Fiction

BARE HUNTER
What a perfect day, I thought, pulling into my driveway around 11:30. An afternoon with Timmy and the evening with Sharon. Maybe my life was finally looking up. All I had to do was get through this shit with Greg and keep the peace with him. I popped a Zoloft and washed it down with OJ. Then, I climbed into bed with my clothes on, too tired to change. At 3 AM, I awoke to an argument outside my bedroom window.
By Tina D'Angelo2 years ago in Chapters
Weight
It's 3am friday night, really Saturday morning. I can't sleep. I miss him. I toss, I turn. I dream of him and sleep in his t-shirt, the one he gave me on our first date. It reminds me of him, that day, that night. I'm not usually one to kiss, let alone go home with someone on the first date, but he was different. The date was different, and the rest was history.
By C. A. Elizabeth2 years ago in Chapters
BARE HUNTER
It was still early in the day after dropping Timmy off, so I called Sharon on a whim, hoping she wasn’t tied up. “Ted? Hi! All done with your kiddo already?” she asked.
By Tina D'Angelo2 years ago in Chapters
BARE HUNTER. Top Story - April 2024.
CHAPTER 15 I pulled up in front of Sandy’s a little early, so I texted Becca again and left a message for Sharon, hoping she had a good day and I’d see her tomorrow. Two cars pulled into Sandy’s driveway. I don’t know why I was surprised to see another man with her. We’d been apart for two years and I certainly didn’t waste any time getting back on the horse.
By Tina D'Angelo2 years ago in Chapters
BARE HUNTER
I flopped onto the bed and repeated my sleep mantra, ‘Just following orders, just following orders, just following orders,’ until the meds mercifully let me drift off to my battleground of dreams. Wrapping the black turban’s tail closer to my face, I hid behind the rubble of a newly fallen landslide. It was a perfect position to watch the quiet, dusty village below. The 93-degree weather was drying out my eyes, as I tried to adjust the monocle for a close-up of the target’s house. Swiping my hand over them to clear the sand and dust, I caught a slight motion in the courtyard below.
By Tina D'Angelo2 years ago in Chapters
BARE HUNTER
Saturday in VA I found an impossible-to-find parking spot on Ohio Drive SW and hoofed it over the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Captain Howard was hard to miss, waiting for me in uniform. Since my time in the Corps, he had advanced a few grades. Now a 2-star general, he stood at ease near the Arlington National Cemetery Welcome Center. I suddenly felt naked or at least underdressed.
By Tina D'Angelo2 years ago in Chapters
The Philosopher's Apprentice - The Wise Elder
Chapter 2: The Wise Elder In the days that followed his discovery of the weathered book, Nikolai found himself consumed by an insatiable thirst for knowledge. The profound insights he had gleaned from the philosopher Hermann's words had ignited a spark within him, one that demanded to be nurtured and fed.
By M2 years ago in Chapters
The Philosopher's Apprentice
Chapter 1: The Discovery In the small, secluded village nestled amidst the rolling hills, Nikolai's days followed a familiar, unwavering rhythm. From the moment the first golden rays of dawn crept over the horizon, he would rise from his simple bed, don his worn work clothes, and make his way to the fields that had nourished his community for generations.
By M2 years ago in Chapters
Breakout
Before I could say another word the morning bell blasted me back into my body. Covering my ears instead of my eyes made me scream. Light seeped into my eyelids making the ringing in my ears unbearable. Crawling around until I felt something cold and metallic. I quickly hid in the dark until the noise stopped.
By Lucy Torralba2 years ago in Chapters
A Perfect Rose pt. iii. Content Warning.
Warning: This chapter contains things that may be sensitive to some readers including alcohol and sexual content. These topics are not being painted in a way that makes them desirable but to show the damage that abusing these things can cause. I hope through this story you can make better decisions in your own life and if you are struggling with any of this please find help! Okay, let's jump back in! If you missed chapter one or two make sure you have read those before continuing!
By Thomas Terry2 years ago in Chapters
Linus
LINUS May 3, 2023 Before I got Old, when I was really small, I remember when I first met my Mom. I was with a different family at first and had a mother that looked like me and brothers and sisters and I was really small. This other family would put me and all my brothers and sisters into a basket with little holes in it and carry us from place to place in it. On some days, we would go to a new place called San Francisco and on some days one of my brothers and sisters would leave us and go to a new place but I don’t know where because I could not go with them. When they would leave, I would miss them. Then one day I was in the place called San Francisco and this lady stopped walking and picked me up.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Chapters
BARE HUNTER
-Friday- Even the combination of Paroxetine and Zoloft couldn’t keep the night terrors at bay. I kept hearing rifle rounds, bang, bang, bang, one after the other, and seeing puffs of red mist in the distance: two taller ones and four closer to the ground. I woke up with tears running down my face. My throat was raw from screams in my sleep.
By Tina D'Angelo2 years ago in Chapters