When Eli arrived, moonrise was still far enough away that Olivia barely felt any hint of the oncoming change. Verity had curled up with her book again, Imogen with a magazine (the pages being easier for her to handle) and Olivia sat down with one of her n...
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Give me a reason
What did you do with your lifeLife is meaningless. There is no reason. No reason to be here. You told your first grade teacher you loved her. You made someone smile every time you appeared. You touched the head of a child weeping for her lost dolly. You adopted a pet from the animal...
The next month, just as Olivia was on her way to catch the train to Peter's Cross, Grace came running up behind her. "Long time no see," said Grace, her bright smile as false as the red of her lipstick. She made an exaggerated point of noticing Olivia's o...
Caitlin's Time - The Beginning
From tragedy comes hope reborn, and Caitlin makes powerful friendsGordon Curzon was a veteran of many fierce commercial negotiations and boardroom battles. He was at ease with heads of state, and finance ministers, and held in very high esteem by corporate bankers and lawyers. He was a decisive and confidant man. He...
Did You See Me? Part Two
Did you see me?Did you see me on the bus, At the first stop four run north? I saw you. Did you see us being sworn in, Standing ten rows back? I saw you. Did you see the late night crying, Empty beds in the morning? I saw you. Did you see me puke, On the 20 mile force r...
Did You See Me? Part One
3:15am took my first breathDid you see me in the middle row, Wearing my cotton blue cap? I saw you. Did you see me with my broken arm, Being pushed off the school slide? I saw you. Did you see me in Calculus, Cute redhead coping my test? I saw you. Did you see me on the bench at ho...
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Scared and Frightened, Our Senses heightened, Driving rain fell. Thunder and Lightning, Our throats tightening, Diluvian waters mell. FLASH and BANG! DURM und STRANG! Then weather pops And Storm stops… Rainstorm ceases and thunder wheezes, Raindro...
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Humpty Dumpty and Three Little Pigs caught the Old Woman in the Shoe, They knocked her and bopped her until they were stopped by a Little Boy Blue. Where have all the nursery rhymes gone? What has up-ended their reign? Was it radio or TV? Or insidious vid...
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Victoria Desperado's Mansion of Despair
Her boldness blinded her, and she paid the full price.About 1900 words Victoria Desperado's Mansion of Despair by James Foley In Annapolis, Maryland, Andy Bannock stood on a sixty-four-foot ketch, watching the night get wetter and wilder. He was under contract to move this boat to Baltimore before tomorr...
I have walked the path of the ancient ones. Each step made me stronger. Wiser. Fearless. I don’t suffer the antics of fools. Nor do I tolerate the pretense of substance. Heavy is the granite of my principals. Cracked by forces meant to weaken me. Wedges a...
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The Babymakers of Man Mary called them babymakers, no matter what the size,When they swelled inside her and popped their sweet surprise.She loved the large and the small; she treated them the same.Emptying all the fluid was how she saw the game.She collec...
One Less Day As another day wakes With you to protect Till the day you fly Into my arms Forever mine As I am yours Heart Being Soul Aphrodite Goddess of love Smiles and kisses Your sweet forehead Words gifted to you Love Respect Adore Surge thru you Etche...
I saw you. I saw all of you. Walking in the sunlight. Without cover. As if you were immune to harm. Believing that bad things only happen to others. All the while from the shadows danger lurks. Lying just behind the line between light and dark. Where I am...
Olivia ran down the stairs. Her vague suspicions had coalesced, the message from her dreams loud and clear. With a quick glance to check that nobody was about, she pulled herself into human form and grabbed her coat. Draping it across her shoulders, the b...
Just Your Smile
It's really just the smileIt's really just the smileThat tells it all. A smile that seems transcendentTo our core. Complete fulfillment, Existential bliss For every beating heart that feels itsGlow. A happy smile of joy and sweet delightThat spins our moods from blueness Into gle...