Radioman
His eyes were gleaming. I’d never seen them so bright. They were usually dull behind his glasses or closed when he dozed which was often. His…
The Elevator
Fortified with a glass facade, the building looked daunting as it gazed down upon Aliza. Like a huge Goliath against the tiny David. Sensing the…
The Ambush, Part 6: The Prayer Book
The asset code-named Etienne has prepared his verbal briefing---no notes, nothing on paper---and is delivering it to the senior staff of the service.…
A# Minor
Trevor sat still and silent at one end of the dimmed high school auditorium's front row. Back straight and hands folded on his lap, he admired the…
The Dread Machine 1986
A refugee from the 60’s. That’s how he later described her. She was a lovely girl, not strictly beautiful, but beautiful at times, and magnetic,…
The Shadow Men, Part 4 — Excerpt 2
Chairman Hopkins leaned back in his chair behind a large cedar desk, sipping on bourbon with reddened cheeks. John shifted in his chair. It felt…
Pussy for Dinosaurs
I am from Atapuerca, in Burgos, the son of a dinosaur count and, in this town or town, no dinosaur was lucky enough to be female. All the dinosaurs…
The Living Flame
It had started when she was a child, only it was different then. Less of an obsession perhaps, and more of an inquisitiveness. The natural tendency…
The Outcast
It was raining the first day I walked into Heatherfield High. A dense fog hung low over the small town of Heatherfield, clouding up the windows which…
But Deliver Us from Evil
“Good job finishing that drug lord last week,” the hoarse voice crackled over the unstable phone line. “The rest of the bounty will be in your…
