Chapter 7: Tested When night began to fall they still hadn't found shelter. It seemed that no matter how far they walked, the forest was as sparse as before. There was nowhere to hide. Zyra was sure that was the intention. They walked a bit farther until their exhaustion and hunger settled in. The fruit on the trees became thicker the closer to the center...
MARY SMITH. HANGED FOR MURDER. 31st. OCTOBER 1873 "I don't like this!" "Oh yeah," he sighed impatiently, "What's wrong with it." "It's dark," she continued to complain. "Of course it's fucking dark; it's ten thirty at night at the end of October," he replied irritably, "What do expect...blazing fucking sunshine!" "Please don't swear at me Andy," she sco...
"Are you sure you want to do this Gina?" "Yes I do. I can't believe that a successful corporate lawyer like you can be a naturalist, and I want to see first hand what you see in nature." James laughed back at her. "Corporate lawyers like me huh?" As they pulled their gear out of the back of his Land Rover, James looked over at Gina. She was a few years yo...
I was finally going home. It was about 10:00 at night, I had just gotten off work, early if I recall, and was heading back to my house for a night of easy sleep. A bit about myself though, I am 22 years old, and I work on call, 24/7. I am 6'6" and weigh in at about 200 lbs. I work out regularly and because of my on call status I get paid even when I don't h...
I place my journey, throughout the ancient ruins, within the heart of the Egypt. She was called the wife of pharaoh. Her name is etched upon the pillars, ever so high. I visit the site of the Aztec, her name is written on the temple. I am in awe. The ancients speak of her as the beauty of life. She is the beauty to be, the beauty of old, and the one to come,...
The suspense was gnawing at me and I was in an agony of indecision. I spun around to see if anyone was watching me but everywhere I looked I saw flowers and foliage. Huge ostentatious bunches of roses, baskets stuffed with peonies and poppies, chrysanthemums, orchids, pansies, tiger-lilies and hundreds of different plants and shrubs all blending to create...
Summer was always my favourite time of year, strange things always happened in the summer. Living is a small town, growing up with the same people and knowing everyone around for miles had both advantages and disadvantages. I remember on magical moment in the summer of 1985. I was a teenager, bored and hornier than a two puckered hoot owl in mating season!...
Elliot leant his weight against the wooden door. The hinges were old and rusted. The door creaked with disapproval at having its long slumber interrupted. But grudgingly it gave way. Elliot lifted his torch. The light from the beam picked out the battered remains of a staircase, but otherwise the large room was entirely empty. "See" Elliot said triumphant...
In the darkness and dense nothing, Lynn put her hand to her face but she could not even see her palm. "Not again!" She felt her body and became instantly aware of her nakedness. "Why does that keep happening?" Her feet were bare as she shuffled a foot over the ground slowly. It seemed to be sand, dirt and gravel mixed. A dry sandy crust surface broke when...
Austin paced gloomily through the deserted campus on a dark Saturday evening. He avoided the puddles of light cast by the streetlamps, preferring the darkness for his sulking. Old leaves crunched beneath his boots as he wove his way past bare trees and the frozen stream that wound its way through the center of the college. He hid his fists deep in his jack...