My A-muse-ing Life

Category: fiction

  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope X

    He opened his eyes just as a bear went flying up on the windshield, causing a large crack and bounced off. Alistair braced himself as Troy tried to bring the vehicle safely to a stop. They swerved a little, but finally came to a halt. “Everyone ok?” Troy looked in the rear-view mirror at Brielle…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope IX

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope IX

    Alistair paced the back porch. Dayken and Brody should have returned hours ago, but they were still gone and there was no word from them. Kyrie lay on a swing on the back porch, asleep. She hadn’t wanted to go inside and leave him, but the teen was tired and needed to rest. Sleep didn’t come…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope VIII

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope VIII

    By the time Raven got back to the truck, Mary was attending to the other man. “Dayken, hold still please. I just have to bandage your arm.” So the man with Brody was Dayken. Her fiancé had spoken highly of the man often. They got on each other’s nerves, that much she knew, but he…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope VII

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope VII

    When they reached the vehicles, the soldiers tossed Brody’s body into the back of one of their transport trucks. Raven glared at them and climbed in behind him. She was caught off guard when Draven grabbed her arm and helped her in. Muttering thanks, she moved to Brody’s side and gently turned him over. His…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope VI

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope VI

    By the time Raven reached Brody, the men were bending down over Brody, and one of them had aimed a gun for his head. “No!!!!” She threw herself over the man she loved, clinging to him even as the men tried to lift her off. “Raven! What are you doing? Move, NOW!” Draven voice grew…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope V

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope V

    Raven stood next to the tank, shifting her feet nervously as she watched her brother and his men approach the truck. His black boots kicked out pebbles along the road as he walked, his weapon swung up over his shoulder. She was annoyed at his insistence she stay back. She could handle anything that came…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope IV

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope IV

    The door flung open, and he felt their bony fingers against his skin. They clawed at him, and he knew it was only a matter of seconds before they were into his flesh. He braced himself for the pain that would come, and then the darkness that would follow. It never came. Gunshots rang out,…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope III

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope III

    Dayken slowly opened his eyes. His mind felt foggy and he couldn’t figure out where he was at first, but then it came back to him all at once. He was in the truck, with Brody. They’d been out scavenging all day, and were headed back to their base with the few things they’d found…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope II

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope II

    They wove around curves and up and down hills, with the rain falling hard on the windshield. When the road finally grew flat, he pushed down on the gas pedal until the vehicle reached 70. There was a time when he would have worried about getting pulled over going so fast in a 55, but…

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  • Rain of Rebuilding Hope

    Rain of Rebuilding Hope

    Alistair stood on the porch watching the rain fall on the trees and bushes in the backyard. He glanced at their rain barrels. They were nearly full now, and should give them at least enough water for a couple of days. He breathed a sigh of relief. Going to the river for water was tough…

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  • Crossing

    The bridge stood in front of him, glaring at him as though it were a beast staring him down. He sat on the bench overlooking the water, trying to get up the courage to get back in his car and drive across. He had always been terrified of bridges. He wouldn’t tell most people that,…

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  • October Writing Prompts Day 10, Skeleton in The Closet Part 5

    October Writing Prompts Day 10, Skeleton in The Closet Part 5

     Tell the story of four friends going camping in the wilderness on Halloween night because they want to escape something more sinister at home. What are they trying to escape from? Oliver stared out over the lake. A gentle mist fell from the sky, and fog hung in the air. It was cold, and it…

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