Novel excerpts: Conflict 42 Articles

by L.A. Wilson

I fought with my shield on my back, spearing with my left and chopping heads with my sword in my right; I had no sense of time, for if time was with me, I did not know it, I only saw the darkness of the morning, that becam...read more

by RW Writes

DEADLY DESIRE Chapter 1 3 years later. Where is she?' Tyrese was screaming to the top off his lungs and his right hand man Ej jumped. We don't know TL we turn every stone in every part of this city and...read more

by Cache Ecrivain

Melissa shivered as the brisk air outside cut through her clothes, smothering her skin. The moons faint glow remained a whisper in the darkness. A black sedan sat just outside the house, a dark tomb. Her tomb. Gabe mo...read more

by Don Barnhill AKA STRONGBOW

CRIES IN THE DARK Buddy Walker woke with a start. He lay still, not sure what had awakened him, in that half awake, half asleep state where you're not sure what's real and what's not. Then he heard his father's loud ...read more

by Anna Marion Howell

PHOTO ALBUM PAGES A thud, a thud of finality, no turning back. Another thud, the back touches down. Thank you for choosing us. Welcome to Phoenix. Enjoy your stay. No turning back now. Tears, like tiny crystal chande...read more

by Valerie L. Harvey

"We are gathered here together to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony," his honor explained. The judge turned to the groom, "Travis, do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?" "Yes, your honor,...read more

by Frank Hayslip

From the novel "A MOMENT OF TERROR" He was sitting in a wheel chair, hunched over, and looking out of the window. His face covered with wrinkles, and his lunch of rice pudding, sat on a small table beside him. No one kn...read more

by John Graham

He and Retter headed through the woods for Daun but before they were half way there he realized that more recruits were headed across their path for the army, whose ever it was. Eventually, a horseman trotted up and answe...read more

by Chris Pearce

Another beer, and to Henry the bar spun faster and faster. He wobbled about and fell into the arms of a woman he didn't know. She tugged at his coat and he toddled along behind her, vaguely aware of people cheering and lau...read more

by Paul Schingle

A little more than a week had passed by this time and I was ready to spit blood. The door slammed into the wall as I helped myself into the doctor's office, uninvited. "This is unconscionable, Dr. Maseen. You can't ke...read more

by Peter Payne

Excerpt from CAPTAIN CALIFORNIA BATTLES THE BEELZEBUBIAN BEASTS OF THE BIBLE (P. 92 - 99) Though Captain California claimed that his update of the Ten Commandments was mere frivolity, we suspect that it nonetheless r...read more

by Noleen Wyatt-Jones

Out on the street Grace felt uncomfortable. She knew she had been less than honest with Dr Adams. She was well aware it was the manuscript that had triggered this latest episode, yet she wasn't prepared to talk to her ther...read more

by Brianne McGill

Time marched on, and so did our war with the neighbors. Patrick incensed Mr. Lang from across the street when he pulled out his own binoculars and started spying on him. Someone called the police with a noise complaint t...read more

by Nicholaa M. Dreigh

He was stupid. He was wrong. Allison officially hated him. James was an egotistical, womanizing, cocky bastard. Overly self-assured, The list could go on and on. To shorten things up: He was scum. How would he know...read more

by Brewster Moose

....Prometheus No More "It is possible that Christopher Marlowe could have surpassed Shakespear had I not come along..." .....this Saturday is spectacular; temps in the low 70s, humidity bel...read more

by David Lim

Cholitz Directive Chapter 2 Cruising through the air at 150 miles per hour, the sleek black Chinook cuts confidently through the air on its way to its area of operations. Within its darkened interior with barely ade...read more

by Jeanne Turco

All Things Revealed c.1996 We are in the future, or so I like to believe. The things which have come about, I pray shall never be, but I know my prayers are in vain. My name is Jesse Creedero, and I like many others...read more

by Irwin Gelding

The next moment I was back in the tub. The lukewarm water engulfed me before I had a chance to recover from the sharp pain in my shoulder. He held me underwater with one of his sturdy arms, his hand clasped around my thr...read more

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by Odin Flatmoe

State of Grace As your head gets straighter and straighter, the need to be patient in spite of "perceived unfairness" also increases. Before, you were probably doing a lot of things wrong so that having to endure a...read more

by Imperator

Chapter: DANGER THREATENS A PEACEFUL LAND In amongst the midst of some mountains, hills, barren locations and dusty terrain, somewhere there were fertile patches of land. One such land had some settlements of villages ...read more