The tech lab shares a wall with their workstation, yet they need to take the long way around. Captain Euryale has mentioned adding a door in the detectives' station that would connect to the tech lab, but it would have to go in her office or they would ne...

Chapter Four   The precinct is bustling with activity when they enter. Calypso is nibbling on a cherry filled donut. Unlike vampires, succubi can digest human food. While not their main source of sustenance, Valerian knows Calypso enjoys a variety of dish...

  Chapter Three   Michael heads through the front door and down the porch steps. He waits in the driveway for his partner, Vick, to finish up. He should help but he wants to climb in his car and not look back, yet also turn around and march back to Valeri...

Chapter Two   When they pull up to the crime scene, a nondescript single-story house, human officers swarm the yard, already having taped off the house. Calypso is the first out of the car, followed closely by Melissa. Valerian ambles from the back seat,...

  Chapter One   Valerian wakes to a shrill sound going off by his bed. The bed sheets are tangled and constricted around him, one of the reasons he stopped sleeping in a coffin. He's a very restless sleeper. When he was younger and a coffin was not option...

      The Importance Of Being Ernest Hemingway It happened at a Maryland yacht club after Labor Day, when summer lingers. Philip Wright was adjusting lines aboard his forty-something-foot sailing ketch. Suddenly dark-haired Adrienne Racine called from the...

BBaker

24 Apr 2016

Seal of Time

I sit alone on the hilltop in the lush green grass. I always come here when I need to think. Looking out, I see the vast valley dotted with homes nestled in among fields of corn and wheat. The golden crops sway in the wind. Not far from my perch, the trai...

a_gabardo

26 Mar 2016

Losing North - F***ing Celebrate! (Chapter VII)

7th Chapter of my in-development novel, Losing North... Have fun ;)

Reader discretion is advised.The first few lines of this work contain language or other material that some readers may find offensive. In consideration, Stories Space has elected to include this disclaimer, effectively concealing the preview of the select...

a_gabardo

13 Mar 2016

Losing North - No Rock, Just Same Old Bottom (Chapter VI)

6th Chapter of my novel Losing North, enjoy it ;)

NO ROCK, JUST THESAME OLD BOTTOM “Get up!” The jail guard shouted, making Adam almost jump from the small rectangle he had been calling a bed for the weekend. His head was spinning, the room was a mix of weird, twisted architecture. It was as if the squar...

a_gabardo

12 Mar 2016

Losing North - Unpleasant Surprise (Chapter V)

5th Chapter of my novel Losing North. Have fun ;)

UNPLEASANT SURPRISE Adam’s smile covered his entire face, from ear to ear. “What are you so happy about?” Charlie asked, coming home from work. Adam put his phone on the living’s room table and went on to reply, “I’ve just spoken to the dean of Columbia U...

a_gabardo

10 Mar 2016

Losing North - Sudden Need (Chapter IV)

Fourth chapter of my novel, Losing North. Enjoy It. ;)

SUDDEN NEED “Oh, this place looks so lame.” Adam thought as he saw the big sign saying “The Winter Farmer”. Putting his thoughts aside, Adam walked into the café and immediately saw Page, having a drink near the vases of plants by the window. The near-aut...

a_gabardo

8 Mar 2016

Losing North - Tiring Indecision (Chapter III)

Third chapter of my novel, Losing North, hope you enjoy ;)

TIRING INDECISION Adam’s room was stinking of sweat, alcohol and weed. Probably days had passed since he last opened a window, sun hadn’t shined inside those four walls for almost as long and the air being recycled several times had become simply suffocat...

a_gabardo

4 Mar 2016

Losing North - Serious Boredom (Chapter II)

2nd Chapter (including Ch 0) of my novel Losing North

SERIOUS BOREDOM Days had passed since Adam’s encounter with Page, not that he had thought about it much. The days after were pretty much summed up by ‘drink, work, fuck, sleep and restart’. At this moment, Adam was at the sleep part of it. It was the midd...

a_gabardo

27 Feb 2016

Losing North

Introductory chapter to my in-development novel.

“Tick, tock...” “Tick, tock...” The sound came from the clock. “Tick, tock…” “Tick, tock…” The ticking echoed in the entire apartment. Almost in the same beat, the sweat drops fell from Adam’s chin to the ground. His heart was beating twice every second....

SjW47

31 Jan 2015

Meg's Story (working title)-The opening of my first novel

A true story of one hell of a life...

Meg’s Story (Working title) – first part of Chapter 1 1930 “You little scamp!” I actually yelled out loud at him (if we were at home, I’d have been in trouble for that). I had to think and think fast. The river was usually like home to us but of course I...