The Hitman’s Retirement – Chapter II
II. The Target It was after 8:00 PM by the time they returned to the hotel. Tony waited patiently for Cheyenne to climb into bed. Part of her residual army training made her an early bird and Tony...
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III. The Next Complication Tony was still upset when he reached the door to the hotel room. He had a bona fide situation on his hands. First of all, his target slipped through his hands which never...
View ArticleThe Hitman’s Retirement – Chapter IV
IV. The Kvasnak Family Cheyenne took a deep breath and then started her story. “My great-grandparents immigrated to Wyoming from Czechoslovakia during the coal mine population boom in 1920. At that...
View ArticleStory behind the Post – The Hitman’s Retirement
It all started when I found a phone in the gutter. I wondered what the story could be. So, I put something together. As always happens to me, my eyes were bigger than my stomach or in this case, my...
View ArticleThe Christmas Dinner: Chapter I
CHAPTER I Amy stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes. Although it was taking her longer than usual because her thoughts kept drifting as she looked out the window. A gentle snow had been falling...
View ArticleThe Christmas Dinner: Chapter II
Chapter II Amy stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes. She watched the gentle snow fall outside. In a few short hours, the house would be filled with family gathering for Christmas Eve dinner and...
View ArticleThe Christmas Dinner: Chapter III
Chapter III Amy brushed her hair while looking in the mirror above the dresser. “You sure you’re up for this tomorrow?” she asked. “Of course,” Stewart said while lying on their bed. “A big old family...
View ArticleStory behind the Post: The Christmas Dinner
December was a 5-Saturday month which meant another 5-part short story on my little blog. The premise of the story came to me in the form of a Chevy commercial. I had been toying with a similar idea...
View ArticleSongbird: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy B. Chapter I
CHAPTER I: School James Bernard Peternelli sat in the chair quietly. Just as his mother instructed him to do. Of course, everything James Bernard did was donequietly. That is why he was sitting...
View ArticleSongbird: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy B. Chapter V
CHAPTER V: VH1 Behind the Music “Is your homework done?” Amanda asked her daughter Millie even though she knew the answer. “I am just getting to it,” Millie replied rolling off the futon. “I bet,” her...
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