It was one of those silly things. Last night, pounding away on the keyboard, the words flowing as the thrill of creation coursed through Martin, he wanted to finish the chapter while the scene remained vivid in his mind. His characters took advantage of this momentary freedom to produce some striking dialogue. He finished […]
-1- Andrew Payne was dead and knew it. Pale sunshine dribbled feeble warmth into the hospital room as it streamed through white gauze curtains. A dark cloud drifted slowly across a dull sky and the sunshine faded, which pretty much summed up Andrew’s condition and mood. A drip tube inside his left elbow fed […]
A sheet of blood covered the eastern sky. Overhead, the moon glowed, full and pale in dawn’s light. Shadows lay heavy in the valley, and the mist lay like a gray blanket that hugged the steep slopes. A bull elk strode out of the forest, his sides wet from morning dew. His front hooves […]