Good Enough (How We Met)
Good Enough--Side Story--How We Met _Years Ago, Fourth Grade_ "I don't wanna go back!" nine-year-old Thomas Martan cried petulantly, throwing his backpack off as he entered the bedroom. His mother, seated on the bed, looked up with a scowl. He...
Kade Chapter 4
Kade--Chapter 4 * * * "So, what exactly am I in for at this place?" Kade asked as he and Tyler turned down a corner towards a part of the city that Kade had never really been to before. He'd probably passed through on occasion, but now, looking...
Good Enough (Brother, My Brother)
Good Enough--Side Story--Brother, My Brother _Eight Years Ago_ Thirteen-year-old Nathan stomped into the house angrily, slamming the door behind him as he made his way upstairs, rage flowing through his veins. He walked upstairs and into his...
Good Enough/Crossroads Little Chance's Easter
Good Enough/Crossroads--Little Chance's Easter Not for the first time, six-year-old Charlie Argent found his attention to the sermon ebbing and, not for the first time, his father, David, irritably nudged him awake, casting his son a sharp glare and...
Good Enough/Crossroads Chapter 13
Crossroads--Chapter 13--The Cabin Although it wasn't the cabin on Lake Huron that Chance remembered from his youth (that cabin was too far away and Lake Michigan was no less beautiful), when they got out of the car, Chance was happy nonetheless. As...
A LOST GAMBLE
"You can't be serious," I said in exasperation, looking at the package my friend had sent me. "I'm very serious, Scottie," Hale was saying to me. "You still owe me. And I don't forget." "That was _years_ ago!" I stressed. "We were stupid kids back...
Kade Chapter 5
Kade--Chapter 5 Well, this was certainly unsatisfactory. Kade reread his own notes, based on the information that Eric Stone's employer had given them. Yes, they had the footage of Eric Stone both entering and leaving the factory and even more footage...
Kade Chapter One (REWRITE)
Kade--Chapter One-- For the first time in a long time, Kade Creed found himself hesitating. Something had been wrong since he had gotten that call early that morning, his superior's voice still echoing in his head with an amused, snarky tone. _"My...
Kade Chapter 3
Kade--Chapter Three-- * * * Tyler's apartment was modest, almost Spartan, in its lack of color and taste. The walls were plain and untouched, the floor of the living room was bland carpeting and there was nothing in anything Kade could see that made...
Kade Chapter 6
If there was one benefit to having the crime occur in a hotel, it was security cameras. Kade's first instinct upon reentering the building was to see exactly what the cameras on the floor had captured. Tyler had gone to interrogate witnesses, including...
The Gambit of Eros
THE GAMBIT OF EROS A handsome, youthful tiger walked down the street, the sun rising over the glass facades of numerous buildings on either side of him. He bathed in the rays of the rising star, reveling in the surge of life and energy he felt as the...
Good Enough/Crossroads Chapter 6
Good Enough--Crossroads--Chapter Six--Training Day One "So," David said ominously as they pulled into the neighborhood, "what're you doing at this friend's house again?" "Studying," Chance answered uncertainly, shifting awkwardly in the passenger...