Stretched upon the sun-warmed stones of the rampart, the parapet just shielding them from the rays of the declining sun, Danaë and her sister Angeliké squabbled noisily over the heap of sunflower seeds between them. Danaë ate fair, taking one seed at a time, but Angeliké had a greedy habit of...
With everything going on in the world, it can be hard to feel connected to ourselves whether it be mentally, physically, or spiritually. It’s also easy to compare yourself to others when you are on social media.You might be feeling lost or like you aren’t yourself anymore. The process of being...
This illustrated non-fiction military essay is meant to look at the present situation and possible future of main battle tanks as a weapons system in the face of more and more sophisticated and effective anti-tank weapons used on today’s battlefields. Will the main battle tank continue on as it...
‘When James arrives in New York he doesn’t know a soul. But before he can leave the ship, he receives a message from an Amy Solway, claiming to be his cousin and asking for his help in posing as her new chauffeur. The first thing he discovers when he is ushered into the house is a dead body...
A COMPLETE SHORT NOVEL—THE STORY OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE THAT LED LEXY MORAN TO A HOUSEOF TRAGEDY AND MYSTERY IN THE SUBURBS OF NEW YORK
On the half-light of the room, with its closed shutters, Annette was sitting on her bed, smiling, with her white dressing-gown wrapped about her. Her unbound hair, which she had just washed, covered her shoulders. Through the open windows could be seen the motionless, golden warmth of an August...
American boys, perhaps more than those growing up in any other country, are thinking of money-getting before they are fairly out of school; but the history of King Midas, which most of them read there, teaches that the possession of gold is not happiness, and they will find it out, as our young...
Edward R. Williams is in a terrible state. Set adrift in a world gone awry, he drinks far too much. His hearing is bad, accentuating his emotional numbness; he has felt lost and wandered the world since the end of the war, reeling from the death of his beloved brother Jimmy... The Poor Man was the...
A brief factual account from memory of one man's journey through life in the British Army from 1975 to 1999 and how a gormless face, an unrealistic belief in 'Rodger the Dodger' and a determination to survive conquered all, well ... nearly all - no one's perfect.
Charles Bukowski, in his poem so you want to be a writer?, gave a laundry list of things to consider if you want to be a writer.Perhaps there should be such a list for readers.Not your casual reader of course. Not someone who is perusing a newspaper or diving into a typical ‘best seller’ to...