"Police! Stand where you are and raise your hands!"
Four members of an Interpol squad wearing bulletproof vests and helmets with guns deployed were walking swiftly toward Victor Seimovich and his bodyguards. I reached into his jacket, but a forceful whisper made him stop. All of them raise...
Heathrow Airport in Great Britain is one of the world's busiest hubs for air travel. Besides being the main airport for the UK, flights from the Americas heading to Europe and the rest of the world funnel into it and back out, crossing paths with the flights heading the other way. On any given da...
2023-11-09 20:44:46 +0000 UTC View PostIt was 4:30 A.M. eastern US time when Sydney began pounding repeatedly on the door to Steven and Samantha's apartment. She'd sent emails and called his phone, with no answer. In an actual emergency, Wally could wake them up immediately, but she couldn't involve Wally in this. Security was alerted...
2023-11-08 03:02:38 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to thank the people who helped make the sausage. The feedback helped with forming the Legendary feats and made me swerve into a different path on one character. (Ben) That work continues, along with all the stuff for leveling up.
I'm going to release the last of the chapters in t...
"Shut yer yaps an' gather round. I only want to have to say this a dozen times!" Rory was standing on the back of a cart and trying to get the clan's attention, a difficult job in the best of times, made harder by the fatigue of a long journey and the excitement of seeing unicorns. The Summer Lor...
2023-11-05 16:58:43 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm beginning to have regrets."
Belinda's voice came to Milo from forty feet further down the medium duct. "Does that do any good? Whenever I regret something, it usually means I'm running for my life from an angry monster. I've got too much to think about when that happens. Regrets are b...
Turnabout was fair play, so Eric felt no guilt at all about rudely waking John up early when something important was happening. And today was a very important day. He'd already sent John an email, two phone calls, a call on his 'emergency phone that I always answer' and was walking into John's ap...
2023-11-02 00:55:49 +0000 UTC View PostFor those unfamiliar with the saying "How the sausage is made." It refers to things that the average person either doesn't see or doesn't want to see. Mr. Webster defines it as the practical and often unpleasant or messy aspects of a process that are usually not made public.
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"Don't worry yourself, Two-Screws, they're just fisher people. Quiet and reasonable folks. That's what you said, wasn't it?"
Senior Chief Engineer Sledgemonkey glared at his friend as the two of them contemplated the angry mob stand...
So...Jake can't host the Halloween party. I have no details; that's just what my wife and daughters told me to explain why I have a house full of high-school students in costumes tonight. The puppy (Now 100 pounds) loves everyone and wants to be friendly. The wife informed me I was packing his ca...
2023-10-31 23:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostWritathon has started. Expect to see a lot more chapters for Tunnel Rat. 55,555 words in 5 weeks.
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Milo woke from where he had collapsed in a chair by his workbench. After the talk with Wally about buying Section E, his anxiety had pushed him fu...
2023-10-31 18:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostRory Brindleberry had worked all night packing the carts, and as the sun came over the horizon, he looked over at his tired relatives sleeping on a bed that hadn't been dismantled and stowed yet. The lads and lasses had worked hard all through the night, and he smiled at the thought of what came ...
2023-10-28 00:35:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe forced relocation for the Alphabet was not going well. They had abandoned too many locations in too short of a time. The adrenaline rush was gone. Fleeing through the sewers was fun and hectic. But after traveling through three countries to throw off any possible pursuit, they started to rela...
2023-10-23 18:38:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt was eight o'clock in the morning when the pounding started. At first, Eric ignored the pounding on his door because it was keeping time with the pounding of his head. Then the screaming started. That was always ignored because, in Eric's injured state of mind, he was having a bad day, and if y...
2023-10-20 02:14:57 +0000 UTC View PostNear the ancient city of Gadobhra, just outside its walls, was a small cave that hid a newly created passage to the lands ruled by the Fae. To a human, it was well hidden. The ancient druidic magic that caused the rapid growth of the forests was still strong, and the woods here were a dense tangl...
