DB Rhys It is with heavy heart, as I write here pondering the tale to tell my dear reader of how I feel about the 13th day of February, a Friday as if it at all matters to the larger scheme of the matter. I am forced into this position to be the bearer of … Continue reading Apprentice
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A Murder at the Vatican
DB Rhys Cardinal Giuseppe Valenchio walked off the elevator as if nothing out of the normal was on his mind. The hallway lights of the Vatican Two apartments had already been dimmed as was the custom after 7:00 PM. Sister Margret's apartment was the first door to the left of the elevator. He knocked and … Continue reading A Murder at the Vatican
Wing and a Prayer
DB Rhys Does typing on a phone's small keyboard in the memos application about your frame of mind and Last Will hold up in a probate dispute between angry relatives after they've learned you've hermitted and mizered your ass off to the tune of millions—and none of them were on your favorite person's list? I … Continue reading Wing and a Prayer
Creations Beginning
In the beginning God created Heaven and Heaven was good and glorious in its sight, but it was vast and empty. So God, being alone and contemplative, created angels. These angels gave fellowship to God and served beside him as he decided what would be next to create. After almost half of forever one angel, … Continue reading Creations Beginning
Lonely Sofie
Her name was Sofie and we all remember well her brilliant orange hair and light brown eyes. Having just reached the age of ten she couldn't weigh more than five stones, even though she was almost as tall already as her older sister, who had the exact same birthday four years earlier. The fastest growing … Continue reading Lonely Sofie
The Wretched
Retching is always a great way to start a day. Bent over the toilet she offered no regrets, no silent prayers of abstinence. Life came with a cost and this was another debt she found herself having to pay. She wiped her mouth and stood. Staring at the person in the mirror was the hardest … Continue reading The Wretched
The Boogeyman
“What brings you to Rio,” the old bar tender asks. His large yellow floral print shirt untucked reminds me of a simpler time. A time before I knew the ways of the secretive world of spies and killers. A time when I enjoyed sitting in a fake cabana drinking what the bar tenders at the … Continue reading The Boogeyman
Greater Good
When it's the greater good is at risk the conscience wains. Scidad tried to tell himself he was doing what needed to be done. These experiments would someday lead him to the answers, the advancements no one but him could think possible. These advancements would change the world for the best, for the betterment of … Continue reading Greater Good
One Thumb
I'm a man on a mission. It shows in my face and nothing is going like I want it to. Red lights, grandma drivers, school buses all seem to be obstacles put before me in a weird test of patience. It gives me time to reflect on the last four hours of my life. No … Continue reading One Thumb
A day in the life
The first picture I ever shot was a Polaroid of my left foot, I was eight. My parents bought it for me for something like five bucks, the camera not my foot. The film was closer to ten bucks for ten pictures. So I had to learn early on how to conserve and find the … Continue reading A day in the life