Waiting for God(ot)
# Chapter 3 Ophois appeared at my side the moment we rounded a corner and got out of the cop's sight. "Some help you were, mutt." I gave him a light cuff to the ear. He just turned to me with a, 'Who, me?' expression. "Thanks for...
The Reason We're Here
# Chapter 11 It must have been another half hour or so before I poked my head from the kitchen. It wasn't squeaky clean, far from it, but it was likely better than anything this building had seen in a long time. "Alice? An?" My voice echoed...
An Ageless Beauty
# Chapter 7: An Ageless Beauty The next morning came quickly, Amstys had me up and running almost before the dawn. The promise of making it to Calgary today seemed to give him new fire, and what few words I could get from of him last night were...
Tea and Crumpets in the Garden
# Chapter 4: Tea and Crumpets in the Garden Breakfast was a simple enough affair, consisting of little more than a thick oat porridge topped with cream and fruits purchased in the town market. It was, however, filling and left Johnathan feeling as...
Stowaway
# Chapter 4: Stowaway I hugged my parents goodbye and left before too much more could be said, I didn't want to give myself a reason to start crying. The only thing I stopped to grab were the maps in my bedroom. I'd always dreamed of traveling,...
Honeymoons Aren’t All They're Cracked Up To Be
# Chapter 13: Honeymoons Aren’t All They're Cracked Up To Be I hadn't realized just how much ground we'd covered while chasing the hare. We didn't get back before the sun was getting ready to set. ...
The More Things Change
# Chapter 2: The More Things Change I mustn't have slept for more than ten minutes at a time that night. I kept waking up to stare at the blank canvas above me. Even with my night vision I couldn't make out a thing in the tent, the night was...
The Boys are Back in Town
# Chapter 3: The Boys are Back in Town I will give it to Sayer that he's good to his word. Leaving his office, Jon lead me back to the main floor. I could already see people trickling out from the holding cells. Opening the door to another...
Kicking Horse Pass
Chapter 5: Kicking Horse Pass The four of us, Jon, English, Rebeca, and I, left Merrett the next morning at sunrise. I was happy to put that place behind us. The book too, I left it back where I'd found it, next to the bed. I tried the radio...
Something Wicked This Way Comes...
Something Wicked This Way Comes... Do you smell that? The scent of the hunt. It's been a while, but some stories just won't die. The tides are turning, and it's time to once again set foot in V-town. The old gang is still here, but they're too...
What We Show the World
# Chapter 12: What We Show the World Once we made it out of the warehouse district we split up and went our separate ways. Jon, back to the station to write his daily reports; English, to his café to eat; and myself, home. The lion invited me to...
Nights Alone
# Chapter 6: Nights Alone My ears popped as we walked out of the mountain. We had to scale a sheer cliff to get back on the highway, I was just glad that none of us broke our necks. Back on the road all thoughts of the world seemed to slip...