Chapter 02 -- The holding cell The metal detector went off when she tried to go through screening. The airport employee called over the tough-looking female officer, the one who shared Trish' last name. The island cop's eyes scanned Trish with a strange expression; curiosity mixed with impatience and a hint of contempt. The cop grabbed Trish by the shoulde...
Janeen was busy working on her homework when there was a light knock on her door. "Janeen," her mom said. "I need you to pick your sister up at the mall." "Didn't she drive?" Janeen asked. "You know your sister," her mom answered. It was answer enough. Janeen knew her sister. Knew she couldn't be depended on. Always in trouble. Always causing Janeen pro...
The doorbell rang again before I got over my surprise. "I wonder who that could be?" Ruth said, raising her head to glance at the bedside clock. The red numerals said 07:34. "I'll go find out," I said, giving her a quick kiss and disentangling our arms and legs. I went to the window facing the street and looked out through a crack between the curtains. I a...
AUTHOR'S NOTE - this is my first piece of writing for this site so any feedback is strongly appreciated. In fact, I don't even mind hate as long as you tell me what's actually wrong with my story so I can work on it... Don't just hate for the sake of it please. I couldn't really think of a category for this piece so I just chose Erotic Couplings due to onl...
The police vehicle drove into the suburban street at low cruising speed. It came to a halt by the curb in front of the lawn of the fourth house by the right. Emblazoned on either side of the vehicle was the symbol of the Tongue Patrol, or an eagle's head enclosed in a shield of gold. Few neighbouring eyes turned from what they were doing to size up the vehic...
This is the transcript of an interview of Mrs. Jason Myers in the regard of her husband's death. Although she is not charged with a crime, she has been Mirandized and has agreed to answer questions without benefit of counsel. Present are Officers Barnes and Noble plus Mrs. Beverly Myers. Mrs. Myers: You two ever think of opening a bookstore? Officer Noble:...
Chapter Nineteen Intrepid - 3756 C.E. As if things weren't already weird enough for Paul, they were about to get a whole lot worse. He was already fairly sure that it hadn't been such a great idea that the Intrepid should enter the Anomaly, however much Beatrice argued that it must be worthwhile if Mission Control had authorised it and Captain Kerensky had...
My day started like any other. I dressed in my favorite laundry clothes - ripped short-shorts and white tank top with no undergarments and headed to the laundry mat. Everything seemed fine until I was done and began loading up my car to find that it had been broken into. Nothing significant missing, but a few of my good CD's were gone. I arrived home and ca...
Alexandrea Keller woke up Monday morning to the sound of birds chirping. She rolled over to look at her alarm clock to see that it was already after 10PM. She must have forgotten to set her alarm, she'd meant to wake up early to cook breakfast for her sister Alexis. Alexis was starting her first day at a new school and Alexandrea was supposed to be out loo...
The clock on Jamie's dash showed 6:23 pm...roughly an hour and 20 minutes since she'd left home, headed for the Halloween party at her husband, Tom's, place of work. She fiddled lightly with the chain around her waist. Through a crazy series of circumstances in the last hour and twenty-some minutes...instead of arriving at her husband's place of work...she...