Four guards dashed into the tent. The first two held submachine guns and they dramatically released the safety with a resounding click letting everyone know they meant business. Next, two rather large Mexicans came into the tent. They held twine...
Blackness enveloped Autumn as she struggled to sit up from laying down. Her hands were bound tightly behind her and she could feel the edges of the cord digging into her flesh. She groaned from the bruise that now throbbed...
"So, now what," Autumn asked as she stood as still as she could. Andrews crept up closer to Autumn and slowly scanned the room. He flashed his flashlight into all the corners and crevaces but did not see any visible...
The place was called, El Loro Loco, and it was a small dive. There were two tiers of seating, all with red seats and brown card tables. Colorful and hand painted parrots hung from the ceiling as they perched on...
"On behalf of Aeromexico, let me welcome all our guests to flight 546, with service to Mexico City, Mexico," a thickly accented olived skinned woman with brown hair called out. Her eyes were blue and her red lips were well...
The fireplace upstairs cracked and shifted as the blackened, burnt wood collapsed under its own weight. Autumn sat on the floor carefully reading the spines of all the books. Occasionally, she would pull out one book and hold it in...
"I am telling you Daniel, you are wrong. There are four hundred and twenty known objects of mass destruction in the world and that is not including the bombs and the missles and the normal means to blow this planet...
The sun was out again the next morning and Autumn woke early. With all the sleep she got, however, she felt quite rested. Drinking her morning cup of chai, she sat next to the window and stared blankly out of...
Autumn wiped the tears from her eyes as she stood just outside of Coffee People. She looked to the left and right, barely recognizing anything. For the first time in her life, she was now unsure of where to go...
She fed Bubba Gadget his can of food for the day and then grabbed another bowl from the cupboards. She bent down and opened the door to the turn-table style pantry. She stored a bag of dry cat food in...
He wore a pair of black military style pants, and white canvas shoes. He had a black button down shirt that was open to reveal a red stained yellow t-shirt. The black shirt had also been torn in a corner....
Bubba Gadget who once was once peacefully asleep on the bed, now sat up, the hairs on the little kitty's back standing straight up. He twisted his ears so that they laid flat against the back of his head. The...
That night Autumn had a strange dream. She was standing up on the West Hills, overlooking Portland. A house stood behind her and she was able to see the entire city sprawled out below. It was daytime but the clouds...
Seven o'clock could not come fast enough for Autumn. She was tired when closing time arrived and stretched and gave a big yawn. It had already grown dark outside and all was quiet. It is way, too quiet," Autumn thought...
Autumn approached the boy, "Excuse me, can I help you find something?" He spun around and faced her. His mouth opened and closed for a bit while his mind groped for the right words to say. His eyes darted from...
As she crossed the road, she looked up at the west hills, laying just ahead of her. Fog and smoke from fireplaces hovered low in the air. The rain lessened up by the time Autumn got to her stop. It...
Autumn Chase woke to the sounds of the alarm going off. The voice from Public Radio sounded distant and soothing. Autumn rolled over and caught the voice vaguely rambling on about some weather preparedness story. Thinking back to her youthful...
It started in a time before ours. Before oil burning cars clogged the airs with their poison and destroyed the lush green rainforests of the equator. It was in one such rainforest that a vast civilization grew from the trees...