The years had passed quickly and I had enjoyed rapid promotion within my company to become its Sales and Marketing Director. As such, I travelled extensively, not least in North America where I visited clients in most states. Unfortunately, Massachusetts was not one of them and I was especially disappointed about this, since Carol and Sean, some friends that...
It was just too damn ironic. Peter Tosh's "Wanted Dread and Alive" was blaring out of the sound system of my car when I noticed the blue and red lights behind me. I had had a late night at the office and the warm summer night breeze felt good blowing over my face. So rather than put on the A/C, I let what we had waited all winter for, warm me up. I was also...
"Josh, on your right!" Eric's warning buzzed out of my headphones as we raced down the dark alleyway. With a much-practiced twitch of my fingers on my gamepad, my on-screen character leaped to one side. Narrowly avoiding the blast of machine-gun fire from chasing Nazi soldiers. "I got em," I called out to my college dormmate as I sent my controlled soldi...
Or how I met my beautiful and amazing wife, and our adventures that made her the darling of the world. Many of the characters in this story are from the Commander Murphy series by the same author. I saw her across a crowded room. She was absolutely gorgeous. She was dancing with a very big and handsome man. He was a huge man with wide shoulders, and he d...
An average country boy in less than average circumstances A thick coat of dust roiled out the rear end of my truck as I flew down the dirt road toward the old farmhouse. I knew she was back there somewhere choking on the blinding cloud trying to feel her way to the same destination. The bartender back at the bar knew I was pissed. She saw it in my eyes when...
I made my way along the dock at the edge of the lake—heading, for the first time in a while, towards nowhere in particular. Nine months out of the year, I taught classes on the side at Burbage University in Massachusetts, where I was spending my third year as a literature grad student. This year had been cut short by my father's heart attack, After I spent...
We weren't too sure of them to begin with but they have turned out to be really nice couple, and they have two lovely young children as well. As this area is mainly people over 50 we didn't think they would fit in very well, seeing as they were in there early 30's. But they are well mannered, have done a lot of work on their home in the last 6 months and alw...
Rick swam slowly along about ten feet above the bottom. His eyes swept back and forth, searching for a tell-tale shape or gleam. He saw nothing. He looked at the gage on his wrist, he had plenty of air left. He had ten more kicks left before he made a right turn to a due south heading. Then he stopped. He heard the whine and thump of a boat approaching. Soun...
(While working on 88 I started thinking about things, and this story began taking shape in my mind. Rather than put it off I started work on what you see here. I'll work on both stories this week, and I may revise some of the things you read here. Anyway, I hope you enjoy...A) Part 1 Henry Taggart wasn't exactly what you'd consider a sympathetic character,...
The following story was suggested to me by a reader, whose invaluable assistance in my rendering it to the printed page has been much appreciated. The story is dedicated to that reader. This is Part One of a three-party story. * We are all products of the places that we live. And assuming that's true -- and I believe it with every fiber of my being -- then...