James and the Jock IV - Teamwork
**James & The Jock Chapter IV** # _Teamwork_ James relished the winter; he loved the cold, the snow, the peace. He walked along the trail with his feet unshod,...
James and the Jock - Unexpected Introductions
## James & The Jock Chapter I ### _Unexpected Introductions_ The early afternoon sun felt marvelous, the cool are redolent of the coming autumn. James loved that time of the year, an escape from the stultifying swelter of...
James and The Jock III - Taken for a Ride
# James & The Jock Chapter 3 ### _Taken for a Ride_ _Text Message [From: Horns]_ _ Team Captains'...
Last Flight of the Kithrasain
### **_Last Flight of the Kithrasain_** There's just something endemically frustrating about vectored thrust and interstellar combat, thought the commander of the Kithrasain as it rolled through a ponderous two-G downward...
James and The Jock II - Tutoring Assignments
## James & The Jock Chapter II ### _Tutoring Assignments_ What a day, James thought, as he set his dinner down on the small table shoehorned into the narrow space he...
The Wild
Years ago a fellow writer posted a small writing contest based on a picture of her choice. This is what I came up with and, much to my surprise, it won. She was kind enough to point out some of my [i]many[/i] ameture flaws, some of which I...
A Billion Souls
# A Billion Souls "Okay, give me two percent." Mmabs called out, pushing carefully away from the complex screen of film-thin metal sheets that comprised the entirety of the wall before him. A dim blue luminescence glimmered deep within the dense...
It's Not All About the Knot [2]
## It's Not All About the Knot Sean awoke to awareness some hours later, opening his eyes to darkness and trying to take stock of his situation. He was in a bed that was not his own; a softer bed with a thinner blanket than he was used to. One arm was...
It's Not All About the Knot [1]
## _It's Not All About The Knot_ _Text Message from: Ashley_ _"That's it, Sean, we're done. I've moved my things out."_ Sean blinked and stared at his cell phone, his heart doing an abrupt flip-flop in his breast before plunging somewhere into the...
Gnawed (old)
"Gnawed" In America of the early nineteenth century when a white man walked in through the front door of an establishment for blacks it was a head turning event. When Detective...
The Run [Final]
Part 4 - Lift that tail, Boy --- When I again awoke it was daylight, or some semblance of it. The room, at least, was not nearly so dark. Blinding cracks of white glared mercilessly through cracks in dirty, poorly masked windows along one side of...
The Run [Part 1]
## The Run "Adam, you have got to be out of your fucking mind." I snorted as I gazed over the lip of the wall. On the other side was a sixty foot slide to the grassy loam...