Grand Cable Highway
Ravenwood is shaped like a wheel. Not for beauty, but necessity. There are no roads in Ravenwood, only hard-packed paths with permafrost gutters. At the center…
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Ark of the Covenant IV
The cavern wasn’t as large as Father Kris expected. Candle-adorned chandeliers swung slowly between glowing stalactites. The chandeliers were made of human…
Ark of the Covenant II
The great boring machine ground to a halt. Seismic sonars detected a vast cavern beyond the mantle. Father Kris examined the readings, slowly passing his…
Employee Handbook
Schneider excelled in customer relations. he felt he manipulated it tactfully; leaving the customer believing they’d made the choice, all-the-while the choice…
John Connaught Takes a Sip
John pondered his own image through the shelves of colorful bottles; this is the closest he’ll ever get to being in a church. In the reflection, he watched the…
69 Minutes
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When In Kuln
As we both sat and watched boats float by, on the Rhine, we mused of how we met. I sat in front of a beer in Koln, when a scarf brushed my cheek. My gaze found…
Icy Pride
“All aboard!” Bowing, I grace the deck. Chiffons of the rich blow in the breeze. Denied that I exist, I race off to find my place. Evening comes soon, a morbid…
Salted Wounds
The twinkle in her eyes was bright enough for ships to find their way home. All the men wanted her, but carnal wasn’t the emotion. It was love; offspring…
Silent War
It really *was* a mess. No more Haves or Have-Nots. All societies and its peoples were razed of social comforts normally held in place by rules, agreements and…
Out of the Wind: Downtrodden
From the basement, my ears strain to make sense of the apithopter crew’s intentions. My tightly focused hearing fails to notice foot crunches over snow above…
Grease Burns
The two sisters, the older Irene and her younger sister Viv, slid into the kitchen’s dining nook. Viv’s souffle forgivingly fell halfway. She could stay. “Your…
Hot Mess
Irene, fully charged butcher knives in hand, leaped from a silent prowl towards her sister Viv. But Viv faked left and Irene landed in the hall, her knives…
Recipe For Disaster
Irene stood on her threshold pointing a shock pistol directly at Viv’s temple. “What are you doing here, breaking into my house” Irene whispered into Viv’s…
Go Around
Aaron sits cross-legged in the center of a utilitarian merry-go-round. He’d returned to his elementary school, years later, in a depressive state. It had all…
Sojourn
Clemens, Ella and Horace stumbled thirsty and skin-cracked over a dry riverbed. Somehow, in the moonless night Horace saw a glint off water. Thirst drove the…
Time for Truth
With her long waxy nail, gnarled like knotted oak, Regalia the gypsy scratched the surface of Horace’s rare glowing artifacts; a pair of brass knuckles. Ella…
Sucker Punched
The gypsy’s hand tripped her wagon’s door latch. Heady scents of rare teas, spices, incense and exotic oils snaked down around the self guarded trio, relaxing…
Freeform 7:23p-7:29p, 11/13/2013
If you see me holding my throat tight, as if I’m choking, I’m not, so sit down and relax. You see, I’m afraid and I’m trying to stop my heart from leaping out…
Freeform 2:57p-3:03p 11/9/2013
I don’t go to bed because I’m tired, I go to bed because I’m bored. I hear movement outside, steel and rubber racing to find their children. School’s out. I…