Hello Friends I am posting the beta shred below a bit early, since I will be on the road tomorrow to take care of some out of state business. Have a beautiful rest of your week! I will leave you with this lovely: "Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places when other... Continue Reading →
Episode 3 “Probe” – Beta Shred #6
"Circling True North" (332 words) Another toothy smile, with a wink, and the doctor gains a little more of my distrust. Flamboyant, to say the least, but somewhat unprofessional, too. I stare blankly, trying to figure out what it is about her I do not like. She sucks in her cheeks and purses her lips... Continue Reading →
Episode 2 “Awake” (beta shred #3)
Circling True North White, pinprick light rushes at me, expanding to full illumination, just beyond the shield of my eyelids. I keep them sealed shut. Every nerve in my aching body stands alert to a sensation of imminent danger. I stay immobile, listening to rhythmic beeps behind my head. I long to stretch. Instead, my... Continue Reading →
Episode 1 “The Regulator”
Dystopian Serial Novel (Beta Shred #1) The whippoorwill’s song is relentless, unseen from his perch on a dying tree branch, rusted light pole, or edge of peeling roof – trills like barbed wire scraping against my raw nerves. An omen. Good or bad, I do not know. The repetitive song a prediction of looming death,... Continue Reading →