Fiction Writers' Platform http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net The Showcase for Fiction Writers Mon, 14 May 2012 16:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 FictionWritersPlatformhttp://feedburner.google.com Freeway http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/05/freeway/ http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/05/freeway/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:34:23 +0000 Nancy LaRonda Johnson http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/?p=3942 Sometimes they stop coming right away. Other times I’m waiting endless hours and finally give up to sleep in the woods, if they are any, at the side of the road. Times like that can be a blessing, because I really don’t want to take the risk of going anyway. Sleeping, then, is always the

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‘It goes for just about anything in life,’ she said. ‘If you look into it you see it’s corrupted. You’ll soon notice there’s something

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The wind whistled and the windows rattled like teeth chattering. An especially strong gust pushed me and my school friend Bernadette through the wooden front door of our apartment in the row of wooden barracks where I lived with Mama, Papa, and my brother Frankie. My teeth chattered with

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]]> http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/the-future-of-jelly-doughnuts/feed/ 0 Anticipation of the Penitent – Chps 1 & 2 http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/anticipation-of-the-penitent-chps-1-2/ http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/anticipation-of-the-penitent-chps-1-2/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:31 +0000 Nancy LaRonda Johnson http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/?p=3720 THE PENITENT

Chances were there was no one who could understand how clean things had to get. Not only the floors needed to be scrubbed then oiled and polished so as not to leave scratches, but all of the counters, including the hutch and the porcelain and crystal figurines inside of it needed to be and

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]]> http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/anticipation-of-the-penitent-chps-1-2/feed/ 0 Rebecca’s Husband http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/rebecca%e2%80%99s-husband/ http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/rebecca%e2%80%99s-husband/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:32:58 +0000 Nancy LaRonda Johnson http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/?p=3717 “Standard operations – a go. Teeth – brushed. Hair – brushed. Eyelids and cheeks – brushed with color. Hair – brushed and styled.”

Rebecca looked from the mirror to the window, which had a view out to the front courtyard and to downtown. From the fifth floor bathroom window, Rebecca could see all she

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]]> http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/rebecca%e2%80%99s-husband/feed/ 0 Bag http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/bag/ http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/bag/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:28:50 +0000 E.M. Vireo http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/?p=3704 It was her fourth time staking the place out. She’d come every third day to reduce suspicion. She was parked fifteen yards down the street with an unobstructed view. No one knew she was there or what for. She’d hatched the plan a few days after seeing the bag advertised in the window with price

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]]> http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/bag/feed/ 0 Anticipation of the Penitent – Prologue http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/anticipation-of-the-penitent-prologue/ http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/04/anticipation-of-the-penitent-prologue/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:46:49 +0000 Nancy LaRonda Johnson http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/?p=3694 BOOK I THE ANTICIPANT

PROLOGUE

No one knew the whole story of the caged woman. She appeared to be a living receptacle for the shipment of evil in today’s society. Keep her caged and everyone could be safe. Let her escape and everyone would be doomed. This seemed true even though most people in the world never

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The last time I really tried, really, really tried, it didn’t work out so well. Oh, it was so long ago. Decades, presidential administrations, blue moons, and at least dozens of wars have passed by since I last tried.

I’ve been alone ever since. I don’t know where they

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Downtown Philadelphia 8:36 p.m. Sunday, June 6, 2010

After an event earlier in the chapter, the

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]]> http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/03/considering-phil-an-excerpt/feed/ 3 Koron Wars: Gateway To Hell_Chapter 5 http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/03/koron-wars-gateway-to-hell_chapter-5/ http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/2012/03/koron-wars-gateway-to-hell_chapter-5/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:05:47 +0000 Bluesman http://www.fictionwritersplatform.net/?p=3648 CHAPTER 5

The mood around the bases was buoyant after the victorious battle over the Korons.  There was much drinking and partying.  But it was also a period of recovery.

Battle Carriers and other warships lay anchored in Space Docks for repairs.  Replacement fighters, bombers and equipment were, in the meantime, being listed for requisition. 

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