Ken McAlpine's Blog: The Hesitant Blogger

February 20, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

Perhaps these words did not end up in your hands by accident.
A world reborn or a world of ruin?
I don’t know.
It’s for you to decide.



And so it ends. Chapter Thirty Four – the final chapter of Juncture – is up. Along with the prologue to NEXUS. Yes, there’s a second book. Because our fate – fictional and real – is still unfolding. Thank you for reading. And caring…


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Published on February 20, 2017 09:40 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 19, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

I rise to meet him. He is not afraid. He swims down toward me, his smile wide. Like we are old friends.

I welcome him into my arms.

This one last thing, he sees for himself.


Chapter Thirty Three of Juncture. The end for Able. We’ll see about us. Thank you for reading…


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Published on February 19, 2017 08:53 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 18, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

I see the limp boy rising toward the sun, his pale body lighter than them all, so light he draws me up with him. Hope given form. Hope above doubt. Hope above evil, ignorance, indifference, sloth, hatred, lust, greed.

Perhaps this is no more than a hope itself.


Chapter Thirty Two of Juncture is up. We are heading for the end. Thank you for reading…

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Published on February 18, 2017 08:09 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 17, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

It is the second time I have seen tears underwater, tears without recrimination or self-pity, tears of simple knowing.

Chapter Thirty One of Juncture is up, and we are heading for the end. Thank you for reading…


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Published on February 17, 2017 08:50 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 16, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

The tentacle, pale in the night, was simply there. The man who had been on the bridge swung through the night like a child on a swing.


Chapter Thirty of Juncture is up. Thank you for reading…


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Published on February 16, 2017 08:28 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 14, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

A terrible end, but perhaps a new beginning. I only hope there are enough of you, these people who might make the world right.

It was beauty who enlightened the beast.


Chapter Twenty Nine of Juncture is up. Thanks for reading…

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Published on February 14, 2017 08:58 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 13, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

It was erotic, divine and beautiful, and then it was not. Perhaps the meek will indeed inherit the earth, but not in the fashion you imagine.

Chapter Twenty Eight of Juncture is up. Thanks for reading…

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Published on February 13, 2017 08:47 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 12, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

She didn’t feel terror, or shock, or confirmation, or even guilt. She felt one thing and one thing only. Soul-wrenching pity.

She was a mother.

One more for the weekend. Chapter Twenty Seven of Juncture is up. Thanks for reading…


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Published on February 12, 2017 10:10 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 11, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

If you have no qualms about slaying innocents, why should I?... Unexpected opportunity for revenge. And a much more literal definition of separation anxiety...

Just for fun, one for the weekend… Chapter Twenty Six of Juncture is up. Thank you so very much for reading…

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Published on February 11, 2017 07:26 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller

February 10, 2017

JUNCTURE serialized

He was not one for the supernatural, but he was all ears and chilled platelets now…

Chapter Twenty Five of Juncture is up. Thank you so very much for reading…

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Published on February 10, 2017 11:11 Tags: jaws, mothers-and-sons, oceans, science-fiction, thriller