The Black Shepherd - Chapter 23
**Chapter Twenty-three** **Thursday August 14, 2008** **9:58am** The last month had ripped apart everything Tyson had ever known, and by summer's end, his life would become entirely unrecognizable. He considered the looming changes underneath the...
The Black Shepherd - Epilogue
**Epilogue** **Wednesday July 4, 2018** **3:36pm** Dandelion-gold winked through bright-green summer grass around a red-brick corner house in Sandy, Indiana. Along with the tickle of a refreshing breeze were the faraway reports of firecrackers and...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 34
**Chapter Thirty-four** **Sunday October 12, 2014** **12:41pm** Things started happening very fast. He was in a shirt and shoes with the Glock stuffed down a shorts pocket. He was ducking out of the patio door into daylight. He was in the parking...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 33
**Chapter Thirty-three** **Friday October 10, 2014** **6:51pm** "I remember you talking about him," Roger said in a voice loaded with skepticism. He frowned at Anessa as they walked a path parallel to one of theOpen Prairie Country Club's par...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 32
**Chapter Thirty-two** **Saturday October 4, 2014** **1:53pm** _Hurry up, time!_ Anessa paced her dorm room, hoping to exercise the unease she had been fighting in lectures and study sessions throughout the week. She knew it was silly to be...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 13
**Chapter Thirteen** **Saturday June 28, 2008** **10:40pm** The house was possessed by stillness, dark until Tyson, whirling a key ring 'round a clawed finger, stumbled across his father reclining in the upstairs television's luminescence. The...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 12
**Saturday June 28, 2008** **11:36am** Thirty-five days. It had been thirty-five very long days. "Goddamn, I missed you," said Tyson, and he gave his 944's steering wheel a loving caress. Punching the pedals, working the gearshift, the abrasive...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 11
**Chapter Eleven** **Saturday May 24, 2008** **11:05am** "Mom," said Tyson, standing at the edge of the kitchen. Patricia, only minutes awake, sifted through a cupboard in a light knit robe. "What?" she grumbled dryly, not bothering to look...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 8
**Chapter Eight** **Thursday May 8, 2008** **8:51am** The final weeks of Tyson's freshman year wound up a total blur with intensive studies cluttering what free time his schedule normally allowed. Finals began the fifth of May, and in the days...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 9
**Chapter Nine** **Friday May 16, 2008** **8:00am** _Come on. Almost there._ His heart pounded against his ribs. His mouth hung open, panting hard as he willed himself down the homestretch of what was becoming his daily run. He kept his eyes on...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 10
**Chapter Ten** **Friday May 23, 2008** **12:08pm** The Infinity Care Center was the premier long-term care facility for retired folk in Sandy, offering topnotch services to less than a hundred highly-sought after beds. For nine years, Patricia had...
The Black Shepherd - Chapter 3
**Chapter Three** **Thursday March 20, 2008** **11:47am** A cool drizzle and a gloomy procession of clouds made no attempt at matching Tyson's mood as the shepherd cruised east on I-60. His days of waiting were at an end. The day of their second...