Dear Readers - After too much delay, here is the next installment of Marsha, Scott, and Mark's adventures with the CIA and its adversaries. ***** The CIA Doublecross - Part 3 - A Future in Idaho We were being seated in the Boise State faculty club dining room and I was doing my panicked best to decide how to handle the fact that our CIA contact, Mark Coop...
Synopsis: Caught in the undertow of the dreadful great Eorfleode War, a young student finds himself spurred to enlist as the result of being given a white feather, for cowardice, by his ex-girlfriend. Facing death and near disaster at every step, he learns about different colored feathers, such as the blood red arrows of the Boar-Men. Damaged in heart and so...
Please consider reading the Trilogy of "The Trail West, Winterborn, and The Gathering to better understand how those characters and events flow into this story. Reading Parts 1 to 3 will set the stage for the conclusion of this story. Constructive comments and emails are very welcome and much appreciated. If you like or even dislike the story please send...
AUTHORS NOTE: The building where Eve and Steve take shelter on Helvellyn is real. It exists. But be warned, I've exaggerated the size and condition of it so don't go there in the middle of winter expecting a cosy little bothy, because it isn't. ***** CHAPTER 36: HELEN COLTMAN'S STRIDING EDGE Five AM. We got washed and dressed, packed our rucksacks with th...
"We're turning south here," Tammy said, looking through the gap in the trees down a narrow cut in the hill. The earth had shifted over the rock strata at some point in the last three or four years, creating this cut. It looked more like a manmade ditch than a natural feature, but it was not straight or of a regular depth, and there was no reason to dig a dit...
SO FAR: A jobless and sensitive young man becomes innocently associated with a bubbling woman in her late forties who lives alone on a vineyard out of Auckland, New Zealand. Nash is attracted because she drives a beautifully re-built and upgraded 1939 Chevy pick-up and draws him from his 'shell' with ease. Hope Honeybun's interest in young Mr Carson is that...
Woodland Hills, California Saturday, May 10, 1986 Well into the thirtieth year of our marriage, I do not remember how it started or, actually, when it started, but once again Lisa and me were into one of our, seemingly, never ending, ongoing arguments... Well, actually, by this time the argument had generated into the silent period. Now, to be honest,...
Ch.12 : Guthelm's Weakness King Charlerion of Pelancir sought audience with his ally King Guthelm of Grumandria. He crossed the central bridge to the west bank of Cromilil, the old centre of the city, now looking less impressive than the east bank where the Pelancirians had been repairing buildings and making the place look as if it was a proud colonial ca...
Abby did not return to the bar that night. She had a fitful sleep, eventually dropping off into an exhausted doze about five o' clock. She was awakened by a urgent knocking on the door just gone eight thirty, Wrapping her robe about her Abby opened the door, it was Mary, who was very concerned that Abby had not appeared for her breakfast earlier. "How are yo...
'Twas a time of kings, Kind Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII, and the self-professed King William. Happy that Henry was finally home with her, Emma looked forward to having a good night's sleep. It's been a long time since she's slept through the night without waking up screaming. She hoped that she wouldn't have the disturbing dreams, horrible nightmares,...