(Chapter 6) "Perfect Timing" (circa-1971) If only he had gone straight to the casino on Friday night like he intended he wouldn't have had the police knocking at his door and he would definitely be in a better frame of mind for the long drive to Stockport. He was certainly beginning to regret his act of chivalry. The Bay Horse public house in Gateshead...
The entire room stilled, fell quiet and the heads of the room jolted around at the projected profanity that came from Harlee's direction. 'Great.' She thought to herself in a slight state of panic. Bree, the overly observant best friend, saw the complete look of worry upon her face and quickly and quite smoothly covered for her best friend. "How dare they...
The bark of the tree was rough against my skin, but I didn't mind. The August Roman night was a typical steam bath, and my room was still too sultry to sleep in. Sister Juliana was in the south on a family visit; La Rossa was in Jerusalem for a conference; Sister Lucia, our second in command, was out of town as well; and only the sisters without families or...
Chapter 01: The Head Nurse This is the story of an odd couple. A couple with strange ideas, different beliefs and opposing moralities. One driven by a religious fanaticism, both by a sexual appetite. High-school sweethearts, but not in the Disney storybook sense, this is the story of Orla and Jamal. They were seniors when it happened, although they had bot...
Elise had the misfortune of being a "good girl" all her life. She was the one who easily did very well in school, attended church regularly, respected her parents and community, and was in many ways all-around decent, not ever a source of embarrassment. Her parents always proudly countered other parents' complaints of their children's problems with, "Oh, Eli...
Tom and the Dazzling Fiona Ch. 02 He wanted to get married but she was doubtful. This story is entirely fictional. * Tom Cassavettes's mother was what some would disparagingly call 'a typical upper class British woman'. As well as coming from a titled family she had been brought up in a staunch Church of England household where Sunday attendance at churc...
"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him" Ludwig Wittgenstein The day the aliens came there was no fire in the sky; no music in the background and no reception party of stuffed official Earthlings. There was just me in my wheelchair in our backyard taking the first warm breezes of the com...
Many years ago my Mum worked as a bridal consultant for a well-known wedding dress shop. One day to get off College so I could bunk rugby I complained of having a stomachache. The situation was ridiculous. I'm a young man of 19 who had volunteered to continue with my education and study accounts so why the authorities insisted I had to do Rugby as part of th...
"There are many strange and inexplicable powers." She had changed now and was wearing a dress with a purple satin underskirt covered in black lace-like material and a bodice in woven colours of black and purple, all in a pagan style. Her costume was completed by a headdress of white stones with one pendant gem resting on her forehead. She looked magnificent...
The Editor who helped me was 0nlyEditing ***** She could see someone running, but at first it wasn't clear who it was. It seemed as if she could see a mist in human form flying through nothingness. Progressively, the strange being seemed to take shape. It looked like the ghost of a woman now. Brianna remembered seeing her before, but where? The image got...