Browsing Category 'Science Fiction & Fantasy'
PROLOGUE AUGUST 824 AD The Viking longboat made its way slowly up the river. Its single sail was furled so the ship was propelled against the sluggish flow of the current by its thirty oars. The river was narrow and shallow but the longboat was perfectly designed for such conditions. Its width was only fifteen [...]
Chapter One Ash sighed heavily as he stared out of the window. The beautifully manicured grounds swept before him: magnificent rose gardens; geometrically perfect flowerbeds and borders receding into the distant wall and the high, iron gates. Not a soul was visible from his vantage point, he might have been the only being in all [...]
1: Down at the ‘Silver Spade’ Lester ended up knocking seven bells out of a beefy Northerner. That was the night at the Silver Spade when they had their first contact with the world of Jistabout. Because it wasn’t really a beefy Northerner. In fact the man was so to speak the advance guard from [...]
Chapter One: A Knock on the Door “Turn right,” said the cool female voice of the on dash navigator. The car turned right, slowly riding on the tree-lined street. Its driver peered out the windows at the old homes. From what the driver’s eyes could see through the thick trunks of the mature trees, each [...]
Description Secrets have been buried in the backwater town of Serenity, TN for over 60 years, but some things just can’t be covered up. People are disappearing and strange bodies are turning up that aren’t quite human. For local law, Joey Ruscio, the slow, small-town pace of Serenity suits her just fine and she’s willing [...]
Chapter 1 First Time The invitation was pretty; metallic swirls on crimson paper, spritzed with exotic perfume. I leant on the kitchen work-surface admiring it for a few moments before sighing, folding it in half, and placing it on top of the recycling pile. I knew Lydia wouldn’t really expect me to go to her [...]
