The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 22: Two Ways to Fight

A stocky, distinguished white-haired man dressed in a shiny gray suit came walking into the Milwaukee District 1 headquarters, being directed to one…


Arasu

Allie listened with disgust as the door to her tiny bedroom groaned open. She turned to face the wall, trying to empty her mind. Her stepfather…


The Pilgrim’s Digress: Chapter 1

Representatives of the Provisional Commonwealth Council were there to greet Amos and his men as they arrived at Cambridge Hall. Unlike Amos and his…


Day of the Doorbells

The business took centre stage and waited for the rapturous applause to die down. Bailey Norton smiled his signature smile as the crowd quieted and…


The Ecobart

Alice Scold was 54 years of age and liked to clean. She enjoyed her job at the Carlton because it was much larger than the other Derby hotels she'd…


Crashing

Lightning strikes the earth like God’s personal defibrillator, jolting everyone to life. The entire world is engulfed in a flash, and then…


The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 21: The Upside-Down of it All

Frightening images flashed, tugging at my perception of what was real and what wasn’t. Flights of terror so unnerving that they defied my highest…


The X-Rated Relic

Pablo Guerro was angry; he was always angry. He had a tumour in his brain that made him angry; surly at best. He was stamping up the shaggy carpeted…


The Pilgrim’s Digress: Prologue

Amos Cavendish stood against the outside wall to the residence, his service pistol at the ready. He was a man in his thirties, standing at six feet…


The Lady in White

Edwin loved a spring evening after rain. He loved the way the soaked earth glowed beneath a reddening sky, and how the buds and fallen flowers lay…