The weak yellow light from the headlights flickered slightly as the car idled, but they shone bright enough to reveal the small placard near the door: SERPENT MOUND PARK. “What is this place?” I stopped […]
Tag: thriller
(Fiction) PermaPuppies
With the new puppy, of course I have to share this chapter from ZERO SIGNAL.
(Fiction) Viper & Serpent
I awoke from death, as I had so many times, shivering on a slab. For once, I had not been murdered. This time, I had taken my own life. The body bag that encased me […]
(Fiction) Symphony and Fugue
It was as if we walked for hours through someone’s dark and anxious dreams. He navigated it as only a spiritwalker can, a man trained since birth not only to battle evil spirits but also […]
(Fiction) Harrowood House
I opened my eyes and the past faded. I took a long breath and let it out. Back to the present. Back to work. I lifted myself up from the antique porcelain embalmer’s slab that […]
(Fiction) Sacrifices
“I hate being in the city.” Nio made a beeline for the coffee stand, which had a short line. “Why can’t we stay somewhere else?” Quinn followed. “Not feeling any better, I see.” “Meaning?” “Nothing, […]
(Fiction) Anything Other Than a Spy
T Minus: 051 Days 21 Hours 03 Minutes 43 Seconds That was odd. The door was already open. Dr. Amarta Zabora removed the key to her office and pushed the door with her […]
(Fiction) The Bleeder
The bus pulled onto the shoulder to report the bleeder on the side of the highway. At some point, a car had clipped the man’s leg, which was bent awkwardly to one side. His hands […]
(Fiction) The da Vinci Project
—nothing if not ambitious. Like its namesake, it sought to answer some of the biggest and most persistent questions in science—particularly, how much of who we are is determined by our genes and how much […]
(Fiction) Signs
An alarm blared in short, piercing tones. Nio sat stirring the lukewarm coffee and peering out the windows of the dim office for the stout Agent Quinn, who was no doubt rushing to her location. […]
