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 [...]
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Posted 19 October 2011
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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 [...]
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Posted 02 October 2011
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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 [...]
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Posted 01 October 2011
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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 [...]
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Posted 22 September 2011
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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 [...]
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Posted 04 September 2011
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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 [...]
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Posted 17 August 2011
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TweetIt didn’t feel different, and that was the strange part. In the moment, you’d been elated, the sun beating down on your face outdoors, the school football field colonized by a million folding chairs and your parents clapping and beaming as their children and their friends and you processed across the stage one by one [...]
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Posted 21 June 2011
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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.
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Posted 28 May 2011
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Tweet“Tell me a story.” “What, another one?” “Yeah.” “Ok, hmm. Alright, I know one. It goes like this: “There once was a very holy man. Everyone agreed on this. They testified to his mystical powers far and wide; they swore that his decisions were enlightened beyond all other men. God himself looked down at this [...]
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Posted 19 May 2011
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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 [...]
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Posted 11 May 2011
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