A Taste For Blood (Short Story) - 10/13/2018 2:25:28 AM
More truth than fiction!
A Taste For Blood (Short Story) - 9/29/2018 11:32:17 AM
Reads like Sloane would make a good politician. Sure knows how to make a bad situation politically correct.
From what I read, that probably occurred more often the military would be willing to admit.
Ron
A Marvelous Beginning (Short Story) - 8/28/2018 3:18:28 AM
Captain Marvel, "Here I come to save the day!"
Your story offered an escape with a shazam moment.
A Marvelous Beginning (Short Story) - 8/27/2018 6:59:56 AM
I'm trying to remember the comic book. Capt. Marvel was so long ago. But I'm getting sick of comic book superheroes in movies. So many contrived situations designed for the freak show that those weird heroes are.
On the other hand, I am addicted to The Walking Dead, even though they don't exist and the story has now gone from dead vs humans to the inevitable, humans vs humans. Let's make war.
Ron
A Waiting Game (Short Story) - 8/24/2018 6:55:59 AM
Sometimes good things come to those who wait. So beautifully written that it's mesmerizing.
Ron
Red Earth (Short Story) - 7/27/2018 2:34:58 PM
Certainly, an action opening that will lead to some serious decisions by Traiko in upcoming chapters with his family mortal danger. I wonder if this is based on a true story that you learned from someone who escaped.
In 1968, I had two strapping Czech young men who had been working in Western Canada after escaping during the rebellion there ride in my car for 100 miles. It would have been interesting to have known their stories.
Ron
The Bear And The Bull (Short Story) - 6/15/2018 8:26:32 AM
That's the first time I've seen the word reata. So I looked it up and, as expected it is Spanish for a noose. Forgive me, I don't read Western novels. ;-)
Also, I wasn't sure how Ramon returned to the Rancho unless he crossed that raging torrent that his father crossed a moment before. If I know anything about flash floods, even with a horse, they would be difficult to cross until the water subsided. It looks like you are setting me up a battle between the saved bull and the grizzly that killed the bull's prized parents.
There certainly was plenty of action and suspense in this short excerpt.
Ron
The Bear And The Bull (Short Story) - 6/15/2018 2:27:24 AM
Great beginning of a story. I enjoyed this!
Sandie
The Churchyard (Short Story) - 6/12/2018 2:10:02 PM
Awesome..it's a real hold onto your seat gripper!
Who are Harvey and Jon, Con? Vets? or ...Grandsons, maybe?
Whoever it is, very talented... hope they get around to finishing it.
Captured--Western (Short Story) - 6/3/2018 5:46:31 AM
I'm straining to remember the connection between Jessica and Jake from another excerpt. What I read here has all the Indian and Western lore. Especially the idea of wet rawhide shrinking when dry.
It certainly is a coincidence that Blackie would be in the area and come across Jake just as he was in greatest need. I believe Blackie was tracking something.
Ron
The Churchyard (Short Story) - 5/23/2018 1:56:14 AM
Your cut off leaves me wondering how these two will interact.
The Churchyard (Short Story) - 5/22/2018 12:06:02 PM
A compelling setup, with two troubled characters facing a tragic situation on a "spooky" Halloween.
The Churchyard (Short Story) - 5/21/2018 8:07:17 AM
Certainly, a suspenseful start to what may be a novel (?). It ends so abruptly, even though it's only supposed to be chapter 1. That may be unintentional.
I learn new things all the time. Recently, I learned that thoughts could be a shown as italics. Before that I always put them in quotation marks with a modifier, he/she thought. There is one sentence that looks like a thought and could be italicized if you like: "Thank God the light show and rain had let up some."
Ron
Amelia (Short Story) - 5/9/2018 7:29:12 AM
Certainly gripping and historical. I would have to reread to find out who is who, but I sense both spy and counterspy at work. Love lines like, "more deliciously than smooth ice cream on a hot day."
