Blue and Gray - Chapter 5: The Fen and the Fastness
Chapter Five - The Fen and the Fastness _There's smoke down by the river,_ _hear the cannon and the drums._ _Even if I die I've got to try,_ _can you run?_ _Can you run to the freedom line_ _of the Lincoln soldiers?_ _Where the contraband can be...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 6: Ghosts on the Ohio
Chapter Six - Ghosts on the Ohio _So God grant me speed and grant me forgiveness_ _and carry me all through the night._ _Take me through your hills and over your rivers,_ _away from this awful fight._ '_Cause I ain't never known a man who's ever...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 7: Panta Rhei
Chapter Seven - Panta Rhei _Crown of leaves, high in the window_ _on a gold morning._ _Young today,_ _old as the railroad tomorrow._ _Days are just drops in the river_ _to be lost, always._ _Only you, only you,_ _you know._ _~ Fleet Foxes -...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 1: Two Valleys
Chapter One - Two Valleys _From the bright sunny South to the war I was sent,_ _e'er the days of my boyhood I scarcely had spent._ _From its cool shady forests and deep flowing streams,_ _ever fond in my memory and sweet in my dreams._ _~ Alison...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 2: The Skirmish at Sporting Hill
Chapter Two - The Skirmish at Sporting Hill _One was gentle, one was kind._ _One came home, one stayed behind._ _A cannonball don't pay no mind,_ _all on a beautiful morning._ _~ Chris Stapleton - Two Brothers_ June 29, 1863 Carlisle, Cumberland...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 3: Rubicon
Chapter Three - Rubicon _Lay your weapon down, boy, lay your weapon down._ _You don't know the weight of what you do._ _Take a look around you, boy, take a look around._ _Wait 'til someone's aiming back at you._ _~ Tim Miser - Lay Your Weapon...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 4: Cataract
Chapter Four - Cataract Flynn floated on his back in an endless expanse of blue. His eyes were closed, but he could feel the luxurient warmth of the sun on his blue fur. With a smile on his face he was carried on by a slow, smooth current. He couldn't...
Mutiny on the Booty
_We were a crew of scurvy dogs but we sure loved to pump_ _even though the ship we sailed was just a ragged dump._ _Every day we pumped together, standing side by side._ _The water kept on creeping in, I thought that we might die._ _Into the oceans...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 11: Letters Home (Epilogue)
Chapter Eleven - Letters Home (Epilogue) _Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline,_ _like a row of captured ghosts over old dead grass._ _Was never much, but we've made the most._ _Welcome home._ _Peel the scars from off my back,_ _I don't...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 10: Sea of Tranquility
Chapter Ten - Sea of Tranquility _That tall grass grows high and brown._ _Well, I dragged you straight in the muddy ground._ _And you sent me back to where I roam,_ _Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know._ _Oh, now I know._ _~ Gregory Alan...
The Christmas Visit: Part 4
Saturday, December 25, 1997 The sun shone through the treehouse window on a bright and mild Christmas Day, just after noon. Matt was laying on top of his cousin, Ellie. Both the teenage shore horses were as naked as the day they were born. Matt's...
A Kitsune Vixen's Adventure, Ch. 5
She led me to the facilities, which where planks with holes in them set over a flowing water trough that was fed by the cities aqueduct and emptied into the sewers, much like the ancient roman design that had been copied from the minoans.