Maxwell's Silver Bullet (10)
I tucked the card away so Mom could read it later and turned back to the pile. “Hel-lo. What do we have here?” I lifted the large manila envelope and noticed…
Maxwell's Silver Bullet (9)
While donning khaki slacks and a navy blue Maxwell’s Silver Bullet tee shirt, I caught the scent of coffee. Mom had left half a pot for me - hallelujah! I…
Maxwell's Silver Bullet (8)
I’m a personal assistant. Also a personal shopper, a house and pet sitter, bill payer, chauffeur, and troubleshooter. What it boils down to is that I’m a…
Maxwell's Silver Bullet (5)
He’d walked me to one of the guest chairs in the reception area where I sat while he brought me a glass of water. Having been classmates with the Sheriff a…
Maxwell's Silver Bullet (1)
I have a rich fantasy life. It’s a necessity for a single woman of a certain age who’s slightly worse for wear. But even I couldn’t have dreamed up the scene…
Welcome - Part 5
We crossed the doors of the old building and there the sun flashed my face, it was like a dead new york, old buildings, many cars, many noises, and many…
Welcome - Part 4
There was a big missing there. So I freaked out! Manuel: Calm down, you’re here because you were “not that good” and because of that you have a hole there. We…
The Captain in the Powder Room
“Welcom aboard, er...lieutenant,” came the greeting from near a lantern’s dim light. An appropriate piping accompanied the heavy boots’ tread onto the deck…
Gone but Never Forgotten
The slender figure of a woman appeared through the mist, her appearance was ashen as her pale skin was almost transparent, apart from the single teardrop that…
The Briefcase
I heard the garbled announcement from the street. I had to hustle if I was going to catch the 1 Train uptown. I bounded down the stairs past a man with a…
Mysterious Illness part 2
Her mom shut the door and Hope went back to typing while her dad tried to get more sleep, a respite from the nauseating dizzy spells that had become so…
The Mysterious Illness
“How many freaking blood tests do they need?” he said as the technician came in to draw yet again, another two vials of blood. “You guys are gonna suck me…
Welcome - Part 3
Manuel: This is the Land of the Dead, let me give you a brief introduction to this new life, or death, or whatever you wanna call it. “When you die, your soul…
Welcome - Part 2
I touched my face just to realise that is was naked, by naked I mean, I only had a skull, no skin, no muscle, just bone. I terrified, it was like a real life…
Welcome
So here I am, the last thing I remember was putting the cold gun in my mouth and pulling the trigger, my life was no the quite “perfect life” you would expect…
Outer Indent
With rapid steps the ornate chamber gave way to a rather mundane hallway, then to a tunnel through rubble, and finally to a dusty outside world. Harlow winced…
Identity
Stan looked out to the city with a pair of sharp, cynical eyes that scanned over every recess, every cavity, searching for any hint of imperfection. There was…
Effluvium
The girl looked out wistfully, the cold, bitter wind cutting through her hair; her senses were assaulted as she began to taste salt on the tip of her tongue…
Search Party: The Smugglers
All right, gang, thanks for coming at this early hour, especially at such short notice. You know why we’re here. For all our sakes, we’ve gotta find every last…
I pushed my bike
One look told me that mending the chain was going to take more time and patience than I had. Well time was no problem, I had plenty of that but patience was…