Wild Rose Country - Chapter 13
What can I say about the aftermath of our horrifying encounter with the grizzly? Even now, when such things are years in the past, it's very hard for me to find a place to begin. I could start by saying that in the weeks afterwards there were times...
Wolf River - Chapter 3
The snow had stopped sometime during the night and the clouds had drifted off to dump snow on the lands somewhere to the east. A bubble of crystal clear blue sky blossomed overhead in the wake of the storm and the woods were still and silent. The sun...
The Gift of a Stranger - Chapter 2
Dulam Hagarth liked his job, and for good reason. He understood that he was one of those rare individuals who was perfectly suited to the role that they played in society, and that fact made him happier still. He grinned to himself in the waning...
The Gift of a Stranger - Chapter 3
The light from a flickering torch some yards away glistened on wet stone walls. The air was dank and stale, hinting at ages of stagnation in these dark depths. Water dripped from the low ceiling somewhere nearby, punctuating the gloom with rhythmic...
Wolf River - chapter 10
Despite all of the ominous foreshadowing, the storm that had threatened so fiercely ended up being a dud. There had been little snow but the wind had come in wickedly from the north overnight and brought with it a bitter cold that had settled over the...
The Gift of a Stranger - Chapter 4
After Annayah and Kalya finished eating, they walked back to Annayah's quarters. There they said their goodbyes and parted company. Kalya's duty shift began within the hour and she to go get ready for work. She promised that she'd stop by again in the...
The Gift of a Stranger - Chapter 6
All sense of the passage of time had long since bled away into the unvarying darkness that held the stranger fast within his cell. How long had he been locked in here? Hours? Days? He didn't know. Day was indistinguishable from night in this dank...
Lost and found Under the Northern Lights
A Man travels alone through places rugged and wild. He wanders through pine forests and hikes the shores of cold streams as the sun glitters on clear waters. He has felt a calling, a pull to this place and he is not sure why. He revels in the solitude...
The Gift of a Stranger - Chapter 5
A solitary figure sat perched quietly on a stool in the gloom at one end of the bar, far away from the feeble light of the oil lamps. A small glass of clear liquid sat at its elbow and was as of yet untouched since the bartender had tentatively placed...
At Any Cost
Kayman quietly slipped away from the hard surface of the road and found his way through the long green grasses that grew so thick in the ditches. He wasn't familiar with this area but he felt the need to escape for awhile, to have nothing but the...
When Friends Must Part
It was a beautiful morning. The air was delightfully cool and the sun bright and warm as it rose over the treetops. The old dog trotted easily over fields of glistening grass under the welcome light of the morning sun. She felt good this morning,...