Her name was Raine Snow and she was a dream. First unanticipated, then poetic and epic and transcendent in that order, continually confusing, and finally gone in the groggy early morning. It was a couple of weeks ago, and I was at the Hogshead, a whisky bar on the Upper West Side. It wasn't my regular, but I'd been there a few times before. Rehearsal i...
Drummer Boy: Bat Out of Hell II: Back to Hell Howdy boys and girls! We're finally back in Tarterus! And they say you can't go home again. Enjoy! * * * * * "Okay," Leanne said. "That's a new one." "You've never heard of this Thing in the Way?" Jason said. "No, I haven't," Leanne admitted with a thoughtful look on her face. "Does explain a few things...
This story is part of an ongoing series. The chronological order of my stories is listed in WifeWatchman's biography. Feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated, and I encourage feedback for ideas. This story contains graphic scenes, language and actions that might be extremely offensive to some people. These scenes, words and actions are...
Thanks to blackrandi for the invitation to the Wine and Old Lace event. Historical pieces can be pretty challenging and I've tried to do this one justice. Thanks to MsCherylTerra, stev2244 and norafares for the beta reads and editing. This would be unreadable without all of them. There are others who prefer not to be named; you know who you are, and you know...
The older staff members all called him Doc. I had no idea why until someone said that his name was Savage hence 'Doc'. It still meant nothing to me of course until one of the older men told me about the American cartoon character and I googled it. Dan Savage was a senior at my firm and reading the notes on Wiki I thought the nickname suited him rather well....
Author's Note: This is NOT the kind of Part 7 that is designed to stand alone. You will be very lost without having read the first six parts. This is also the final chapter of the series. Fair warning, it is a long one. Please remember that this story is set in 2018, which was the present back when I started writing it. As always, many thanks to EGRI, Ec...
Jonas Agonistes Chapter 1: Like a Novel by Robbe-Grillet I avoided bourbon but not scotch. Scotch. I found it helped me sleep, but upon further discrimination and many scientific trials I decided it helped me do something like sleep. I pushed it aside. I even poured out one of the half-full bottles in my drawer. Not the other one, though. Just one. Two we...
I remember as a child how war was presented to me. Like most children my first experience of war was through film. Those scripted pieces of supposed art that were as naïve as I was. Where the hero vanquished scores of enemies without so much as a scratch before setting off into the sunset. Oh how I admired those heroes when I was young and ignorant to the re...
Thanks to Devir Ginator for his editing skills. Any errors found are all mine. One more chapter to go then back to the New Girl world. **** "How are you feeling?" Alex asked as he met Michelle and myself as she pulled to a stop at the main house. "Tired, it's been a long day." Michelle quipped. "Oh you meant him, well his butt is sore from getting it che...
Parker's assertion that my boyfriend was having sex with someone else was as pathetic as it was predictable. "Is he really," I said, "I'm sure I would have noticed." "Really," said Parker, "I have evidence." "Oh, do tell Parker." "I've promised not to," he said. He leant against my car and sighed with a deep and meaningful shake of his head, and with his...