I like hardboiled film noir, especially Raymond Chandler. Noir means "dark "and this piece is certainly that. I am exploring why people do self-destructive things. None of the characters are good. But none are bad either; with one glaring exception. I hope you enjoy - DT
It's raining, the fishing's screwed up from all the fresh water, so Buddy takes his boat to go help with rescue efforts from massive flooding. You can find a lot of things in a flooded town.
The single parents only intended to chaperone their kids on a date or two, but they got distracted by being attracted to each other. Monkey see, monkey do, as they say. When the parents found out the kids had been copying everything they saw the parents do, they tried to make that stop. Since the passion unleashed in the kids was extreme, it seemed like extreme measures were called for. Have you ever heard that old saying: From the frying pan into the fire?
A Personalia story Part of the Personalia universe
The tale of what happened to the Earth-women who birthed the alien Malan children Each had a new life,five years later, different from the others, but all with the same traumatic event in their past. How safe will they be, if their story surfaces? Is there a way out for them?
Having lost his home to the Greeks and their horse rouse, Felix of Troy is now alone, a soldier without a country, a man without a family. But in an untouched oasis, he will find a soul unlike any other, one capable of restoring his will to live. Can he truly live the rest of his life in peace and in love, or will the evils of the outside world drag him into a whole new battle, with the stakes being far greater than just the fate of a single nation?
Sean and his college girlfriend planned to camp out on a quiet island over the Independence Day weekend, but then she dumped him. Sean went camping anyway. The sheriff's 16-year-old daughter, Maryanne, planned to spend the holiday at a party with her friend's family. But a storm and fate threw them together, naked and trapped by a raging river. / (Reviews)
A girl jumps off a party barge to escape a fate worse than death. She's picked up by a single guy, and neither of them had expected that was about to happen! / (Reviews)
A Dryad Story (2) Continues the story begun in 'The Trees Are Alive' from Calida at age three. How do you deal with a two-hundred year old person in an immature body, who also has an affinity for trees?
Sometimes reality is better than any fantasy the mind can build, and sometimes you just have to hold onto the dream and pray that you never wake up. Jahn is about to tread the fine line between the two as he discards one relationship to pursue another.