Buck leaned against the hood of his old ford and looked at Chuck as if to say ‘Dumb ass’ “I swear Chuck, you can be as dumb as shit pie at a picnic.” Chuck at least had the decency to at look like he was sorry. “I just don’t get it boy. How the hell does this shit keep happening to you?”

Chuck finally looked up, “Oh come on buck, twernt my fault this time. If Suzy had shut the gate like she was ...

The room was dark and smoky. Lit with wall sconces that weakly glowed like dying enbers. Walking past the weapons scanner as she entered she noticed there was no responce, no alarm. Not even a blink of light to indicate that the unit was functioning. She was obviously in the right place. Three steps led down into the taverns main room. To the left was a long bar stretching the length of the room. ...

‘It was quiet, too quiet for the fresh tracks in front of me. I could hear the light breeze but it almost felt unnatural. Too quiet for those tracks.

But I had other senses.’ I slowly stepped back a half step and ever so gently brought myself to one knee. Closing my eyes I deeply sniffed the air. ‘ soap, mint, garlic. It was fresh and close.’ I slowly eased back. An entry to my left, I had pas...

Doug sat on the cold floor with his tablet in his lap. What was left of his quarters was canted at a somewhat 45 degree angle toward the small bathroom in the corner. He was stareing hard at the screen thinking about how to begin. The light flickered briefly and his breath was starting to show in light bursts of cool vapor. They said keep a log so we have a digital record of the incident from ever...