I love my chopper - she performs nicely and I never tire of her rumbling. It's usually just the two of us, although other riders may join us to pursue some lonesome highways looking for nothing but open road. I first called her my mistress, but that got confrontational, resulting in her becoming my therapist. She does soothe me and provides therapy every time we are together. There is...

Added 23 May 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 4 | Avg Score 5 | Views 83 | 3 Comments

As Dirk came into the laboratory Jenn was sitting on the bed with a glass of water. Dr Ingram was sitting on a chair next to her bed holding a clipboard. Jenn turned and looked up at Dirk, as their eyes met she shakily greeted him, "Hey Dirk, looks like you saved my life again." "It's good to see you awake Jenn. We have been worried about you," Dirk replied as he moved into the room and sat...

Added 28 Mar 2020 | Category Action | Votes 4 | Avg Score 5 | Views 168 | 4 Comments

Never in my life did I imagine that I would get caught up in a crime, let alone a robbery. kidnapping and now, possibly murder. How the fuck did this happen! Why me? I'm not rich, I don't work for a bank. I'm just a girl who was in the wrong place at the wrong time! I needed to go to the bank to finish my application for a small business loan. I did all I could online, but they said I...

Added 26 Mar 2020 | Category Thriller | Votes 5 | Avg Score 5 | Views 185 | 5 Comments

Dr Ingram sat on a stool at the front of the team gathered in laboratory #1. The team was all there, including Jenn still sedated on the bed. The boss sat in the far back, he had wheeled his office chair all the way through the facility to have it for this debrief. Comfort could be accommodated when he recognized it as a priority. Dirk was in the middle of the front semicircle, directly...

Added 21 Mar 2020 | Category Action | Votes 5 | Avg Score 5 | Views 177 | 4 Comments

Dirk sat uncomfortably outside of the boss' office.  Nat pretended to be busy with a report.  They both sat in their chairs in silence until Nat could not stay quiet any longer.   "I don't think he is going to let you go Dirk.  We are all worried about her, but she broke all protocol and left the team.  It will be a trap, you know it will be.  Why even ask?  He is going to lose his cool,...

Added 03 Mar 2020 | Category Adventure | Votes 6 | Avg Score 4.83 | Views 183 | 5 Comments

Sissy was fourteen and a force to be reckoned with. She was the oldest girl on the ranch, but not known for being the busiest. Truth be told, she drove her Ma nuts. Sissy and her siblings did not pay much attention to what year it was, as they lived in a time before electricity was in their parts and maybe even invented. Most days were full of work and some nights included times for sleeping....

Added 02 Mar 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 6 | Avg Score 4.83 | Views 155 | 5 Comments

After a long day at the office, tired and beat down, he returned home. No greeting at the door, no food on the table. Instead, there was an arrow on the floor. He looked at it, baffled. It was made of cardboard. A man of education, he deduced it was meant for him to follow. It led to a rarely closed door. He turned the knob to discover it locked, but taped to the door was an...

Added 28 Feb 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 8 | Avg Score 4.88 | Views 220 | 7 Comments

Dirk was in his bunk listening to his dark country mix when Devin came in and smacked his boot hanging off the bed and said, "The boss wants you." He took out his earbuds and sprang out of the bunk and dropped to the floor and pumped out 50 pushups, stood up and then slapped Devin in the shoulder. "Any idea why the boss wants me?" "No, I'm just the messenger dude. He looks bored as usual and...

Added 18 Feb 2020 | Category Adventure | Votes 4 | Avg Score 5 | Views 161 | 4 Comments

Katy was always bored. She came from a wealthy family with a lawyer father who had given her everything. Spoiled was an understatement.  She had been to every amusement park and had done every roller coaster and thrill ride in the country. She claimed there was nothing she had not tried that was exciting, including bungee jumps and zip lines across canyons and rivers. She had even...

Added 09 Feb 2020 | Category Adventure | Votes 6 | Avg Score 4.83 | Views 194 | 2 Comments

My heart beats for a bright-eyed maiden. by loving example she teaches me the art of living. I will share a glimpse of her view, an experience she shares of how to exist beyond normal living: “While on a morning walk in nature, I saw the beautiful things I love: the birds, the flowers, and all God’s gifts to us. Their beauty my eyes sought out and my soul cherished. I was full, I thought,...

Added 08 Feb 2020 | Category Poetry | Votes 8 | Avg Score 4.88 | Views 204 | 5 Comments