Elise VanCise's Blog, page 29

Monsters

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter M
I love monsters vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, big foot, loch ness monster. Anything creepy or frightening I’m so there. Why? I blame my dad for this fascination. Yes, it’s all his fault.
Dad loved the monsters too. His favorite film was Bug (1975), about roaches that ate flesh, made fire, and flew. *shivers* I’m cool with the rest but flying roaches creep me out. Anyone who has encountered Florida’s famous palmetto bugs...

Like me!

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter L
Everyone thinks of themselves as likeable chicks and chaps. Facebook as given us a way to express our likes with that cute little thumbs up button. We get posts and emails from friends and colleges asking us to ‘like’ their pages. Does a writer really need a fan page if they already have a personal profile?
I believe fan pages are one of the most essential tools in a marketing toolbox. Especially for writers, they give opportunit...

Killing Hammond

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter k
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:) 



Killing Hammond
Ben checked the weapon again, more to force himself to calm. He needed a level head to kill Hammond, not just charge in like a private on his first battle. “Take Dawsonand get. I’ll meet you when I’m through.”
Charlie looked at Ben...

Jailbreak

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter J
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:) 



Jailbreak Ben growled and pulled at his bonds. He wouldn’t hang here, on some ranch in the corner of Arizona. It was a jail, a nicer furnished one but a jail the same. Ben Mason was a decorated soldier of the Union Army. A man with more honor than H...

Introductions

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter I 
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:)



Introductions
The soft snap and pop of hay woke Ben from the first good rest he was able to get in weeks. As the rest of his senses woke, he heard the horses shift restless in their stalls. There was a scent in the thickened air.
His eyes opened wid...

Hammond Rail Company

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter H
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:)


 Special Thanks to my Sis, Rose Wade of Outlaw's pRose for being an honest editor and thwapping me when I slip into old habits :D 




Hammond Rail Company    The last freight car rolled passed them. Ben held the men back for another moment...

Graves

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter G
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:)  








Graves The small but growing town of Dixonwas just ahead. Ben grinned as he slowed his horse to a walk. Just a few moremiles and he would be home. First, he had to stop at Macintyre General Store. He stopped on the boardwalk and brushed off some of the roaddust. He...

Finally

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter F
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:)  






Finally
Ben stood with his men as they listened to the final addressgiven to the men departing service. It had been a long four years since he hadseen his family. He tried to stand proud in his uniform; in his heart, he wastired of blood and battle.
This would be the ...

Escape

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter E
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:) 


Be sure to mark your calendar for April 29th! Jefferson Bass, author's of the Body Farm series will be right here on Gladiator's Pen to promote their new book The Inquisitor's Key.  




Escape 
The Union prisoners were gathered to the center of theConfederate camp. Ben...

Drill

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter D
This is a continuing story, if you would like to read the from the beginning, the letter A : Aces and Eights  But... each letter/story stands alone as well. Enjoy:) 



  
 Drill

Dawn had begun to break, Ben watched the new recruits movethrough rifle drills. They would do this for the next twelve to fourteen hoursof their life. He flexed the fingers of his right hand.
They were stiff and still numb from the bullet to theshoulder he'd t...