Conundrum

Chapter 16 – PDF Download The air was remarkably crisp.  Not a wintry chill, but frigid nonetheless.  Even for a cool desert night, the air felt thick and moist… and cold. Worse.  Something unnatural was in the air.  Kain could feel the hair on his snout twitch with anticipation. A mere five hundred meters distant

Chapter 15 – PDF Download The flicker was a rainbow of electronic snow. It was a momentary flash of white and a burst of static that filled the monitor. Rolling down the screen idly, the image soon regained focus. It was the likeness of fading light during a late afternoon sunset. The back lit remains

Chapter 14 – PDF Download He should have known all along. The evidence had been building to one undeniable conclusion. Perhaps he had been ignoring the truth rather than accept the possibility. Radiance smoldered in the heated sands. The late afternoon sun sagged above the western horizon. Fading from blue to orange, the blistering sky

Chapter 13 – PDF Download “Are you out’a yo mind?” Three of the four teenagers roared with laughter. Miles found his friend’s criticisms difficult to tolerate on any ordinary day, but having his two female interests join in the laughter was insufferable. Miles was a silky black seventeen-year-old with bad hair and no concept of

Chapter 12 – PDF Download The stink of rot and burnt flesh filled the air. Pockets of gas belched rhythmically. The meat glistened and twitched convulsively. Poorly illuminated by a mysterious incandescence, the chamber was a festering cesspool. As snakes, dozens of tentacles struck and jabbed at Dark Shadow. He leapt away from a fierce