Chapter 1 I am a writer - luckily a moderately successful one - of what I call 'Romanticised History', which the publishing industry prefers to refer to as 'Faction' - the partial fictionalisation of what otherwise are well documented historical facts. Having majored in both English and British History at university, and always hoping that I would at some t...
Chapter 4: "America is in its death throes... they would see the world burn before its true masters arise and so they have attacked us in the manner of a coward. They have sealed their fate and on this day, I PROMISE YOU BLOOD!!!" Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China "You've known my name since the day that you created me, Mas... Jonathan." P...
A few days went by before we got the contracts to sign. We carefully reviewed them and everything that we agreed upon was in the contract. We called Horse to come over to sign the contract and to have dinner with us. He arrived around 6:00 p.m. and we went over the contract and told him he would be getting $1 million dollars to make the movie with Lisa. H...
Scott was a veteran firefighter, he'd been on the job for about 15 years and had risen to the rank of Lieutenant. He was in top physical a member of the Firefighter Combat challenge team. Scoot loved his job because he was able to help people in their time of need. Scott arrived at work at his usually time 0600, not knowing what the day had in store for hi...
"What do you think the chances are of us being rescued?" Brandi asked as the girls continued moving through the greenhouse. "I think we'll be stuck in these woods for months," Summer said. "As usual, way to be positive, Summer," Shannon muttered. "That's not what I meant, anyway," Brandi said. "I meant, rescued from the Sex Star. I mean, cops have to be l...
Chapter 37 I passed the turnoff to the Blue Ridge Mountains on my drive up I-75. I knew exactly where I was going. I knew what I had to do. Not that my plans included a hope of getting Katie back, no matter how much I wanted her, needed her, loved her. The plan was simple. Find and kill. Jorge Riaz. Paul Donnelly Sr. Once they were dead, I could do what I w...
Copyright 2011 by madengineer3 I was entering my least favorite time of the year; Thanksgiving and Christmas. In years past I loved those holidays, especially Thanksgiving. However, I lost my family a year ago. It wasn't disease that took them, it was a drunk driver. The driver was a snotty nosed city kid driving the fast sports car his parents had given...
The next day was brilliant sunshine again and no visible threat of another storm. Em and John had a quick breakfast of coconuts and peanuts. Em had taken to marking lines with a sharp shell on one of the closest palms to designate the days they had been on the island. They had already been there for several days; shortly it would be a week. Could the rescuer...
Chapter One Hundred Sixty: Stone Dreams I went back inside rather than watch everyone leave; I was going to miss them, and worry about Anders and Solona, and somehow watching people go was just harder than it should have been. Or maybe it's just my lack of sleep? Alistair caught up to me before I got far, pulling me against his chest and just holding me. I...
Elunara watched Tyralu attack a target dummy and felt a certain amount of auntly pride. The girl had spirit and was a quick learner. She excelled stealth and reconnaissance, and every starter quest she had been sent on had been dealt with using a quick efficiency that Elunara didn't often get out of new recruits. The only thing Tyralu hadn't done so far was...