What Was Broken [9]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 9 Sean awakened with a start, his body twitching and jerking with an explosion of breath. The room was a depthless black void, silent but for the rattling glee of the unabated air conditioner plunging the safe house to a...
What Was Broken [8]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 8 After a visit to the local glutton-mart to restock the denuded larder for their final breakfast the next day, they pulled back into the driveway of the remote safe house not long after the sun had finally dropped below...
What Was Broken [7]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 7 "No further questions, your honor." Le'thal bowed toward the stand and withdrew. Sean heaved a long sigh and straightened his suit coat. It was not as sweat soaked as he had thought it would be after the prosecutor's...
What Was Broken [6]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 6 "The prosecution would like to call Mister Sean Garret to the stand." Le'thal intoned portentously with a slight turn to point out where Sean sat alone in the first row of the gallery. Through the morning the defense...
What Was Broken [5]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 5 He was given his phone back when they made their way out, standing in a line of others waiting for their own restricted devices. Anthony was still on edge about the twisting of his testimony and said little while they...
What Was Broken [4]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 4 Though awake, more or less, Sean did not move for a few moments. He was too comfortable, despite the aged lumpiness of the too-thin mattress of the bed and the fact that the air conditioner had kicked back on at some...
What Was Broken [3]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 3 Oda, like any good government employee, drove the fleet sedan like he stole it, both on the highway and the barely-a-road dirt track leading down the canyon. They left a towering plume of dry Nevada dust in the air...
What Was Broken [2]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 2 Saturday night was spent relaxing around Sean's barbeque, sharing stories over beers while the human seared the meat to the perfection of canine tastes; that being nearly raw. Lazy begged out, explaining that he had to...
What Was Broken [1]
## What Was Broken - Chapter 1 The silence was not - quite - absolute. Crickets did, after all, chirp. Somewhere in the distance the whisper of highway traffic filtered through the trees. A dog barked at something, somewhere, as dogs are ever wont...
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...
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...