wordsworthreading8 minA Place called HomeRobert is a carpenter by trade and even though retired, he still takes on special projects for friends and family. While he was young, he...
wordsworthreading1 minAutumn Psalmby Chuck Mathias Vibrant reds and golds splash across the sky. Your paintbrush searches out the space between the billowing clouds to...
wordsworthreading6 minGlory Trainby Randi MacWilliams The young woman had dozed off once or twice before, on the transit ride home from the airport to her Westside...
wordsworthreading18 minI Thought It Was A Good Ideaby Jim DiMarco Wednesday, December 7, 1983. 74th Warhead Detachment, Schwabstädl Kaser “Item three. There will be a bus trip to Paris, ....
Contributing Author14 minOktoberfestFriday, September 30, 1983. 74th Warhead Detachment, Schwabstädl Kaserne, Lechfeld Air Base, Bavaria, West Germany. I was eating lunch in...
Contributing Author10 minTanks Alot - Part 7Chapter 20 The effects of the near miss on Earth were relatively small, since most of the destruction happened over water. There were...
Contributing Author17 minCasualtiesThursday afternoon, July 7, 1983 Schwabstadl Kaserne, Lechfeld Air Base, Bavaria, West Germany The four of us were in our room, packing...
Contributing Author10 minFather Murphy's SecretFather Benjamin Murphy latched his office door and shuffled over to his awaiting chair. Its soft, worn, leather seat invited his weary...
Contributing Author11 minRenataThe house loomed through the cold March drizzle like a haunting pink confection with resplendent scrolls of butter cream frosting on the...
Contributing Author14 minTanks Alot - Part 6Chapter 14 Martin Scofield had been very busy the last few days, getting Ares base up and running again. The three evacuation vessels,...
Contributing Author6 minThe Kid from HellHell is a harsh word to use in reference to a child, but no other word fit. All the other kids in the many foster homes he spent time in...
Contributing Author21 minThe Boat RideTuesday, May 24, 1983 Schwabstadl Kaserne, Lechfeld Airbase, Bavaria, West Germany I stretched out my right leg under the desk. My knee...
Contributing Author5 minThe Bed and Breakfast Christmas Mystery“Where are my poinsettias ?” Claire asked anxiously as she hurried through the lobby of her place. “They were supposed to be delivered...
Contributing Author6 minMountain ChristmasFrom a story told to R.C. Green by Madge Carter Green Christmas Eve 1934 arrived at the Carter farm bright, clear, and cold. Seven year...
Contributing Author16 minTanks Alot - Part 5Chapter 12 Hiroko knew her plan had failed, hopefully she will get some credit for a near miss. She slowed the ship and began an approach...
Contributing Author4 minBetween Us GirlsJan stopped her car in front of the school. Cathy, waiting alone, got in beside her mother. "Where's Cheryl?" Cathy asked. Jan pointed to...
Contributing Author8 minA Change of SceneryIt was not an easy move or one she had anticipated, instead, it had been a necessary disruption to her life; one that she never saw...
Contributing Author23 minThe Traveler74th Warhead Detachment, Schwabstädl Kaserne, Lechfeld Air Base, Bavaria, West Germany. May, 1983. It was midnight, and I had just gotten...
Contributing Author13 minTanks Alot - Part 4Chapter 9 The next day the wait was over and they had arrived on station to find the scans were accurate, there was roughly egg shaped...
Contributing Author3 minBank JobFrom my very first week on the job, the fourth day, while working on Mr. Lantini’s Pizza Palace deposit and the bank president walked by,...