First Volk_When the Hay'tisan Came_Soul-searching_Reasonable Doubt
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First Volk
“It’s inoperable, Adam.”Adam Volk fights to digest the news, pushing his thick glasses up off the end of his nose.“I can make you comfortable, but that’s about it,” Dr. Karl Ambros says, his furrowed brow registering his concern.The fifty-seven-year-old doctor has been treating his close friend for the past two years. During that time, he’s watched fifty-two-year-old Adam disintegrate from a robust 220 pounds to a scant 160 and seen his friend’s dark hair turn silver from worry. Experiencing sympathy pains, Karl has developed ulcers and insomnia while working on a miracle cure.“The radiation ...
When the Hay'tisan Came
The hay'tisan were grey. Their skin was grey. Their hair was grey. Thwww.onedoor.cceir eyes were grey. The fires they seemed to weave from thin air were not grey. The blazing destruction they scattered about the city with waves of their hands came in more colors than a hundred of the finest rugs Elsbet had ever sold. Elsbet would never sell a rug in Marsett again. A great ship with sails like crimson bat wings had made anchor in the harbor. Just one ship. The hay'tisan had thrown down their gangplank and come sprinting to the docks in eerie silence. Then, without a word, there was an explosion of color. Els...
Soul-searching
There you are. I knew there was a Housekeeper in here, but you hid yourself so well I couldn't find you. What you doing in there?Sitting.I can see that, and that wasn't the question. You know the place is empty, right?I do.So why aren't you out here?I…I like it here.What? This part of the attic the location of a missing head from a gruesome murder a hundred years ago?This house isn't that old. There’s only been one family.Why don't you come out then? Well?This is my space.Was. Not anymore. The world is your oyster. The sky is the limit, and all those things they say. Come out. Come on.Are you ...
Reasonable Doubt
It wasn’t exactly the crime of the century.Robbing the local bank and credit union in the middle of the day on a dare was a stupid thing to do by anyone’s standards. But Matthew wasn’t exactly the brightest bulb in the pack; not the sharpest knife in the drawer. You know, all those idioms referring to someone who wasn’t very smart.He robbed the credit union on a dare. A dare! Really, who does that?Matthew Markham, that’s who.***Matthew - I don’t want to be called Matt - was always doing ill-advised things. Even as a child. He was always the one daring his friends to do crazy things. And he wa...