2023-10-18 23:48:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe road to this point in the story has been over two years long. To be honest, I didn't have a plan when I started, just a story to tell. Much like one of my Dungeons and Dragons campaigns, I knew the broad strokes, but a lot changed in the telling. You'd think an author would have more control ...
2023-10-16 19:57:35 +0000 UTC View PostSedgewick was used to odd things happening. One day, it might be an invading army of squirrels, and the next could be a drinking contest between six goblins and a guild of human adventurers. Today was calmer, simply a wagon train carrying barrels of gold guarded by Fae Warriors, Gnomish Strike gr...
2023-10-16 03:55:55 +0000 UTC View PostWally pondered the new information he had gained, taking his time and searching for ties to other data. He didn't need the time but wanted to talk to Steven, and it was Sunday. Samantha had declared Sunday morning off-limits, promising to 'unplug' Wally if he stole her husband from her before noo...
2023-10-15 19:01:43 +0000 UTC View PostIt had taken him weeks, but Bork was sure that tonight he would finally get past the last layer of security and finally find out what Claw Master was hiding. Everyone else had given up after multiple failures and recognized that their brother was obsessing over hacking into the company they had j...
2023-10-15 03:37:58 +0000 UTC View PostMilo was annoyed. No, he was highly annoyed, and it was pushing him into a dangerous place where his emotions rarely hit. He furiously typed in commands to search through all of the information he had found in Manpower's email and stored data; six screens were showing surveillance video at high s...
2023-10-13 02:53:20 +0000 UTC View PostSuzette crossed her arms and glared at Oberon. "This isn't my home. Sedgewick is home, and that's where I'm going." Then she looked around at rolling hills and meadows filled with thorn bushes, poisonous flowers, and tall, dark oaks. "And explain what you mean by My Realm."
Rolly laughed a...
Whew, rewrote this three times. I think I got all the kings out.
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Ozzy looked at Suzette and winked. "Ladies first."
"Fine, but I warn you, there might not leave them much." She looked at the Goblin but pitched her voice louder.
"I want to go home and not have t...
Ben watched with interest as the gnomes and the fae negotiated across the fence. First came a Fae herald and a hound, matched by the Prince and the Lawyer. These four took an hour to agree on the wording for a cease-fire and pre-agreement. Once copies of these were signed and sealed by both sides...
2023-10-04 22:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostHelga picked up Tiberius, set him atop the fence, and whispered, "Give 'em hell!"
Tiberius balanced on top of the picket fence, a difficult task when wearing your 'before breakfast' slippers. The older bankers on his side of the fence were angry because of his interference and trampling ov...
The elevator picked up speed, and Milo grabbed a handhold with his tail to steady himself. The acceleration was followed by a period of slowing, and then a light above the door indicated they had reached their destination. The elevator doors opened, and three Roomba left to scout and report. Milo...
2023-10-01 22:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe cheese was very good. Taking a break was also very good. Milo woke from his nap, stretched, and then froze. There were two creatures next to him, staring up with large eyes. They were small, with floppy ears and big teeth. He had no idea what to do. The brown bunny scampered away, but the whi...
2023-10-01 06:03:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun and sky stared down at Milo, and he stared back. Someone had done an excellent job on the holographic projection on the ceiling. If he had his helmet off, it would have looked real. His helmet had better vision than normal, and the infrared of the projection was right, and he could see sm...
2023-09-29 03:54:14 +0000 UTC View PostBlack-17 was fully charged when the alert came in. The sleek black security Roomba slid from its charging station and joined six others to investigate the disturbance. Sound had been picked up in the outer offices that didn't match the normal profiles of permitted sounds. This had happened more a...
2023-09-29 00:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe decision to work on one story for several chapters is paying off, and more is getting written. It's just easier to write and think on one story for a few days, then switch gears for another few. Butcher is 9 chapters ahead, and the next two chapters are plotted and many outlined. 249 is about...
2023-09-26 04:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostWith the Fae King deep in thought, Elgebert pulled his clients and the strike teams back from the fence by thirty feet. In hushed tones, they began discussing the facts of the case and the problems of getting their clients to safety unharmed and with their goods intact. It was a perilous situatio...
2023-09-25 18:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post