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Wind by Kevin Ward
(Excerpt)
Coming of age story about a african-american boy growing up in the south...
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Witches, Witches Everywhere... by J.A. Terry
In the spirit of Halloween and all that is evil and wicked, I bring you this tale of the most diabolical evil instigated by man, against woman, in the name of God… ..
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Yellow Fever!!: Philadelphia, 1767/1768. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A yellow fever epidemic terrifies the local populace; the story is recounted by a survivor of this horror, a young boy who lost his family to the disease...
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Zachariah #1 by Mark Lichterman
Weighing sixty-four pounds, even though Zachariah was small for his age, one day soon he would be too large to climb the flues. He wondered what his master was going to do with him when that time arrived...
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Zachariah 10: A New Friend by Mark Lichterman
Reaching into the pocket of her apron, “Zachariah, here, this is for you to give Mister Johnson for the sweep.” Handing him three coins. “It’s a bit more than the agreed price, so as to make sure he is in a good mood when he comes for you.”..
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Zachariah 11: Bit’a Luck by Mark Lichterman
As though the boy were a rag doll, completely lifting him off his feet, Elsa turned Zachariah towards Elmo. “I tol’j’ya I be wantin’ to be touchin’ a sweep afore the New Year! Ya know’s, Elmo, for good luck an’ such.”..
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Zachariah 12: The Magician by Mark Lichterman
And to the man in the third row!” Garibaldi pointed to the man who had attempted to help him. “I thank you, Sir. You are indeed a brave man. But...” smiling benignly, “...you do not ‘really’’ want to meet Oscar, because if you do…”..
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Zachariah 13: Undertaker by Mark Lichterman
“All right, now, that’s settled. Get to work! And remember, the lowered price is agreed on! I’ll not be allowing any careless work because I’m paying less than you want. I expect the job well finished! And I want you out of my establishment afore seven!”..
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Zachariah 14: Drunks by Mark Lichterman
Both couples had seen and enjoyed the magician’s act and, trying to impress his friends, and most especially his girlfriend, the young man had summoned all of his courage and made—what was to him—a supreme effort by getting up and going forward to complement Garibaldi...
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Zachariah 15: Lewis (screenplay) by Mark Lichterman
His ‘need’ becoming stronger, near uncontrollably stronger, Johnson thought of the number of pubs between Hobbins Funeral Parlor and the dirt road leading to his shack while further imagining the free drinks he’d soon be enjoying...
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Zachariah 16: A Smudge by Mark Lichterman
“Here, boy. Here’s something I ‘never’ gave you, but I see you have it anyway. So here, I do give it to you as a present now...” Hobbins’ smile faded. The tone of his voice changed “...as payment for poorly done work! Here’s your payment!” Hobbinsthrew Zachariah’s long-coat toward the shivering boy...
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Zachariah 18: Clean People by Mark Lichterman
And the people—most of the people—upon seeing the little climbing boy in the tattered long-coat and dented top hat, would smile and, “Merry Christmas to you, lad!” many said, and most would reach out to touch him...
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Zachariah 19: Scrooge by Mark Lichterman
Bringing his head closer, breathing his fetid breath in Zachariah’s face, “Every place I go it’s you beggars and filth!” Bending forward, coming even closer, the man’s long nose just an inch from the boy’s. “Why can’t you stay with your own kind? Why must you people always be hanging about?”..
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Zachariah 2 by Mark Lichterman
Coughing, he gasped for air… Catching his breath, “Get on with ya!” His tone softening slightly, “An’ I’ll be thinkin’ on the cat,” Johnson said, then remembering that his authority over the boy should be complete, “An’ I’ll be speakin’ to ya Mister Archibald!”
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Zachariah 20: Broken Rose by Mark Lichterman
Unable to turn away, Zachariah stared at the children and, his eyes following the movement, as he stared a petal fell from the broken rose and as though floating on a ghostly breeze, fluttered slowly to the ground...
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Zachariah 21: Ghosts by Mark Lichterman
Hearing a ‘crinkling’ sound. Looking to where the children had been — on the ground there was the white square of confectioner's paper that had been formed to hold Zachariah’s treasure...
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Zachariah 22: The Stranger by Mark Lichterman
The magician’s hat lay on his lap, in the valley made by his legs. Absently rubbing the smooth, silky material of the brim between his thumbs and forefingers, the little boy closed his eyes...
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Zachariah 23: A Devil by Mark Lichterman
“You took the boy to be your slave for a pittance!” Pulling Johnson even closer. “For the pittance owing on back rent when his poor mother died.” His voice rising, “ ‘When his mother died’!” Shaking Johnson. “ ‘No , the boy is ‘not’ like your own flesh and blood at all’!”..
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Zachariah 24: The Coin by Mark Lichterman
Speaking softly, “Tell me, Johnson...” the stranger asked “...how much longer will it be, do you think, until the boy is too big to fit into a flue? To be forced into a flue?”..
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Zachariah 25: Circle of Light by Mark Lichterman
The three bottles of gin, along with what he’d been given to drink in the taverns and pubs he’d visited throughout this day now taking its toll. He tried to focus his eyes, but couldn’t and nodding onto his chest, his head suddenly became unbearably heavy...
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Zachariah 3 by Mark Lichterman
Hunching their bodies forward into the wind, they made their way to the fourth—currently inoperable—chimney that, as the other three ran from the floor of the factory, three stories below, to the roof, and twenty feet higher...
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Zachariah 4 by Mark Lichterman
Hunching their bodies forward into the wind, they made their way to the fourth—currently inoperable—chimney that, as the other three ran from the floor of the factory, three stories below, to the roof, and twenty feet higher...
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Zachariah 6 by Mark Lichterman
Although Johnson was as she remembered when he came knocking at her back door— poorly dressed and filthy—he was immaculate in comparison to the boy at his side and, more than pity for the boy, she was depressed at the thought that a child as small and young as this could be and was forced into this ..
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Zachariah 7 by Mark Lichterman
“I thought,” she said angrily, “—not that I approve of using children as small and young as this—” glancing at Zachariah, “that I’d contracted for a man and his son… His ‘older’ son!”..
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Zachariah 8 by Mark Lichterman
Staring raptly at the tree. “Master Johnson, ‘e don’t ‘old with Christmas...” Zachariah answered “...so mostly we do nothin’.” Correcting himself, “I don’t do nothin’. Master Johnson, ‘e gets drunk. ‘e say’s that rich fools likes to buy the likes of ‘im drinks on the day afore Christmas.”..
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Zachariah 9: His Story by Mark Lichterman
Yes! Her husband and those other British barristers as members of ‘The Society For Superseding The Necessity For Climbing Boys’, were working on passing a law. But it would take years to become lay, and how could that help this poor boy now...
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Zachariah Alternate screenplay end by Mark Lichterman
Notation: This screenplay would be added to and changed in a dozen ways when in "pre-production"..
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Zachariah17:Kindly Gesture by Mark Lichterman
Zachariah looks up, his sooty face streaked by his tears. Standing around him we see Mary, Sylvie, Charlie and, wearing the slightly crumpled top hat, Lewis smiling down at him...
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Zechariah 5 by Mark Lichterman
Reaching down, grabbing boy by the lapels of his coat, “You bastard!” Hauling him to his feet, shaking him with one hand, Johnson’s other hand holding the poles, menacingly inches from the boy’s whipping head…..
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