Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: GROUND ZERO SURVEY The iron pin sat three inches beneath the damp Bermuda grass, buried under…
Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: COLD FORGE PROTOCOL The four-pound cross-peen hammer hung dead in my right hand. Grain-eighty steel dust…
Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: THE SOVEREIGN LINE Ten feet past the surveyor’s iron pin, her floral mumu stood out against…
Hoa Karen
CHAPTER 1: THE ACCUSATION The fluorescent orange paper felt like high-grit sandpaper against my thumb. Five thousand dollars.…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: THE BURDEN ASSIGNED The steel of the receiver felt cold against my palms, already slick with…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: THE COLD CHALKBOARD Eleven dead men lay frozen in the mud of the Vosges, and the…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: THE BROKEN SHIP ARRIVES The diesel exhaust from the idling tractor smelled like burnt sour corn…
Billionaire/Maid Stories
CHAPTER 1: THE WEIGHT OF STEEL The heavy steel rivet in Miller’s palm was slick with salt spray…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: THE BRIEFING ROOM SHOWDOWN The plywood under my boots creaked like dry kindling, but I didn't…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: THE BOILING KETTLE The kitchen smelled of stale beer and cheap tobacco that clung to the…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: THE BROKEN BREAKDOWN The coffee in the chipped ceramic mug tasted like burnt copper and patience.…
Hells Angles & Biker
CHAPTER 1: DESERT ESCAPE The greasy bills fluttered against the stained gravel as her uncle shoved her forward…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE COLD MORNING RANGE The smell of stale grease and powdered eggs clung to my sleeves…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE WEIGHT OF THE WARD The frayed rubber of the stethoscope tubing rolled between Elena’s thumb…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE WEIGHT OF SCORN The wooden floorboards beneath Marissa’s worn-out shoes offered no comfort. Up on…
Military & Veteran Fiction
CHAPTER 1: THE DISRESPECT OF THE GRINDER The Arizona sun beat down on the concrete and steel of…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: The Temperature of Violation The morning light through the east window was wrong. It didn’t strike…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: The Weight of Paper The morning air tasted of dust and dry sage, but the scent…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: The Threshold of Combustion The leather of the sofa felt like a second skin, adhesive and…
Mom & Children
CHAPTER 1: THE DUSTY GRAY The silence at 7:02 a.m. on Lake View Drive was not peaceful; it…