There was some fumbling with the curtain and a young doctor poked his head in with a grin. “Am I in the right place? I’m looking for Reva Kelly?” I waved, smirking sardonically. “You’ve found what’s left of me.” I grinned shyly. He eyed me in a more than professional fashion, lingering on my broken […]
“I have work to do, Dirk.” “Why, Rafaela? It’s almost Christmas.” “No rest for the wicked.” “And I would know.” Her smile was tight, forced. He took a step away, shaking his head. “Thanks to you, I have to find new accommodations. Someone burned crosses on my lawn.” “What did you do to upset the […]
Sorry, this story hasn’t got a proper title yet. It’s a romantic suspense about a police detective named Russell Cavanaugh who get involved in defusing a city wide riot before it begins. “Connie says when you’re healed up, she’ll set you up with one of her cousins,” Lloyd promised. “Yum. I wish I were all […]
“You can’t rewind it,” Stan said as she pushed it open. “But you can give yourself something to look forward to.” “Oh? Like what?” “Drinks and dinner with me tonight.” His smile had a magnetic quality she found hard to ignore. Ostia grinned, taking a long look at him. He was about 5’10”, with wavy […]
A work in progress: The juice box was definitely against me. Its resistance was punctuated by a taunting titter. My efforts to open it were futile, it mocked. No, wait. The snickering was not the juice box. It came from down the lunch table. I didn’t even have to look their way. I knew […]
MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME TO FIND A GOOD HOOK IN YOUR STORY TO ENGAGE YOUR READERS. WHAT BETTER HOOK THAN GREAT DIALOGUE. SOME AUTHORS SWEAR BY DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE OTHERS LET THE CHARACTERS TELL THE STORY BY WHAT THEY SAY. I, FOR ONE, LOVE GREAT DIALOGUE AND I KNOW A FEW WRITERS WHO AGREE THAT […]
Lori hugged her. “This is why I love this family. Charlotte, Don, would you consider adopting me?” “For the millionth time, we can’t,” Charlotte said, patting her hand. “We want you to marry Jason. You can’t do that if you’re our daughter.” “Dammit. Well, Jason. I guess we’re going to have to get married so […]
Stephanie Osborn, aka the Interstellar Woman of Mystery, former rocket scientist and author of acclaimed science fiction mysteries, goes back to the urban legend of the unique group of men and women who show up at UFO sightings, alien abductions, etc. and make things…disappear…to craft her vision of the universe we don’t know about. Her […]
“Time to go!” I yelled. “Almost ready,” she replied. “Is that almost ready as in go start the car? Or almost ready, give me ten more minutes?” “Start the car.” She came out with one shoe on, carrying the other while she put on her earrings. “Zip?” She turned her back to me. No bra—dammit! […]
Laura Fitz is at it again! Cookie the Corpse Magnet can’t seem to stop this propensity for finding dead bodies. The fact that she finds this one is lying in the dumpster, isn’t really her fault. She’s doing an assignment for her crime scene investigations class, when she comes across the body of Dennis, […]
