the chief prosecutor which means that although in an organizational chart there are two other SAs at my level, in reality I'm the number one guy under the Big Man, State Attorne...
Finally! I hope the long wait is worth it with this one. Any kind of comments and any kind of rating is welcome. Or more like... Please comment, please rate. It's a very potent motivator. Your feedback is the water that nourishes the small, parched sapling that is my writing skill. Also, thank you so much once again Janet, for the editing help. I hope you...
6 Sydney Morning Herald Monday, February 6th, 1978 LANDA'S PLAN TO CONVERT HOMES TO FLATS The State Government is considering allowing homes to be divided into two self contained residences. HOWARD DECLARES NO-LIMIT BORROWING TO BACK DOLLAR Canberra- A no-limit commitment to support the Australian Dollar with substantial further overseas borrowings was...