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January 14, 2022
The iFactor Chapter 20
The iFactor Chapter 20
Chapter 20
The excitement and horror of the murder investigation, augmented by the feeling he was being followed, the disturbing note he found at his door, and the medications wearing off all conspired to wreck another night’s sleep. Matt tossed turned as nightmares struck like ringing hammers.
They started with long, seemingly endless corridors with continual side branches, each leading back…
January 7, 2022
The iFactor Chaopter 19
The iFactor Chaopter 19
Chapter 19
The causeways were bustling. There were far more people than was usual for the time of day. Matt departed the station for the office of his psychiatrist. All the excitement had left him overtired. All he wanted to do was to head to his apartment and lock himself in for the night. Attending his sessions was, however, part of the conditions of his employment. He dared not miss it. After…
December 31, 2021
The iFactor Chapter 18
The iFactor Chapter 18
Chapter 18
Matt paced in front of Kossman’s apartment door. The warrant was slow to be approved; still, it was an appropriate excuse for him to relieve some nervous tension. The crowds around the murder site had left him agitated. He thought about the new medication and wondered if it was wearing off too quickly. He made a mental note to bring up the matter with his shrink.
“You’re making me…
December 24, 2021
The iFactor Chapter 17
The iFactor Chapter 17
Chapter 17
“This is the place.” Rishards stopped in the center of one passage.
“Where’s the damage? “Matt scrutinized the ceiling, but he couldn’t detect the spot where the wires had dangled in the image. He scanned the panels for the gruesome marker to the precise place where the victim hung. In the computer image, it was obvious, but without the wires or body, each passage in the commercial…
December 17, 2021
The iFactor chapter 16
The iFactor chapter 16
Chapter 16
Matt wanted to walk to the site, but Rishards insisted on taking the transit car. The compartment was packed when the detectives squeezed in. Matt’s chest felt tight, and his pulse raced. Anyone of the people in the car could be the killer. The world reeled around him. The door slid closed, so much like the lid of the sleep chamber on the ship that brought him. Breathe slowly, he…
December 10, 2021
The iFactor Chapter 15
The iFactor Chapter 15
Chapter 15
“How was the trial?” Rishards asked.
“You sure walk slowly.” Officer Perry jaded. “The defense accused Dales of planting evidence.”
“They did?” Rishards asked.
“It was desperation. Overall, there were eleven screamers pulled off that ship. Eleven counts of destruction of human life and depraved indifference.” Matt sat at the table. “It was their only shot.”
“They grilled him hard,…
December 2, 2021
The iFactor Chapter 45
The iFactor Chapter 45
Chapter 45
People were scattered all around the former detective in the dim light. For the first time in years, it didn’t bother him in the least. In fact, he remembered each person moving past him before they did. Most of his memories remained a jumble, but if he focused on the moment, then he could remember everything quite clearly moments before it occurred. He moved among his fellow…
November 29, 2021
The Dragon is Coming- now availible in paperback and digital
The Dragon is Coming- now availible in paperback and digital
November 26, 2021
Happy Thankgiving-Have an old poem
Happy Thankgiving-Have an old poem
Felicia Dorothea Hemans, ‘The Landing of the Pilgrims’.
The breaking waves dashed high,On a stern and rock-bound coast,And the woods against a stormy skyTheir giant branches tossed;
And the heavy night hung darkThe hills and waters o’er,When a band of exiles moored their barkOn the wild New England shore.
Not as the conqueror comes,They, the true-hearted came;Not with the roll of the stirring…
November 19, 2021
The i Factor Chapter 14
The i Factor Chapter 14
Chapter 14
Matt’s testimony had been authenticated and presented to the judicial council. According to the United Nations proclamations on the rights of extra-Terran inhabitants, this gave each person the right to face their accusers and have them cross-examined by their legal representatives. The assistant purser was taking full advantage of that right and called him in to try to refute his…
