“Daddy!!” I yelled from the bottom of the stairs. He was still packing supplies together that we needed for the trip. He said he would need more because he was taking me with him. This was fine by me but I had a peeve about being late and Daddy was definitely late for work again. Since I was going this time I wanted to try to get him to work on time. I gave up on that theory oh…twenty minutes ago. “What Sweetheart? I’m re...

It was also raining outsideagain. My eyes had been aching since about four o’clock today and it’s nearing seven p.m. now. I had to get home to Elaina. Ever since I have been driving for more than a week at a time, she has been very irritable. Once she even gave me the silent treatment and slept in her room for the first time since our first night together. I don’t ever want to go through that again. That was the loneliest...

“I hate you!” was the last thing I said as I slammed my door shut and went to cry on my bed. He just didn’t understand. He never did. Almost every day this happened; him trying to talk about Mama and me saying it doesn’t matter anymore. She is gone, what am I suppose to do now? I feel that Daddy will never understand. I can’t do anything about her now. It’s been over a year already and he is still trying to talk to me abo...

Rain pelted the roof of the barn with vengeance. Somewhere out there, the moon was high in the sky. Thunder rumbled in the distance as lightening threatened the tall trees. The wind whistled and howled violently against the walls. This has been one of the worst storms I can remember. I remember well because that was the night I became a father. My wife, Vesi, had been going through labor most of the afternoon. The farmer’...

The sun was beginning to set on a Thursday behind a sky full of bright pink and orange clouds. The tree line began to hide the direct rays. The tall and thick trees were like a forest, dark and forbidding. In this part of Australia, everything has a mystery to it… *** My name is Vesi Jhori Shaeria. I know it’s not a name you often find. It is Elvin for Pure Life Warriors. I guess my parents had a sense of humor? I like my...

The leaves crunched under the hooves of my horse as we trudged through the dark spruces. My shotgun in one hand and the reins in the other, I watched all around me for signs of life. The branches still hung low from the past weight of the snow as if they were bowing to the cloud covered sun. It was about sunset, but the whole sky was a murky shade of grays and blacks. The wind was picking up and great claps of thunder cou...

Toby Reichard Six foot seven; he stands above everyone around him. Two hundred fifteen pounds of pure muscle he could lift all of them people too. Blonde, short curly hair and blue eyes compliment his masculine figure. Arrogant and ignorant and always looking for trouble, he often finds himself living on the edge of life and death, but miraculously, always seems to walk out of his mischief unscathed. *** Ramsey Armstrong...

My name is David, David Armstrong. I’m a 39 year old with a head full of black hair that is about an inch and a half long and almost curly. I stand about 6’5” with a very muscular build. My occupation is framing new homes. That’s where the muscle comes from, swinging a nail gun around all day long. I have built houses that value up to about $400,000, but that says nothing about my own home, which is a relatively small cab...