Fields of Gold
Garrett stood alone in the mist by the lazy muddy river. Without being able to see into the darkness, he could tell it was stained with the blood of enemy troops. Surprise ambush at the riverain had...
View ArticleThe Dirty Briefcase
FRIDAY A NEW DAWN “We interrupt this broadcast to bring you breaking news. Minutes ago, a large explosion rocked Broadway New York, leaving bodies sprawled across the street around the iconic...
View ArticleThe Pursuit of Justice
Chapter 1 There was movement outside Raymond Jackson’s cubicle in the Horry County jail. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves but gagged on the bleach-filled air. There was an undertone of piss...
View ArticlePyramid Asia
A blur of fur passed in front of the two boys. “Was that a rat?” “Too many legs.” It was hot and there wasn’t enough oxygen in the air. The barren mountainside had lost a lot of its allure since the...
View ArticleThe Mindful Golfer: How to Lower Your Handicap While Raising Your Consciousness
At the time of the Buddha, golf had not yet been invented, but what the great sage discovered when he achieved his enlightenment— namely, The Four Noble Truths—can be directly applied to golf,...
View ArticleThe Call of the Thunder Dragon – The Continuing Adventures of Falstaff Wild...
Chapter One – Hot Water on Fire Top Mountain January 1940 Samoa southern Yunnan, China Near the French Indo-Chinese Border. Falstaff’s delight was short lived. Pulling up over the crowded bridge, he...
View ArticleGideon’s Children
It was a hot, humid morning In late July, 1968, when I turned off the Harbor Freeway and drove in an easterly direction toward the city of Solina. After several miles I entered its outskirts, then...
View ArticleCall to Witness, One woman’s battle with disability, discrimination and a...
Prologue Five stairs. Jane counted them as she leaned on her cane and grabbed the cool railing, dragging her deadened right leg up, one step at a time. It was the final climb into uncertainty. She...
View ArticleThe Boys of the Dixie Pig
The bedroom held a lingering bouquet of Don Julio Añejo, crawfish, rémoulade sauce, and the morning breath of someone who had consumed all three in excess the night before. Mack Barton rubbed his...
View ArticleThe Crystal Key
The scorching summer sun beat down mercilessly on the parched creek bed. Normally a narrow stream of sweet smelling water surrounded by tufts of sturdy grass, flowed through its center. This summer...
View ArticleChina Code
“Control.” A two-syllable declaration was delivered in monotone. “This is tech support.” The voice was wavering; an anxious comeback. For some reason Ryan Henderson expected an immediate explanation...
View ArticleEarth – Last Sanctuary
Chase looked at the display with unmasked satisfaction as the last red dot disappeared from his radar. The remaining pieces of the fighter he had just blown out of space came burning against his...
View ArticleLiving on the Edge in Freedomtown
Chapter One Freedomtown Sheriff Michael Freeman was driving down Freedom Place thinking to himself about some hot buttered biscuits, browned just right, his maid, May, is famous for baking. It was...
View ArticleA Mistress, A Wife
Chapter I “Yes, I understand you love him, but do you love him enough to die for him?” “Destaina, you feel like you have the world at your feet; you are a princess with your prince. Am I right?” What...
View ArticleA life of Death: The Complete First Novel
Chapter One: Beginnings February 12th, 2010 Alex smiled as the wind buffeted his dark hair through the open window. While exhilarating, something tickled the far reaches of his subconscious,...
View ArticleHer Dirty Little Secrets
The Beginning of the End Pierce can only ever remember being this nervous one other time in her life; where she’s felt joyous, afraid and nauseous at the same time. The scenery is breathtaking. White...
View ArticleHome: Interstellar
Chapter 1 The Princess “Once in an age, the forces of darkness align to bend the arc of history…” —From the Diary of Neuchar de Merlner, Europa, 2121 In 2177, that alignment broke the Princess. ***...
View ArticleThe Errant Flock
CHAPTER one December 1491 The duke of Sagrat, Luis Henrique Peráto, strode through his castle’s hallways with his head bowed in sorrow. Tears slipped from his red-rimmed eyes and down his cheeks. So...
View ArticleAmber in the Moment, or God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut!
ONE Vonnegut, Slaughter House Five, Tralfamadorians’ response to Billy Pilgrim. … This book is written by Kurt Vonnegut. That sentence is true but should have an asterisk after it. The asterisk is a...
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