What must’ve he had thought, that snake? I mean, assuming a snake can have a thought. Had it not occurred to him that lying there soaking up the sun, in the middle of a busy urban trail, that he could…
The thruway service plaza was unusually empty, even for 2am on a Sunday. The thruway itself had been fairly busy, so it stood to reason that there would be a few cars here at least. The food court and store…
Randy was getting used to seeing her on the bus every morning. She’d get on at Belleaire Turnpike and get off at Westchester Blvd., which was the stop right before his. Sometimes he would see her on the return trip…
He still hadn’t gotten over losing Polly. The heart-wrenching loss was amplified by guilt. He had been driving her car when the drunk driver turned into them. It should have been him they buried. Every night after work was the…
“Shhh! It’s Davy, I can’t hear him. Hey! Shut up!” “Okay okay okay, Where are you?” “I dunno, I’m trying to find out where he is.” “Davy…you’re gonna have to speak up. The only thing I heard was ride and…
I am thinking about the play “Our Town”, by Thornton Wilder. I am thinking about the play, because I just listened to an audiobook narrated by Meryl Streep. And just for an aside, how the hell does an author get…
The results were bad. Terrible really. The blood samples they had turned over to the lab while in the city confirmed everyone’s worst fears. Not only were there not enough people taking the serum to stop the spread of the disease, it appeared…
Their assignment finished, Morgan and Patch stopped by the payroll office and picked up their back pay. Most of the money they earned either officially as field agents, or unofficially as booty collectors, was deposited for safe keeping with the Consortium…
Getting caught in The City would normally get you exiled to the eastern provinces with just the clothes on your back. There, if you were lucky, you would be killed, your organs harvested and what remained of your body fed to…
Her reception was entirely predictable. Stacy and Anna were the queens of the office, usually at odds, but at times like this, fearsome allies. Megan, the new stenographer had three things that were sure to stoke their fury: Stephan had…