Tweet<Start At Chapter 1 <Read the Previous Chapter With a gentle tap against the curb, Cruise halts his pickup and stops the engine. Ricki fidgets with her purse while he focuses on the dash. Finally the jingle of her keys pulling from the purse innards breaks the silence in the cab, and he feels [...]
Tweet<Start at Chapter 1 <Read the previous Chapter And on top of the day he’s had, Sherif Wayne got to end it with a shoplifter at the local book store. Amy, the owner phoned it in, and Marcus Wayne told his deputy he’d swing by on his way home. The trade off was: Deputy [...]
Tweet< Start at Chapter 1 <Read the Previous Chapter It’s not a dark room like you see in the movies. There’s no giant mirror across the wall with people hidden, watching from behind it. There’s a window that looks out into the alley behind the police station and lets the afternoon sun stencile itself [...]
Tweet<Read the Previous Chapter or, Start at the Beginning> Cruise feels anxious being in his truck again. Ricki drives, the hospital content with the conquered dehydration set Cruise loose for home. The whine of the engine and the blink of a turn signal snaps his mind back two nights, and he shakes his head [...]
Tweet<Read the Previous Chapter The repetitive beeps seep into his waking mind, as he begins to open his eyes an intense white light rips against them. He blinks and squints in an attempt to soften the intensity. He feels like he’s been asleep for days. The coarse fabric rubs against his palms as he [...]
TweetThe coffee drifts with the movements of the car, sloshing lightly against the underside of the lid as the vehicle rounds corner after corner. Few other vehicles dot the other lanes, and the sun is just lightly peaking through the jagged wall of pine needles standing alongside the road. The radio on the dash is [...]
Tweetread the previous chapter – “Walk” El Dorado rains down on Edward. Flecks of gold stone blown from structures tumble through the sky with the loud silence of nearby explosions. Flashes of orange pop against the darkness of the city, and mouths shout silent instructions to each other.
Tweetread the previous chapter – “Sail” “This is the last boat sir, we’re setting up a small base camp here and the first team is just about to begin their sweep.” Linus helps Mr. Rex off the makeshift raft, the last to ferry supplies and personnel across the lake occupying the entire East to [...]
TweetRead the previous chapter “Eat” Wafts of burnt flesh spill from the tent, several hours of work and the screams have now become less fervent. Black sky becomes gray and the men patrol for hours through the yelps and yells that dominate the still woods. Outside the tent Jacob waits, keeps guard and tries [...]
TweetChapter 1:The Price Chapter 2: Buzz Kill Chapter 3: Trekking Chapter 4: Flare Up, Rain Down The first thing he notices is the darkness. The second thing is how the cot he is on sags, like cots do: mere fabric suspended between two metal bars. It would actually be comfortable if his entire body [...]