In 1943 Benghazi, Libya, Lt. Ed Mayfield is part of a crew on a Consolidated B-24 heavy bomber. Ed awakens from a nightmare only to find that his plane has been assigned to one of WWII's most important air campaigns, one that is equally nightmarish as his nocturnal torture.
After 18 years of marriage, Frank's wife wants something else … something other than Frank as her husband. With an unexpected and new-found freedom and overwhelming sense of loneliness, he faces life … part II. The only women he knows are the ones at the office, all about half his age. One in particular, Yolanda, he adores but could never approach … until he meets a special friend with a talent.
The year is 2048, a century has passed since the infamous Roswell crash and all of the government’s secrets have been revealed. Specialist J. Murphy Cameron, Murph to his friends, hurtles toward Mars to excavate an ancient site. Murph is an archaeologist, though informally referred to as a digger. It’s been his passion since childhood to dig off-world and now he’s realizing his dream. Murph digs up more than he bargained for.
Experts say it’s not a matter of if, but when. The last extinction-level event was 65,000,000 years ago. In mankind’s relatively short time on this planet, we’ve developed some pretty sophisticated ways to scan for the space rock that may end our existence. Nevertheless, we’re continually surprised at the frequency with which towns and cities are rattled by bodies that escape our detection. What would you do if time was too short to react … especially if you were in a unique vantage point to witness the end?
More than half a century has passed since the Apollo missions to the moon. Why haven’t we been back? Why are so many of the astronauts’ images and movies controversial? Why would NASA not be forthcoming about what’s really out there? Tori Navarro and a group of private investors are funding a civilian return to the cratered gray orb that transits our night sky. If our government does have something to hide, what would they do to protect their secrets?
A collection of a half-dozen flash fiction tales pulled from the darkest depths of the subconscious as manifested in the fright center of the mind and playing out for the captive, sleeping audience that cannot wake. The best friend, the pretty girl, the innocent baby doll, an elevator, a glass of chocolate milk and a bike ride … vehicles of terror, all.
Greed, envy, lust, spitefulness, pretentiousness, secrets … for starters … Washington, DC? No, just a pair of siblings and their wives off on a brief excursion to spread the ashes of their late father in his favorite fishing spot off Bimini. The weekend doesn’t go as planned, nor do the rest of their lives.
Could a simple, wireless security camera system drive a man to drink? Estranged from his wife and daughter, Michael Williams hasn’t had a drop of the Creature in a very long time, but something more than his cameras are keeping an eye on him. Are you ready for your close-up?
Smile for the camera.
David is at his personal end, both mentally and physically; he can take no more. He’s decided to take the final exit using a plan he devised that should include no suffering. God knows, he’s done enough of that. His affairs in order, he hopes to soon be reunited with the love of his life and his baby girl. He’d be equally happy to merely slip away into oblivion. Either way, it will all be over and behind him. Unfortunately for David, that’s not how things work and he has no idea who awaits him on the Other Side.