It must've been cruel fate that Claire Winters was born in the small town of Podunk. Podunk was not ironically named, even if its settlers had intended it to be. Or maybe it wasn't. Maybe "Podunk" was the name of the town's founder. Claire didn't know. She never really researched into the history of the founding of her birthplace. She did know this: This pla...
Introduction: Two young men are in one's backyard in heated discussion. Their exact ages, and precise occupations aren't relevant. Both are well paid, upwardly mobile, and disgustingly healthy. Warren scolded his friend, "Cal you're not a kid anymore. It's time you stopped frittering your life away and found a woman and settled down." Cal, whose full name...
All characters are 18 years old or older. ***** Yellowstone: Miles above the Earth's surface Numenor Echo III hung in orbit over its target Yellowstone National Park. Its refined sensors scoured the area for the location of the power plant. The data received from the Watcher was quite specific about certain geological structures that would be critical for...
All characters are 18 years old or older. Geography has never been my strong suit. I didn't earn the nickname of 'wrong way' decades ago for nothing. Part four had an itty-bitty error, somehow Massachusetts found its way north of New York, how annoying. For some reason I always pictured it like halfway between New York and Florida. Nope! That said... read, v...
Act Six: Second Helpings Chapter Four: Take From Me The drive to the Epsilon Zeta Sorority chapter house proved dull and anticlimactic. The steering wheel jerked and the yellow SUV juddered if Dee pushed it over fifty miles per hour. He considered abandoning the beaten automobile and running barefoot all the way to fraternity row. It shocked him to realize...
Amberley organised Jodi's birthday at our house. I was concerned that I was about to host a rock 'n' roll drug fuelled orgy from hell, but Jodi spoke sternly to her and Amber turned out to be a good listener. To a point. She came to my office just before lunch one day, wearing a very short summer dress with tiny straps that showed her body off, made a big s...
This chapter is not meant to stand alone. Please begin at the first chapter to fully appreciate this tale. Monday, November 5th Veronica awoke with Mary Claire's hair against her face and arm across her chest. As she began to move Mary Claire opened her eyes and murmured, "I love you, Mom. I really do." "Thank you sweetheart, I love you too," softly repl...
Sally Lincoln I had been lazy all day, still in my favorite terrycloth bathrobe when I answered the insistent knocking on the door. "I need help." "What is it?" I said, ushering her inside. The door clicked shut on the sun drenched afternoon, and my fingers fiddled with a strand of hair. How I must look to her? My neighbor, Alyssa McDonald, flowed into...
~~Darian~~ "... Bellerophontes." The world stopped. The air petrified, the breeze ceased, and the crickets and birds faded away. The world died around him until it was as if sitting atop a stage, lifeless. Cold crept along his skin until he thought his tears might have frozen on his cheeks. They weren't, but every sense in his body told him they should hav...
Author's note: First, I want to thank y'all for reading and voting. I am so grateful for you taking the time to read and comment on each chapter, I am so appreciative of your viewership! Since I'm bunkering down in this hurricane I will be going back and editing previous chapters for grammar, spelling etc. I never notice mistakes until after I've posted, go...