**Fear moves nations, but kindness moves hearts** (This is pretty much character conversation with some 'comforting' near the end; just warning you.) * Joe had picked us up and we were driving home. For the longest time no one spoke. Joe was never one to be gregarious with strangers, I was fucking tired and bleeding, and ... I don't know why Melinda held...
Annie stared at the button amongst the point-of-sale choice next to the register, her look half-puzzled and half-disgusted. An L with a red circle and a line through it? She shook her head and muttered under her breath, "I don't get it, and I don't care." She glanced at her watch and made a mental note of the lunchtime errands she had to run at the mall: E...
Chapter 2. "Origins" ---------------------------------- Here's a helpful hint for this novel to help avoid any confusion: Each chapter takes place in a different time and place than the one before it. Chapter 1 was set in November 2018 whereas chapter 2 -- this one - takes place eight years prior in June 2010. So, this chapter is a "flashback" and explor...
Chapter 1 Many people will have seen the following on TV a few times and wondered. When going on stage to accept a top music, film or literary award, the overwhelmed female recipient would thank her coach, banker, favourite cabbie, mom, producer, agent and anyone else she can squeeze out of her mind. Then as she turns away from the microphone, she'll grab...
Cal Turner here. Not much in my background worth mentioning. Average man with average desires: loving wife, good job, and kids. My beautiful wife, Helen, had similar interests, or so I thought. My story is about when I found out my wife and I did not share as many interests as I thought. It started one dark and stormy night - not really. I've just always wa...
The arena where Lord Winsom would face his squire, Fireheart, in a duel that had been fought thousands upon thousands of times since the beginning of the Feylands and the start of the Tellings was the most remarkable structure that Lucas had ever set foot in. The fact that he was here at all was almost distracting him from the fact that a friend of his was a...
THE MEETING "Bruce, I'm glad you could arrange to meet me here this evening. I know the lateness of the hour may be inconvenient, but I think I have something that will help us both." "Dr. Gama, I was rather surprised at your call for this meeting, and especially for you wanting it to be confidential, and not for me to tell anyone, especially my wife about...
My mid weekday started like any other, hell, I work every Saturday and Sunday when the phones are quiet just to stay on top of my desk work and if the truth be known most of the time I'm not even sure what day of the week it is. Right on time as if scripted my assistant walked in to hand me the pile of yesterday's mail containing the usual permit approval...
Note to Readers: This series concerns the adventures of a friend of ours. It's been embellished and fictionalized, partly by her as she told it, and partly by me. I have her permission to repeat it. ***** I get in the car, pull off my sandals and toss them in the back, pull my keys out of my handbag and double check that my earrings and necklace are in the...
Unlike most people, I didn't spend most of my Saturday nights in bars and clubs. As a man who considered himself very introverted, those weren't my favorite places to be. Instead, if I didn't have a date, I usually spent that time at home. This particular Saturday night, I just so happened to be inside of a coffee shop downtown. I worked on my computer for...