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Chapter One – The Invitation 4.   Chris placed his heavy duty headphones securely over his ears as he opened the door to leave his quiet office to enter the noisy floor of the Mason Brothers Fishing Boat Company.  He heads to line 4, where Mark Johnson’s team was scheduled to begin to construct aContinue reading “The Hunt – Chapter 1 – 4”

Chapter One – The Invitation 3.   As Fred opened the door, he heard his wife yell at him from the depths of their home,   “Honey, you got a postcard in the mail!”   Fred put his briefcase down by the door and headed through the living room to the coffee table that wasContinue reading “The Hunt – Chapter 1 -3”

Chapter One – The Invitation 2.   Sammi O’Neil drove her soccer Mom van into the garage of her ranch-style home just as the door to the house flew open.  Her fifteen year-old son vaulted on to the hood of the van. She leaned on the horn and he jumped off.  He went to theContinue reading “The Hunt – Chapter 1 – 2”

Chapter One – The Invitation 1.   Through the half-moon window Libby stared at the thin pink-yellow line appearing on the horizon, a new day was here.  She sat at a dark mahogany desk and on the desktop were three items: a piece of paper, a medicine bottle and a glass of water.  She lookedContinue reading “The Hunt”

A Cup of Coffee             I first noticed him the day before Halloween.  I woke up thinking. No, I was desiring, a cup of Pumpkin spice coffee. So I gave in and on my way to work, I stopped at the corner coffee shop named, believe it or not, “A Cup of Coffee”.  I wasContinue reading “A Cup of Coffee – Christmas Story 2022”

Mark sat at the kitchen table, coffee in hand, staring into space, completely zoned out.  He wasn’t thinking of anything at all.   “Penny for your thoughts?”   Mark slowly turned toward the voice.  Terri was leaning into the doorway from the dining room dressed in her gardening outfit of white sleeveless blouse, blue jeanContinue reading “Changes – Chapter 12”

Mark sat at the edge of the bed and smiled.  He was listening to Terri snore.  It was a quiet snore, like the soft rumble of distant thunder.  To him, it was calming.  It meant she was safe and at peace.  He looked at the digital clock displaying its bright red numbers of 3:01.  HeContinue reading “Changes – Chapter 11”

Mark was setting the table for the whole gang once again.  His entire family was coming over for a Saturday barbecue.  His son, Sam and his boyfriend, William, have volunteered to do the cooking if he and Terri would supply the party place.  Of course, they agreed.  The deck that stood outside the dining roomContinue reading “Changes – Chapter 10”

Mark rose from his chair and wandered over to the window.  He looked out on the familiar scene of rooftops and treetops wondering if the window would even let him go back into the past to an event that was not his own.  He looked at his watch and saw that it was only 4:00. Continue reading “Changes – Chapter 9”

“The test,” Mark said out loud. “Mark!” his mother shouted at him.  “Get over here now!” Mark hesitated because he really wanted to go down to the basement floor. “Mark!””  It was his Dad.   “The test,” the voice in his head said.  He looked at his Dad and decided to walk back to hisContinue reading “Changes – Chapter 8”