Having no personal wings or means of biotechnologically-integrated jet propulsion, the Carriveaua were incapable of unaided flight. They seemed to fare a little bit better in water – but just barely. So for Burdlit, the lift and grasp that he was subjected to by one of the Deew’s branches which coiled around him seemed to [...]
Do you know what horrors lie beyond these pages? Costa Calabrese has just uncovered the truth about his past. Some truths should never be revealed. When you learn you’re the son of the worlds foremost and feared hunter of demons, life’s rules inevitably change. Now Costa has been chosen to walk in his famed father’s [...]
It happened just as Nookie said it would, no one was allowed to venture into the forest until further notice. It wasn’t so bad, thankfully there was food stock piled and we were ready for many days of seclusion if needed. The turmoil around me in every direction caused me to become introspective. I was [...]
Every once in a while something happens that raises your spirits. The Seventh Age is my second sci-fi novel for this year. I began thinking about how I get it noticed by an industry reviewer. Then I remembered a particular well known writer I am fortunate to have become acquainted with via a well known [...]
Being immune to feminine wiles did not necessarily mean that Boyd’s senses were deadened from being a career assassin but that he was just not interested in companionship at this time. No intended disrespect was meant when the Enforcer ignored the fragrance of Janette’s hair or the other relatively pleasant features which might have been [...]
Let me start at the very beginning. I was working on my newest novel which was an modern adaptation of the classic ‘3 Little Pigs’. But the hook is in my version, the character of the big bad wolf has asthma so it’s a lot shorter than the original. In the opening scene, the wolf wheezes [...]
My friend Jim said he never loved her more than he did the night she blindsided him on the pier. He swears he never saw it coming. They were in the Florida panhandle visiting friends who live across a dirt road from a lake. It was Thanksgiving and the hosts were dressed as pilgrims. A [...]
The “For Sale” sign creaked and did it best to stay aloft, despite the winds onslaught. Eileen watched from her bedroom window the leaves that scuttled across the garden path and traced their flight until they disappeared into the maelstrom of darkness. Her house was on the outskirts of the village and therefore deprived of [...]
He did not want to go home. He stared at the table in front of him as the shadows gathered, the hustle of the city slowing down as the night hawkers set up. He sat there as the sounds around him changed in tones and volumes. Why bother to go home he asked himself, should [...]
“Hey Dave, my little toe is missing!” “What?” I asked absently. “I said my little toe is missing.” I glanced down to the bottom of the bed where her foot was sticking out from under the sheet and she was wiggling her toes. Sure enough, gone. “When did that happen?” “I don’t know. We were [...]
