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Cohorts of War

Posted in "short story", military, science fiction, tagged , , , , , , , on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Damn, he was fast! If it even was a “he”. I was so busy grabbing a piece of ground I really didn’t get a good look. I almost missed seeing him disappear into the warehouse at the end of the avenue.
“Report!’ The Captain sounded pretty upset. Knowing how much he hates surprises; I imagine this [...]

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Aurora

Posted in "short story", drama, mythology, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Aurora was a child born in Thessaly to Perinus, a farmer, and his wife, Adriena. They lived contented and simple lives in the hills outside the capital. Now Aurora was a beautiful child with long, flowing hair that would be any women’s envy. But anyone who had ever met Aurora had nothing but love for [...]

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Destiny’s Child

Posted in "short story", fantasy, mythology, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Johan pushed himself away from the cave wall where he had paused for a few sweet seconds. No longer breathing in great shuddering gasps, Johan forced himself forward after checking to make sure the child was secure in his sling. He stumbled on, using his long sword as both a crutch and a probe to [...]

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The Key

Posted in "short story", drama, tagged , , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

*BAM* *BAM*
Even though he had expected the pounding on the door, it still made him jump with renewed fear. As his eyes desperately ran across the dim boiler room in search of anything that might help his situation, a small part of his mind was surprised it had taken only ten minutes for them to [...]

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Blood Brothers

Posted in drama, play, script, tagged , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(1950’s. Prison interior. Wooden electric chair is center stage. Stage Right: red phone on a small table. Stage Left: wall-panel with dials, gauges, and large breaker switch with safety catch. Center Stage: above and behind chair is institutional-type clock that moves the minute hand with a loud Click-Clack. Onstage is PRIEST with CONVICT bound to [...]

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The Hunted

Posted in "short story", drama, fantasy, tagged , , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Story inspired by bpkelsey’s amazing Dragon Fire chop.I glance at my wife over the head of our sleeping son and I can see she also knows the hunter is out there. But we can flee no further. Our strength has reached it’s end and all our tribe has perished. We three are the last of [...]

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