This page contains, in reverse chronological order, story samples I share with my readers. Usually, but not exclusively, these include excerpts I post weekly for my Google+ #SaturdayScenes. Come by every week to keep reading!
“IT SHOULDN’T TAKE LONG NOW,” Cynthia said to Agent Rodrigo Ochoa. She tapped on the large flat panel display. It showed a split view: on the left a close up of Sandra Tomek’s trembling lips and facial features, and on the right a wide angle view of the interrogation room. Ochoa stood there, arms folded […]
Though long gone, the zip ties still dug into her wrists. No matter how much Sandra rubbed at the pink bruises, she felt the hard plastic cutting off her circulation. No longer asleep, her hands still tingled from the onrush of blood. And she was shivering. The air conditioning in the interrogation room had to […]
SANDRA TOMEK WAS HOLDING A GUN when the SWAT team busted through her front door. She didn’t think much of the noise. Not at first. It was all in her head, after all, coming through the thickly padded noise-cancelling headphones attached to her surround-vision visor. The sound was pounding it, too, bass-thumping techno-beat and all. […]
With the kids in bed, a little after 8:40 PM, Dan and I sit in the living room. He’s reading a summary report Tina left us. I read it from front-to-back in detail while the kids had lunch. But I suppose Dan doesn’t want the summary version given as to how I tend to overdo […]
“Paco!” It’s the third time I call out his name, and as much as I’ve tried to restrain my frustration, my voice grows more anguished with each shout. Not a good time for him to disappear on me. Not a good time for me to come across like I’ve lost control of the situation. Not […]
Once you dive headlong into photography and practice it without pause for a while, you start seeing and observing the world differently. Things your mind would filter out or ignore as noise pop into view. Because that’s a big part of photography, seeing what others miss, noticing the little things, the possibilities. Things that don’t […]
When I tell people—even photographers—that I do weddings, I often get looks and reactions suggesting I’m in need of an emergency brain transplant. That in and of itself stands as acknowledgement of how challenging and—in some ways—undesirable taking on a wedding can be. All the more reason why I scratch my head as to how […]
Over the past few weeks I have shared #SaturdayScenes for Prime Decision, episode one of Quantum Law. You can get the full download of Prime Decision by registering through my Reader’s Club: If you need to catch up with previous part of this or other stories, you can access them at my #SaturdayScenes page… Part […]