But I am confused a bit because I thought this was about finding Amelia Ehrhardt? But the idea of spies and the Pearl Harbor attack is also quite interesting and much less heroic than the movie, Pearl Harbor. Good stuff.
Ron
Susan Blackhawk--Western (Short Story) - 5/5/2018 12:16:50 PM
Filling out the previous story that I read. Some of the references seem strange to me like, "… digging prairie turnips, hiding buffalo,…", but I'm not an expert in Indian ways.
Apparently, the language of love overcomes the language of tribal differences. So far, the story seems to be rather idyllic on the order of a romance novel. You make life much simpler than it was. The pond (secret?) seems right out of a movie set rather than somewhere in the Western prairie/mountains.
Ron
Maco--Western (Short Story) - 5/4/2018 7:59:18 AM
The excerpt has a certain Indian mythology to it as though this was the way that warriors found their wives. I doubt if it happened that way, but it certainly is intriguing to the reader. Women certainly were prized possessions to be grabbed up when the opportunity presented itself. Comanche woman becomes Apache bride.
Ron
I Am Apache (Short Story) - 5/2/2018 8:07:58 AM
Strange that this poem appears in the story section. Glad I found it here because I like poetry with a Native American theme. I have even edited and published a novel, by Brian Goodson, Native American, Seven Fires.
Similar to my attempt with A Saga of a Buffalo Soldier, your poem epitomizes psyche of an Apache warrior. A very fine attempt and beautifully executed. Enjoyed.
Ron
Waiting (Short Story) - 5/1/2018 8:08:13 AM
I must admit that you got me in the end. I think, whatever his name is, the player has been found out. I'm sure glad that the story ended so quickly, because the thought of raw oysters was starting to disgust me immensely. Why anyone would like them is beyond me.
You made me remember the time that I met three separate freshman girls on three successive fall Friday night dance mixers. When I called back for dates later on, I was rebuffed because all three of them were neighbors on the same floor of the dormitory and talked about the guy they met at the mixer.
Ron
Waiting (Short Story) - 5/1/2018 3:21:12 AM
Well-played!
Another Time (Short Story) - 4/30/2018 7:44:48 AM
You obviously have had some strong influence in your writing skills. By merely conversation, you carried this story all the way to its logical end beautifully. It's the kind of story that I think women, in particular really like, because it is conversational.
Paris is a very long way from the Mexican coast. For Martha to come all that way after all those years to explain why she left him seems improbable. But it is the improbable love stories that touch us the most. Superb writing.
Ron
Another Time (Short Story) - 4/30/2018 3:12:43 AM
Sadly, the story shared by so many couples.
I liked how you revealed a lifetime through the dialog.
Jake Harwood (Short Story) - 10/17/2007 12:03:51 PM
Sounds interesting. What do you prescribe for this? I choose Xanax.
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 4/17/2013 4:40:24 AM
Thank you for the honor of letting us see the side of an Apache warrior. Beautiful poem and enjoyable to read.
Ingeborg
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 7/8/2004 10:18:51 AM
very well crafted.
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 7/7/2004 9:50:15 PM
such a wonderful hertiage
so in line with nature
very well-done
...can see why it won
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 7/6/2004 3:48:29 PM
WOW! GREAT stuff from you! Well done!!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your Tx. friend, Karen Lynn. :D
To my library this goes; it's a keeper!! :D
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 7/4/2004 5:45:17 PM
Goin' in my Den library! Excellent!
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 7/4/2004 2:08:40 PM
Beautiful poem of your ancestors...
Excellent poem.
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 7/4/2004 1:42:40 PM
As I recall, Louis L'amour paid tribute to the Apache as "the world's greatest horse soldier." I'm sure you would not disagree. Great poem.
Best regards,
Leland
I Am Apache (Poetry) - 7/4/2004 11:51:49 AM
A proud, gutsy piece, Harvey. Welcome aboard.
