The Missing Son, Chapter 11
The Missing Son 11 Patrick had just added the beans to the rice when the door opened. He quickly poked his head in the hall. "Hey mom, I didn't expect you'd stop by before going to the diner." His mother looked up from taking off her shoes,...
The Missing Son, Chapter 10
The Missing Son 10 The minivan moved slowly through the neighborhood. Adam was driving and peering out, looking for the address his uncle had given them. The others were looking at the houses with lawns over grown with grass and junk, rusted cars...
The Lord Tiranis, An Origin, Part 3 (1st third) (an excerpt)
A story of the past He was toward the back of the camp when there was a flash of light accompanied with an explosion. Something came at him. He only saw it from the lamp light reflecting off it and raised a column of earth to intercept it. It...
The Missing Son, Chapter 09
The Missing Son 09 Damian edged his car to his brothers' garage, and a moment later it opened. He parked next to Adam's Navaho, the hood was up, and tools carefully lined up on the liner. As he expected the minivan wasn't here. His nephews still...
The Missing Son, Chapter 08
The Missing Son 08 Patrick walked to the bar. It was Sunday night and he was feeling good. His knee no longer hurt. He'd used some of the tips the waitress gave him to get some medicine for it so that by the time Friday came about he was okay to...
The Missing Son, Chapter 07
The Missing Son 07 Damian walked back to his office. "Alice, I need you to find out what and when the next event that Commissioner Hyacinthe is attending is, and who we normally send there." "Yes sir." He entered his office and was about to...
The Missing Son, Chapter 17
The Missing Son 17 The call had reached him while he was going through the monthly expenses of the security agency he'd bought the year before, just to have something to do. The company had been a mess of illegal operations committed by employees...
The Missing Son, Chapter 16
The Missing Son 16 "Mister Calmander is here to see you Mister Orr," Alice said on the intercom. Just on time. Damian liked that about his acquisition officer. "Show him in, Alice." The bull entered. Today he was dressed in a sharp...
The Missing Son, Chapter 15
The Missing Son 15 He'd reached the main road, then gone a few blocks before he started shaking. Fuck, he shouldn't have come here. Why couldn't they have left him alone? He would have happily gone on thinking he was the son of a war hero. Now he...
The Missing Son, Chapter 22
The Missing Son 22 Patrick had trouble believing how much of a difference three week made, not just with him, but on the whole neighborhood. Three weeks without the gangs walking around like they owned the place, intimidating people, breaking into...
The Missing Son, Chapter 21
The Missing Son 21 The Church was smaller than he expected. The photos on their web page made it look larger. The outside was worn, but well maintained. They had replaced one of the tall wooden doors recently, the varnish hadn't bleached in the sun...
The Missing Son, Chapter 20
The Missing Son 20 Patrick paused by the living room, his mother was sitting there, watching the news. It was such an odd sight, her being home this early in the day that he took a moment to appreciate it. The television had woken him up and it...