Highball (2021)

Highball High noon, high above the sun baked landscape of the southwest, lumbered an old DC-6, westbound, alone in the empty, cyan sky. Four radial engines burbled, driving the gleaming propellers that clawed the thinning air at ten...

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Recollections (2021 Christmas Special)

Recollections Shady Acres was the name for the retirement community Nancy Barion lived in. Nestled amongst the snow was a small community of condominiums, all stone faced with brown roofs, neatly landscaped with crisscrossing roads....

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A Hanover Christmas (2021 Christmas Special)

A Hanover Christmas A gray, cold, Wednesday. The first of December. The clock on the wall struck high noon in the assembly hall of Ben's workplace, Centoh Aircraft. Working with a pneumatic drill, the tan and beige husky labored to...

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Slip Slidin' Away

Slip Slidin' Away Disclaimer: This story contains offensive, strong language. Reader discretion is advised. * * * Prologue: July thunderstorms were tumultuous events, with booming thunder, fierce lightning, and...

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Shatter (2021)

Shatter * * * Prologue: Sunrise, at 6 o'clock in the morning, was a blaze of color. The horizon was a ruddy red-orange, fading to a silver, and gradually to blue which got darker. Rural Hanover farmland was wrapped with low...

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Nomad (2023)

Nomad * * * Prologue: May 2022. Droning alone through the inky night flew "Coneflower", an immaculate Super Constellation. Its polished silver skin glistened like a mirror in the pale blue light of the moon. The curvaceous old...

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Rob Has His Thorns

Rob Has His Thorns * * * Prologue: The middle of nowhere Licking County was silent in the fading light of a cold February day. A morning storm had turned the rural landscape white, the featureless landscape of gently rolling...

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Hilltop (2021)

Hilltop WARNING: This story contains language that is considered very offensive. Reader discretion is advised. * * * Prologue: 2011: Southwest Columbus was dominated by the Hilltop. Cut in half by Sullivant Avenue and hemmed in...

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Hard Times

Hard Times 2017. Ronnie Samson never once thought that his band would become famous. But here he was, standing on stage with his rough 'n tough biker friends, spotlights glaring down on him and his shiny black leathers, his...

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Analog Pt. I

Analog I The first teaser of light turned the eastern sky a very deep blue, just a few shades above black. Stars silently twinkled in the clear calm skies. All around, the landscape was white from recent snows, which faintly reflected the...

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Dottie (2022)

Dottie Saturday morning was calm and sunny, a picture perfect sunrise over the sleepy town of Heath. The early morning air was still cool, and the sky took on a periwinkle color, with not a cloud in sight. Dew glistened in the lush green...

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Snow Angel (2022 Christmas Special)

Snow Angel * * * Prologue: Roaring out of Cleveland were a pack of Hells Angels, dominating the interstate with their numbers. Black and chrome motorcycles roared with thundering intensity, their menacing, burly drivers all...

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