-The Full Moon Retreat- Episode: The First Search and Rescue Mission Chapter 6: The face of God... To the Reader: Sorry for the delay in getting this chapter posted to the website. Had quoted the entire poem "High Flight" in the accreditation at the end of the story. Thanks for the time that you have taken to read, rate, and to comment on this story, th...
Part 2 - Back Home I suggest you read "The Adventure" before you read this. This part has been a long time coming. "Next time bring your wife with you. Don't be afraid, we will make sure everything is under control. We don't want any marriage problems. In fact, that is why you have to bring her. If you leave her home, she will begin to wonder what you ar...
My name is Kerr. In the spring of every year after the snow retreats to the high places, I walk into the mountains to peel away the layers of habit and sloth that have accumulated in my head during a winter of work. It's just an annual thing I do. Early this June I started from Cairn Lake with my life in my backpack and headed up, climbing west on the trail...
After my experience on Rose Street it took me a long time to build up the courage to play outside again. Kerry recognized that she'd pushed things too far too fast, but Fiona had thought the incident was great, and that's all that mattered to Kerry. She began stripping me with increasing frequency and danger; and relaying these stories to Fiona who seemed fa...
Ada's return to the Wolf Creek Ranch for the duration of the war years was a period of fantasy isolation from the world gone mad around them punctuated by shocking reminders that they were part of that world. Beth proved to be a real delight for Ada—the daughter she had always wanted but that the Spanish flu had ripped out of her arms. Ada didn't know how s...
She had always been different then everyone she knew. Her skin was a touch lighter then all the others in her land. That was not what made her different, that chore belong to her eyes. They sparkled in a bright turquoise color. Where she was from everyone's skin was dark. Darker than even an entire week in the sun could make it. All her life she had seen no...
Mitch hopped into his truck and raced to Jess' place, not caring about stop signs, thankful for the lack of traffic. He wondered what she meant, no one in Dry Valley would enter someone's home in the middle of the night, residents of Dry Valley just were not like that. When he was finally able to calm Jessica's nerves, it only served to raise his anger beyo...
The peaceful green valley echoed with the reverberations of a high powered rifle shot. The supersonic crack of the bullet let everyone behind it, know it had passed. Down in the town at the far end of the valley a man falls to the ground blood gushing from his head. He is dead before he hits the ground. Across the valley another shot rings out. In the town a...
Author's note: I appreciate your feedback and enjoy the thought that you are getting off on my writing! Please forgive grammar or spelling mistakes as I was getting off as I wrote it! Thanks again for your feedback and don't forget to vote! * * * * * The blue pickup slowly drove down through the hills toward Oak Valley. The instructions rested on the bench...
Lana sat down at the kitchen table with a book of andyne fairy tales. "So uh..." said Arin, filling the kettle and putting it on the stove. The kitchen was just off the living room, on the left upon entering Arin's quarters. The hallway that branched off to the right led to Arin's bedroom, the bathroom, and the office, which contained the laundry closet. "...