Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: THE INTRUDERS BREAKFAST The heavy brass key turned in the mortise lock with a dull, familiar…
Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: THE PAPER NAIL The steel latch on the west gate didn’t drop clean. It hung up…
Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: THE THERMAL BREAK The brass calipers registered a three-thousandths expansion on the front door’s deadbolt casing.…
Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: THE ASHES OF OAK AND TILE The tires of the rental sedan crunched over gravel that…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE BROKEN AXLE The rusty frame of the 1988 Ford pickup groaned under the weight of…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE WEIGHT OF PAPER The brass casing rolled across her knuckles, clicking against her silver ring…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE COLD LINE Seven years of boiling dark roast teaches you exactly how much pressure a…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE COLD MAT The fluorescent bulbs overhead buzzed with the high, irritating hum of a dying…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: THE SILVER BOX The crystal chandeliers of the Grand Belmont Hotel hummed with expensive electricity, casting…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: THE CHURCH STAGE The fluorescent hum of the fellowship hall pressed against my eardrums like a…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: THE HOLIDAY MOCKERY The clatter of heavy china on mahogany echoed through the dining room as…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: THE MIDNIGHT EXIT The air in my childhood bedroom smelled of old cedar and dust that…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: THE FROZEN FOXHOLE Sergeant Michael Molly scraped a frozen fingernail down the receiver of his $200…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: Dawn on Ruined Rows The frost was still clinging to the barbed wire when Garrett reached…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: FREEZING FOG The heavy steel hull of the M36 shuddered as the engine idled in the…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: THE VALLEY TRAP The dirt beside my boot jumped three inches, spraying cold grit across my…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: THE CEDAR AND THE SURTAX The glue on the sunflower sticker tasted like cheap adhesive and…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: The Weight of Distance The air conditioning in the Lisbon hotel room hummed with a dry,…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: The Morning Incursion The screen door didn’t slam; it never did if you caught the spring…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: THE FIRST BAG ON THE TIMBERS The chemical tang of rotting sealant and pulverized drywall cut…
Action / Crime / Thriller
CHAPTER 1: The Weight of the Flag The silver watch casing clicked shut in my palm, a hollow,…
Action / Crime / Thriller
CHAPTER 1: THE FRICTION OF GLASS The lobby was a cathedral of cold marble and unforgiving light. It…
Action / Crime / Thriller
CHAPTER 1: The Sound of the Glass The ice in Arthur’s glass clicked—a sharp, singular sound that seemed…
Action / Crime / Thriller
CHAPTER 1: The Bitter Scent of Oil The heat radiating from the airfield tarmac felt like a physical…