CHAPTER FIVE The fire crackles, and the dog lies at my feet, his steady breathing filling the silence. I can hear the wind outside, stronger now, rustling the leaves in the trees. The night is creeping in, but it doesn’t feel like darkness anymore. It feels like something else. Something soft, like the closing of … Continue reading #289 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 5
CHAPTER FOUR It’s funny how your body remembers things, even when your mind has long forgotten. Like the way the muscles in my back ache when I chop wood, or how my hands instinctively find the right way to tie a knot. I’ve lived here long enough that some of the motions are as natural … Continue reading #288 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 4
CHAPTER THREE It’s hard to explain how quiet gets under your skin. It’s not that the silence is loud—no, it’s not like that. It’s the way it seeps into your bones, like the cold air when the fire goes out, or the way the sun lingers just a little longer at dusk. Quiet doesn’t ask … Continue reading #287 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 3
CHAPTER TWO I remember the first time I saw a city. Not the big ones, the ones with the steel and glass reaching up like they were trying to grab the sky. No, I’m talking about a town. The kind where everybody knows your name, even if they don’t know anything about you. I was … Continue reading #286 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 2
CHAPTER ONE The dog snores like a freight train.Not the dignified kind either—the slow, rickety sort that sounds like it’s falling apart with every mile. It’s a miracle the beast hasn’t scared off every rabbit, deer, and unlucky squirrel within ten miles. But I let him stay. Truth is, I like the noise. Fills the … Continue reading #285 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 1
There once was a man named Robert, he was a successful entrepeneur who has always taken risks in business and in life. Robert had conquered the business world and had spent his life traveling the world in search of the next thing, Robert was always searching. He had swam in the great barrier reef, went … Continue reading #256- Time
A Short Story by Ian Kiely 1 William Black was the sheriff of a small town named Clearwater, which had begun to grow since a gold rush gave way to some prominence. William would patrol around the town on a daily basis. He would talk to the townsfolk and they recognised the sound of his … Continue reading Wild Justice – The Ballad of William Black
Early on the morning of August 15th local conspiracy theorist went missing while going into Cratloe Woods in County Clare. Mr Walker spoke to his ex wife the evening before he left for a camping (hunting) trip into the woods. While closed to the public Mr Walker would regularly break this curfew enforced by a … Continue reading #72 – Man missing in Cratloe
Hank drives in his car along the Irish coastline. The waves beat against the shore. Hank drives along listening to Bob Dylan on the radio. He's a man in his early thirties. A good looking guy, he sparks a cigarette as he looks out onto the coastline. The sun glistens off of his expensive sunglasses … Continue reading #66 – The fixer
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