Time Out of Mind (part 4)

Previously:  In ancient Rome, Peter prepares to execute Katrina. Droplets of moisture dribbled down the stone walls of the Roman prison.  Katrina found herself alone, frightened.  How could she correct things in her current life, when she was powerless in this one? She wondered. Rattling outside the door alerted Katrina to someone’s approach.  The wooden…

Time Out of Mind (part 3)

Previously: After Katrina is hit by a car, Peter is torn, blaming himself for her accident and the fight which prompted her to run into the street.  His guilt is compounded by Katrina’s mother’s reaction to her daughter’s horrid condition.  Siting in a empty waiting room, Peter is confronted by an odd, old woman who…

Time Out of Mind (part 2)

Previously:  Peter meets with his fiancée, Katrina, to inform her that he was accepted to graduate school in Seattle.  Since he had already agreed to move to Chicago with her, Katrina storms out, and is hit by a car. A gentle tap on his shoulder jarred Peter from sleep.  Flicking his eyes open, he stared…

Time Out of Mind (Part 1)

Head resting in the palm of his hand, eyes fixated on a car parked across the street, Peter sat in The Victorian Parlor Cafe. The bright pink, painted tin ceiling and Victorian-era dolls and decor (that bordered on creepy) failed to cheer him. Very soon, Katrina, his fiancée, would join him.  He thought of her…

Oblivion — Week Two

Day 2: December 19th, 2012 7 PM The odd duality associated with adulthood in your twenties occurred to Sinclair as he exited the plane in San Francisco.  Though fully an adult in legal terms, Sinclair speculated, in societal terms, he was nothing more than a juvenile delinquent.  He felt eyes lingering across him as he…

Oblivion

Since the end of the world is just days away, I am re-posting this story! 🙂  Day 1: December 18th, 2012          The night was colder than Sinclair Oswald had guessed.  Still, too.  Sprawled on the hood of his 2000 Ford Fiesta, he let the warmth emanating from the engine warm his…

Serial Addiction: Introduction

I have loved the written word since I learned to write the alphabet, and I have been telling stories ever sense. The posts here are a continuing serial fiction story updated once a week.  I hope you enjoy those that I share here. The first story will appear Nov. 12, 2012.