Tweet It was a cold day in the nation’s capital; cold, gray and bitter. A thick layer of uninterrupted clouds hung in the air, low enough to scrape past the tallest buildings in the city and filtering the sun’s light into a dreary dull hue. A steady brisk breeze pushed the icy air through the [...]
TweetJohnny went to grab his shotgun but found nothing there, someone else was in the house. Instead, he went to the kitchen and reached for a blade; gripping the handle, he pulled the largest knife from its place on a wooden block, then started for the stairs. He didn’t see anything thing out of place, [...]
Tweet Read Charlie Chapter 1 Read Charlie Chapter 2 Somewhere deep in the distance, a telephone rang and the trembling sound rattled Charlie out of a dream. A blanketed body rolled over and exposed an arm, his fingers stretched and snapped a nightstand light, he picked up the source of the sudden-recurring volume, “Hello?” “Mr. [...]
TweetFor one long moment more I gaze upon The wretched scene: One Nation at war, and at its sullied height The power machine From some great distance deep within A scream begins to build For all our lives we’ve breathed this storm We now are overfilled!
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Tweet- Excuse me. Have you seen my napkin? – I’m sorry? – My napkin. I left it on the table over there and now it’s gone. – Must have been tossed. Here’s another one. – No, no. You don’t understand. I need MY napkin. – They’re all the same, sir. I promise. – No, mine [...]
This is the second part of a series of short stories I am doing called “Reconstruction”. The series began with “Asteroid”, which I intended as a stand alone story; however, I had a number of requests to continue the story – as a result “Consolidation” was created. Hopefully I don’t detract from the original short story by continuing the theme, but it’s a little late to worry about that now. Enjoy, and look for the next part or the series, “Decontamination”, sometime in the near future. Happy New Year!