Chapter 1 Detective Anthony Camarelli brought the barrel of his gun up in a two-handed grip, took careful aim, and put three rounds into the perp in rapid succession. He allowed himself a moment of satisfaction when all three shots hit their mark. Removing his headphones and goggles, Tony pressed the button to retrieve his [...]
Once upon a time, in a small village, in the depths of the Cheshire countryside, lived a young boy whose name was Sam Horsley. He lived with his widowed Mother, in an old farm cottage on land belonging to the small country estate, and family seat of the Vernon family. Sam’s Father had worked on [...]
INTRODUCTION When I was six years old, I heard about one of the great men of God in the Church of Pentecost at the time. He was the late Apostle A.T Nartey, the then Ashanti Regional Apostle of the Church in Ghana. I saw his photographs and heard him preach. Although I had not met [...]
The snow was falling quite fast now; Mrs Walker made her way over to the window to close the curtains for the night. As she did so she noticed the large snowflakes floating down like little umbrellas from the night sky. Mr Walker was sitting in front of the coal fire finishing off his cup [...]
Preface It truly was fate that we met. We were complete opposites- nothing about us was the same in any way. We fought like crazy, constantly bickering, and always looking to prove the other wrong. Not a day went by that we didn’t voice how badly we wished the other would leave us alone. Yet [...]
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 [...]
Preface Note to FirstChap readers: Many photographs are included. Unfortunately there was no way to include them here, but you will see the captions for them. This is a true story, taken from the pages of Helen McPhail’s two leather bound trip diaries. The narrative includes sailing aboard the SS Normandie and the RMS Queen [...]
ONE Doctor Edward N. Quack GP MB BS, came to a shuddering halt in his tornado red Golf Sport. It was something the car often did of its own accord, since regularly the driver left the controls before stopping. The car was sturdy, however, and liked to do things on its mechanical initiative. The private [...]
A tribute to the most unusual baseball player in American history. This is the first poem in “If you like to laugh, volume two”. Nancy the Sieve Like an apparition from the by-gone days They say her spirit does the diamond wander. At night believers scale the fence To walk the field of Nancy du [...]
“Woof,” the dog named Fred barked. It was half an hour past midnight. “Woof,” the dog named Fred shouted again and again. Young Timmy woke up and, although he was still in his pajamas, ran from his parent’s house toward Fred’s doghouse. “Where, Fred?” Timmy kept calling. “Where?” Timmy saw that Fred was in front [...]
