Alan Gold

Joined June 2021

46 stories

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Alan Gold lives in Texas. His novels, Stress Test, The Dragon Cycles and The White Buffalo, are available, like everything else in the world, on amazon.

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Stress Test Ch. 33
The worm has its bird, the bird its cat, the cat its dog. But a woman contends with the male of her own species. The predators hunt alone and in packs. They enforce curfew at sunset, but they strike just as swiftly in broad daylight. They test their skills at an early age, then sharpen them throughout their lives.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 31
One way Thrift Aisles kept prices so low was by letting customers bag and carry their own groceries. Sandy didn't necessarily enjoy that—especially when she had Saury on her hip, but she could scarcely afford to shop anywhere else with the household budget Stephen X had allowed.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 32
Billey and Otis put their weight into the two-by-fours that poked out from beneath the tank. Elwood stood behind them and shouted, "One . . . two . . . THREE! Come on, you muthahs. Roll it on down there."
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 29
Stephen X towered over Sandy. His hands clenched and relaxed. The veins in his forehead swelled to make him look like a Hollywood monster. In her daze, Sandy wondered if that might be why he loved those shoddy horror flicks so much—they showed him new ways to contort his features.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 30
Billey pulled the pickup into the Shell station next to Thrift Aisles. "Gas it up, Otis," Elwood said. "May be the last time we ever have to get gas here."
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 28
Billey hobbled home well before daybreak, but he didn't go back to the camper. Instead, he hunched down between the tank and the hole and watched the sky turn red as a stinging ant.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 27
Wally jumped back and said, "Ahhhh," like someone tottering for balance. He spun around to see what Sandy had screamed at.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 26
Billey's heel crunched the gravel as he spun to see who was behind him. Instinct sent his hands flying up to protect his face, but he saw right away that Uly Bondarbon wouldn't whup him.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 25
By the end of her third lesson, Sandy knew she would never learn to spin. It was nice to get away with Linda for a little while on Thursday nights. The act of spinning soothed her when she managed to fall into its rhythm.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 22
The hole was plenty wide and nearly deep enough for the tank. Billey figured if he'd saved all his sweat, it would just about fill the hole to the brim by now.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 24
Billey slept late the day after Elwood whupped him like a man. Nobody came around with a shovel at dawn to make sure he was ready to dig. By the time he crawled out of the camper, he didn't cast much more shadow than a bowl of beans.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction
Stress Test Ch. 23
Everything about Roscoe and Linda was so right that their romance seemed inevitable. He bought her fuzzy slippers, lavender sachets and a mother of pearl hair brush, not the kind of gifts you'd expect from a guy.
By Alan Gold4 years ago in Fiction