We got stuck with each other at the killings and had to quickly get organised. Before then Aaron was a friend. I was really closer to my next brother Jim than to young Dan. The gang could easily have had Aaron, Jim, my cousin Tom Lloyd Junior and Wild Wright as well. They just weren’t there at th...
Also released today, FEMA polling data shows that, broadly, the public supports the emergency measures that are in place and that 79.2% of Americans feel safer than they did six months ago. Federal Emergency Management Agency News Release Jack looked at his watch and wonde...
Dorothea fumbled with her wraps, her eyes tearing from the sudden warmth and light. Her hands were stiff and useless. The woman swiftly removed Dorothea’s muffler and coat, then knelt to remove her boots and stockings. Dorothea began to shiver, shaking so uncontrollably that she could not have sp...
You can’t tell where he comes from by the way he talks. His skin is a golden colour. He has black, almond-shaped eyes and would have black hair if he didn’t shave his head. He has a scar running across his left cheekbone, a deep gouge. Miss Dunn said he used to live in Los Angeles and worked in t...
“You mean the city?” Munk scowled into the phone receiver and thought up a choice way to kill his client as he rode back down the elevator he’d just ridden up from the hotel parking garage. He should be knocking down a shot of smooth whiskey right now, not heading out to fix his client’s screwups...
Every inch of him was plastered in whipped cream except for his eyes . . . He looked every bit like a vanilla-flavored ghost. “Good work, Raj,” said Addison. He moved to shake Raj’s hand but thought better of it. “What kind of cake is it?” asked Edd...
he said quietly from where he sat on the bed. The room was almost completely dark except for a dim lamp on his nightstand. She could see his hunched back, his head in his hands. Pain radiated off him in waves. “I know,” she said as she moved to stand in front of him. She p...
for Jericho County went off without a hitch. The older attorneys in the office, and some of the younger ones too, were trying to disrespect her, but she called a meeting. She knew she was going to be a bitch in their eyes forever, but she had to put a stop to it from day one. Ira tried to, but...
was just a kid, but I already had my dream job. I was the batboy for the Pine City Porcupines. The Pines were the baseball team in my hometown. They played in the Prairie League. I wrote them a letter in the off-season, asking if I could be a batboy. I told them that I would love to do it, that I...
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But after the third time soldiers on foot, their trucks out of fuel, tried to appropriate her ATV, she had abandoned that plan. Besides, when she’d last stopped to refuel and looked back to the east there was a dust cloud from north to south as far as she could see. She didn’t know what it was, o...
Apart from getting up to relieve herself in the bucket Ruth had screened off behind a blanket, she had not moved for what seemed like days. Neither had she eaten the stodgy tepid food; she had forced herself to drink the stale water only when her thirst was such she could no longer block it from ...
It had been there when I had driven around the block three times looking for a place to park an hour before. Although it was still there, the man behind the wheel was different. I crossed the street and moved down the sidewalk until I reached the car’s front bumper. Then I stopped, took out my ti...
Frank Seton asked Melissa. She fell into step beside her brother and began walking with him down a broad corridor on the second floor of Samson Hall at the Naval Academy. “‘Improvised’ is a little strong, isn’t it? It took a while to set this up, so...
“Sure you don’t want to join us later?” “Thanks, but I’m tired. See you tomorrow.” Marian had barely put on her lights when the phone rang. “Hello.” “You’re back.” Rand’s deep voice vibrated from her ear down her body. “I wondered if you were too tired to go for a ride. Unless you’d rather do a l...