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Harry peeked through the hedge. The greenery scratched his face but he was afraid to fully reveal himself. A figure walked slowly down the street, although lurch might better describe its erratic motion. Its clothing was in tatters and bits of cloth fell to the ground with each halting step. Harry could not tell if […]

#flashfiction Three weeks after arriving, Billy wasn’t sure he was going to like living in England. Dad was a pilot based at RAF Lakenheath and the entire family was forced into yet another move, this time across an entire ocean. It as nicer than dad’s last base in Omaha, but Billy still thought it was […]

“Peter, why are you dragging me to this God forsaken place again?” Mary Clark knew that archeology was her husband’s one passion, even greater than his passion for her. The one thing she never understood was his obsession with trying to interest her in his quest to prove that the history of mankind was somehow […]

“I’m bypassing the alarm system now,” Rico said. Rico—his real name was Jorge Acosta but he liked everyone to call him Rico because it was what he wanted to be, rich—deftly clipped jumper leads across one more set of wires and then began cutting. In seconds the complex wiring of the gallery’s alarm system was […]

Frank woke from a bizarre dream. It was the same dream again, the same dream that had haunted his nights since he turned 16. A full moon lit strange reddish brown columns of stone stretching into the distance. He wandered between the columns until a booming voice from above said, “Temple of the Gods.” He […]

“Cor, Professor, do you think it might be him; the Ripper?” “Of course not Winston. Everyone knows that villain ceased operation over six years ago. He either died or moved on. His sort would not stop their reign of terror otherwise.” Professor Reginald Saint-John pulled his coat closer about his narrow shoulders as he spoke. […]