Out of the Military and into the Feds? Not a bad Trade up, Pays not the worst, less likely to die by Mortar Fire, Sniper fire, or suicide bombing while in the latrine with your pants down. Now you have joined the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles. You don't exactly have a good history with the higher Brass, over five Court Martial's ranging from...
Chapter 47 – Investigative reporting Things started to get strange around the town and house a couple of months later, and it was Willow's fault in a way. Willow was the noon and evening news anchor for WWLX-TV. Between 12:30 and 5:00 p.m. she more or less had time on her hands, and during that down time she started to shift from perfecting her delivery (a...
Michelle Constantine was dead, and everyone knew it. So, how is it that, seven years after her death, she could be standing in the shadowy corner of a bar in downtown Minneapolis. She had committed suicide in Winona, Minnesota in the summer of 1998. Although it made it no less tragic, it came as no surprise to anyone that she had killed herself. It was, aft...
Chapter 13 Hit-and-RunOn Monday Shane was twenty minutes late for their 9 a.m. meeting in the conference room. "She just texted me, she's on her way," Lauren told Carmen as she came in and sat down. "She must have had a romantic, candlelit evening," Carmen said, taking the lid off her paper cup of coffee and offering Lauren a donut from the bag she'd broug...
Lilith stood in the shadow of a large elm with several elders watching the sacrifices scurry about planning the handfasting of Liam and Mira. The entire town was focused on preparations for the handfasting. Though it wasn't standard for everything to stand still for one random ceremony, it was the town's way of avoiding thinking about the danger coming. An...
This is a non-fiction story without sex scenes or the like. It's real life, my real life experience. Don't be too hard on me it's my first submission here and it hasn't been looked at or edited by anyone but me. I will delete comments that seem offensive to me. Please try not to criticize my writing I'm not a professional by far I know, seemingly unlike most...
I remember years ago while in the military, talking with one of the men under my command who had since passed away. He told me about the small town he had come from. The town was a pretty nice place except for the name and a corrupt and lazy police force. I could never forget the name of the town it was too funny. It was called Hell. There weren't any major...
Author's note – be forewarned – not only is this non erotic, it is also very, very politcal. Hopefully it may make you think about the consequences of what some are wishing for. Chicago 2035 "Did you hear?" it was whispered to me as I entered the office building on that dreary Tuesday morning. Even as I was removing my smog mask someone else came buy and a...
HALLOWEEN CONTEST 2018 submission. Everything is made up from my own imagination and over 18. I hope you enjoy. * I felt rather than heard her as she approached my office window. The sorrow and sadness and misery that accompanies the loss of a loved one arrived at my office door before she did. I suspected the arrival of a new customer when I heard the tr...
Thank you to Tigerssman for all his help. *** Things were not going well for the Allies; their ships were scuttled in port, making landings impossible. Their troops retreating, the commanders could not find room to regroup. The enemies' soldiers were better than the Ally soldiers. Lee could only look at Global Hawk's images with dismay, "TURN IT OFF!" Lee...