Novel excerpts: Death

by Otis Nyte

Roderick's body tingled with a soft warmth as he slowly returned to consciousness, blinking dazedly. The paralyzing numbness slowly subsided, leaving him to regain control and flex his joints, moaning softly and tiredly. ...read more

by Glory Lennon

"What's wrong with everybody?" Tony got off the bus and walked into the school accompanied by Latisha and Cathy who wondered the same thing. The mood was somber. Several girls cried and kids talked in hushed voices. "Y...read more

by Susan Hibberd

8th May 2003 Today I found out I have cancer. Papillary thyroid cancer to be exact. I have had two major operations in the last six weeks, my neck is swollen to twice its normal size, and the wound is leaking pus....read more

by Valerie Daniels

The moment I stepped from the vehicle, tears filled my eyes. "Be strong" I told myself, knowing the fear, anger, hurt, were all obviously written on my face. I had to face him, once and for all, speak the words to my fathe...read more

by Erin Faneuf

I have two sons. A.J. and Patrick. Aaron James was born April 14th 1983 and Patrick Donovan was born April 25th 1985. Aaron with chestnut hair, stunning green eyes. He gets his complexion from his father. His skin holds a ...read more

by Mary Alonzo

On a sunny bright clear day, I can hear the birds sing their songs. I can hear the leaves swaying to the nice warm breeze. I can hear children's laughter, running and playing. I can hear sounds of cars passing with their r...read more

by David Lim

Cholitz Directive Chapter 5 Wednesday The night and early morning journey proved uneventful. The adrenaline rush in the soldiers make them alert and preventing them from falling asleep. At first light of dawn, t...read more

by Liwana Woolridge

I hadn't seen her in ten years. I didn't know where she had gone but I often wondered how she was doing. Suddenly, out of the blue, she writes to me; and what she says causes a great unease to grow inside me. She wants ...read more

by Steven Vryce

Black Ark Chapter 4 Rousing from his slumber at dawn, puzzled that Illistro had not come to wake him as he had every morning for the past six years. Welcoming the rising sun, Belgarad yawns and stretches his arms abo...read more

by Mario Rios

Chapter 3 Betrayal of Heart Night came. Dave and Sora liked the room that Zoe placed them in. The beds were comfortable and fluffy. It so happened that that room was a room that guests were placed in a lot, but af...read more

by Chris Pearce

Then, one winter's morning in early 1819, Sarah went to pick Bridget up from her cradle and found her little body cold and lifeless. She held the baby in her arms and was about to cry, when she realized it was for the bett...read more

by fromthegreenroom

the Janitor Murders Getting respect from work was impossible, security was watching constantly. The only thing which carried him through his day was the fact it was Friday. He could plan his game for next week. The p...read more

by John Graham

Peter had another speech to give this time in the new town of Tuen Men. He said good-bye to Su, absent-mindedly kissed her on the cheek and then took off for the train station. She watched him go, sadly. He wasn't the ...read more

by Charles Shell

The Prophet's joy, if not to say astonishment, at the recovery of the long lost stone tablets of the Earth Goddess was tempered by his appreciation of the soul-searching a death, particularly a suicide, forces upon those l...read more

by slim'n'none

The gun fell from Jonas's hand clattering to the floor as the stared at the destruction surrounding him. Twelve men lay dead in the room besides himself, killed in a brief, bloody round of violence; his mind recalled the ...read more

by Harriet Kent

Beth collapsed on to the cold, uneven stone floor by the hearth in the kitchen. The pain surged even more and the throbbing in her head pulsated like a hammer. "Dear God, please help me, take away this suffering," she ...read more

by Norman W. Matthews Jr.

Death Is Alive! Total horror had gripped Matt's body like nothing he had ever felt. At that very moment the only thing he knew for sure was that his lungs were full with fear and his eyes overflowing with the tears of s...read more

by Lady Cynthia

Darkness appeared over the chamber walls yet every now and then a flickering flame would dance , casting a moment's light. An eerie quietness settled over the cavern and a chill ran through Courtney. What plan did Death...read more

by Carolyn Marks

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in October, the sun dancing on the leaves left on the trees. Carrie and her dog Pete had just come in from a brisk walk in the woods. She enjoyed the sound of the crackling leaves under h...read more

by Amanda Horst

Write your article hereSharp little teeth smiled from a photograph at Mary Ellen Shlipher. The teeth were part of the thin lipped dry smile of Mary Ellen's twin sister, so they may as well have been hers. The photograph ha...read more