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Kevin's Homecoming
Chapter 18 Present Paul stood on the front porch of his home in the late afternoon when they drove up. He had been pacing for most of the day, and the spent energy etched darkened circles under his eyes. When Paul saw Kevin sitting in the front seat, a tremendous sense of relief swept over him. He thanked God silently for the answered prayer and slowly released the grip he had on the porch rail.
By Eddie Dollgener5 years ago in Criminal
It Can't Wait
They never caught me and they never will. They have never seen me, for I am invisible, even as the either that surrounds your earth. I am not a human being, but a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. I am what you Orleanians and your foolish police call the Axeman…
By Micah James5 years ago in Criminal
Deepen Chp 1/8
Look where I am, I’m a mess... You have all that power and you can’t tell if I deserve it... You wouldn’t understand but, I’ll explain it anyways... Have you ever felt you were having a really bad day? You ever feel lost and alone and try to look back on a time where everything was easy and much simpler for you? Things are so different now that it’s like looking at a past life that faded without you ever knowing it happened... Well if not I should just leave right now because you won’t understand a damn thing I’m about to tell you. But since you asked, I assume you’re wondering what it is I’m talking about so let me tell you a story. Then I’ll let you tell me if I really deserve it! A story about how one bad day can leave you feeling lost years down the road and you won’t even know it. Well until it’s too late anyways. It’s enough to make you crazy, you might even say it’s enough to make you go off the deep end...
By Ray5 years ago in Criminal
Saturn in Retrograde 2:9
Nine “We’re getting the fuck out of here. C’mon” Milt Seebaum stumbled from the men’s room. His head was a massive, pounding industrial press of pain, but at least he could circumnavigate through the tiny dotted crowd.
By Tom Baker5 years ago in Criminal
Saturn in Retrograde I 1:8
Part 2 Eight What we have not made clear in the preceding narrative was a peculiar series of events that led up to the tragedy that was the cornerstone of the national headlines. What happened was terrible enough, but can anyone doubt that the fact that some one as young as little Lindsey Lavender was involved made it all the more ironic, and horrifying? Lindsey had been sleeping peacefully, innocently; her dreams a reflection of the distortions of the day. In her dreams she was often accompanied by a friendly Dwarf she thought of affectionately as "Skimmy." Skimmy was little, cute, and had a wagging dwarf beard. Skimmy could walk through walls, talk to animals, and do all sorts of things that real dwarfs obviously cannot. So let’s establish the fact, from the get-go, that Skimmy is not some form of supernatural intervention.
By Tom Baker5 years ago in Criminal
Legacy
Austin and Jason Cade were brothers. Like most brothers, they quarreled, Austin was the older brother, and he always looked out for Jason. This obviously created animosity, it was never anything past a brief fist fight or a shouting match.
By Mark Cannon Jr.5 years ago in Criminal
Kevin's Homecoming
Present Joseph Stevens watched Kevin sitting on the bench in the middle of the park. The young man fed some birds hopping around his feet. The scene irked him tremendously. A woman who pushed her toddler around in a three-wheeled stroller waved to him in a friendly greeting. The sheriff was not in a pleasant mood. He was tired of seeing Kevin wandering about in the town as if nothing were wrong with it. He turned his car to the curb and stepped out with a measure of agitation.
By Eddie Dollgener5 years ago in Criminal
What is this.. feeling?
I just feel like killing. Smashing someone's head open on the wet concrete. To watch them bleed from their skull. Their blood seeping into the concrete, staining it red.
By Lynda Rose5 years ago in Criminal
Kevin's Homecoming
CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER 11 Paul steered his pickup into the driveway of Mark’s house. He withdrew a small bottle of pills out of his shirt pocket and placed them into the glove box. He then slowly opened the door and stepped out. As he began to move away from his pickup, Terri approached from the house. She quickly sensed he was in better spirits that morning.
By Eddie Dollgener5 years ago in Criminal
Kevin's Homecoming
Past Brother Jamie walked among the children playing on the front lawn surrounding the south and east corner of First Baptist Church of Pine Springs. It was obvious that the pastor liked children. He smiled and patted some of them on the head. He approached Kevin, then only eight years old, who had a model of a church that he had assembled from pop sickle sticks. The little boy was showing his creation to some other children.
By Eddie Dollgener5 years ago in Criminal
Kevin's Homecoming
Present Kevin hesitated just outside of the front doors as he studied the wood frame in detail. A decade had passed since he had last walked through them. He still could not fathom the amount of decay he observed in the flaking paint and graying exposed wood. The state of the trim of the doors was not the real reason he hesitated. Apprehension from a repressed, painful memory kept him motionless. He reached for the handle, expecting the doors to be locked.
By Eddie Dollgener5 years ago in Criminal
Discord
"Susan, is my coffee done yet?" Susan emptied the coffee filter into the compost bin and added David's low-fat cream and sugar. The sounds of the fridge opening and spoon-clinking-against-mug could have answered his question alone, but Susan knew he'd get pissy if she didn't answer him. He was always pissy.
By Valerie Short5 years ago in Criminal