Adventures and Misadventures in Boulder, Colorado
He had watched her for days. Sheila crouched over her rose garden and snipped dead blossoms. She stood and stretched while running her hands along her lower back. He slipped behind a tree as she crossed the yard. After laying the shears on the garage workbench, she stepped inside the house. He followed. After taking... Continue Reading →
“Stop garfrumpting. He’ll hear you.” “I can’t help it. Look at her.” “Oh my God! What happened to everything? Where is everyone? Bobby? Sally? Billy?” The woman ran up and down the deserted road where her house once stood. The new truck Bobby had bought her last week was old and rusty. The two Forlucks... Continue Reading →
What began as a random thought soon became an obsession. Even the under-painting of the affair seemed like more than Christine could bear. She allowed her soul to suck into the madness of it knowing that she lost a little bit of herself with every indulgence. She dipped a large brush into the crimson paint.... Continue Reading →
For the beginning of Traxin's adventures read Into the Vortex. His second adventure is Crashing. ~~~ “What’s that crazy-looking thing?” Tom plucked the insect-like space ship out of Josiah’s dreads and then flicked it away. Traxin, still rattled from the impact, regained control and shifted gear. One long strand of hair, tangled in the wing, created drag.... Continue Reading →
Traxin retracted his periscopic neck and braced himself for impact as his insect-like ship spiraled through the atmosphere. He strained his yellow eye while staring through the portal desperate to stabilize the shaking craft. It rose to the peak of ascension, hesitating for a split second before plummeting towards Earth. Above the engine’s roar Traxin... Continue Reading →
Traxin applied more pressure to the steering column as the ship’s vibration increased to an incessant shuddering which made his gray head rattle on the end of his long ringed neck. “I hate this place. It smells and there are too many life forms creating constant turbulence.” He stared through the small portal at the... Continue Reading →
Katrina didn’t have much time before the doctor returned. Finding the secret had changed her life forever. She crept out of the darkness into the shaft of light risking everything. He had hidden it in a drawer of his black enamel desk. The vial lay among others, but only one held the azure liquid. She... Continue Reading →
Susie Lindau's Wild Ride 