In Serpent's Embrace: Chapter 7-Awakening Pt 1
In Serpent's Embrace Chapter 7: Awakening Part 1 "NO, NO, LET ME GO!!!" a woman's voice cried out. A tall man watched as the woman was dragged away by a guard. Knowing that he'd get what he wanted (like he always had), a smirk spread across...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 20 of 37
~ **Chapter 20 ~** My eyes adjusted to the darkness around me as I blinked awake. I watched as my vision returned and shapes formed from the darkness of my room. From my open window a mixture of low, yellow floodlights and the high, blue moon...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 31 of 37
**~ Chapter 31 ~** Colins Avenue, where Kat and Tiffany lived, was a shaded boulevard lined with oaks and elms. Most of the shaded parking spots on the street were taken. I didn't blame the drivers, I could still feel the difference between...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 5 of 37
~ **Chapter 5 ~** _Cdnce1282 has signed in (8:22 pm)_ **Aarbo4vr** (8:24 pm): Hey **Aarbo4vr** (8:24 pm): it's Aaron **Cdnce1282** (8:24 pm): Hi! You were able to make out my chicken-scratch, then? :P **Aarbo4vr** (8:25 pm): lol, yeah....
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 36 of 37
**~ Chapter 36 ~** Moonlight shone through the cloudy panes of glass stories above the main floor of the warehouse. There was no color to the light. No coolness or haunting etherealness. Everything was ambient gray. Towers of boxes blended with...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 23 of 37
**~ Chapter 23 ~** I always hated going to Saint Catherine's. Hospitals, as well meaning as they are, just aren't a friendly place to me. I know they try to make the hallways more inviting with warm, pastel colors and paintings done by local...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 3 of 37
~ **Chapter 3 ~** Three-thirty a.m. on the dot as I roll over and reach for a cigarette. I barely have a sheet covering my groin in this heat. Out of what? Respect? Out of privacy? Neh, out of habit. No one's around here anymore for me to care if I...
The Howl in the Night-Chapter 3
The Howl in the Night Chapter 3 "Watch out!" called out Jacob as he collided with Amy from behind. The two tumbled down the incline plane of snow. As they came to a stop the two teens groaned and looked at each other before breaking out in a fit of...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 28 of 37
**~ Chapter 28 ~** "....and the insurance company is okay with it?" Mom asked Dad. "Yeah, apparently," Dad shuffled through a small pile of bills, notices, and letters on the dinner table. Steam rose from an enchilada on his plate; Dad dug in....
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 24 of 37
**~ Chapter 24 ~** _Bbzzzzt......_ _Bbzzzzzt....._ It was a couple of days from my passing out at the toilet in Becky's hospital bathroom. Mom and Dad had assumed it was from the stress of seeing Becky's condition. I didn't expand on...
Better Angels: Part 2
**Nubian Desert** Jack ached and his metal leg was starting to seize again. His fur was matted with a mix of desert sand and crusted salt from his and Ophelia's stowing away on a seafaring paddle steamer carrying scrap steel from London. Dust...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 25 of 37
**~ Chapter 25 ~** The line between late summer and early autumn was blurring. The days were still as balmy as ever but the nights were cooling. The nights were still too warm for shoes or long-sleeved shirts, but the air felt less oppressive...