The Man Behind The Mask
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From fiction to reality there’s tons to share about this crazy life. From being a single father, an officer, and having had many insane adventures while I learned about the world, my imagination runs wild with ideas.
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Above From Below: Part 3
Above From Below Part I, Part 2 Rick needed a drink, and Mac’s place was as secure as anywhere he and the mysterious Major Kohl could have some privacy and get out of the rain. There was a commitment in her eyes. She had a purpose for being there. Rick needed to know what was so important that she’d hunt him down to tell it to him instead of appearing at the office. They clearly had to have been watching for him to leave the building.
By The Man Behind The Mask7 days ago in Fiction
When First Days of Spring Feel Like Summer, Remember The Truth
It’s going to feel like summer as we head into the first days of spring. Do you still think that global warming isn’t a dangerous issue that needs the human species to wisen up and start dealing with it through active scientific measures, as opposed to denial? If so, feel free to continue being the ones with your head in the sand.
By The Man Behind The Mask7 days ago in Earth
Above From Below: Part 2
Above From Below: Part 1 Part 2 From the window of his dark, barely powered, second-floor office, Rick Steele stared into the even more dismal outdoors, a cigarette hanging from beneath his unshaven lip. The humidity in the air was thick, and Rick felt beads of sweat running down from his temples. His shirt was shadowed by sweat, even in the dimly lit office space. As he blew the smoke out of the open window, watching the drops bounce off the several inches of flood waters covering the street below, the buzzing alarm from his phone told him it was time to leave.
By The Man Behind The Mask10 days ago in Fiction
A Timely Reminder About The One Threat To Us All
It's still a collosal problem. And we are stuck between rocks and hardplaces, and getting more trapped by the year. And while everybody wants to scream, yell, and pound their fists about every other issue they claim to care about, people have slowly begun to voice their feelings much less about how petroleum is both pivotal to our existence, and a source of our problems.
By The Man Behind The Mask11 days ago in Earth
Above From Below
Part One Beneath an unusually dark sky, a building in the middle of nowhere, West Texas, sits as it gets pelted by heavy rain mixed with hail. The warning systems at the National Weather Service were right, and the storm was developing into a supercell. It gave off strange atmospheric readings that kept the one person assigned to the observation post busy.
By The Man Behind The Mask12 days ago in Fiction
Why The Future Wasn't Always Yours
The Beginning of The Future Or, actually, nine months later, give or take a few days. You’re going to be as soon as old mom and dad, or mom and that guy she got drunk with and hooked up in the men’s room at a concert with, finished the deed on that magic day. That’s the perfect day in mom’s schedule of biological movements during the monthly clock. It’s the day when an egg is primed and in the right place to receive and she was to meet the guy that would fertilize her egg. After that, it’s all magic.
By The Man Behind The Mask13 days ago in Journal
What Is It And Why's It So Dangerous
To start with, where are these hospitals at when we need them? Dammit! Most of them closed in the 80's. Yes, if you are that young, there were once nice little places where people could go for rest, rehabilitation, and to get a good jolt, meds, or a lobotomy.
By The Man Behind The Mask16 days ago in The Swamp
In Defense Of Liars, Thieves, And Scumbags
We live in a world filled with those who are dishonest, untrustworthy, or act unethically. Just because you don't think so doesn't make it any less true. And in that world filled with those types of individuals, there are people who would still defend them to their last breath. It's a strange anomaly we are all witnessing more and more. But what can we do about it?
By The Man Behind The Mask16 days ago in The Swamp
The Conduit: Chapter 20
Chapter 20 The room, lit by candles, and with a majestic view of the city, was nearly empty except for Daniel Deacon Reddick. Daniel was one of the key developers of the project and a principal owner of the tower development. As he got comfortable on the leather sofa sitting in the center of the room, sipping a glass of bourbon and enjoying a cigar, Daniel listened to the soft music playing over the speakers. He couldn’t remember being so relaxed, and yet he was filled with an anxious excitement he hadn’t felt in ages. Daniel believed he had inked the deal of a lifetime, and the deal was about to be finalized.
By The Man Behind The Mask16 days ago in Chapters
5 Very Important Lessons Learned About Writing
Writing and Publishing On Platforms If you're here, you're writing and publishing on a platform. No matter your reasoning for being here, something about the site attracted you and you suffer from the writer's bug. You need to get things out of you that are jumbling up your mind, whether they're stories you imagined, your life story, commentary on today's many social issues, or you are just sharing your favorite recipes. One way or another, you caught the bug and can't shake it!
By The Man Behind The Mask18 days ago in Writers
The Trappist Adventure: Chapter 4
Darkness surrounded him as he lay on the cold floor and let the sensation ease the pain of his wounds. Johnny didn’t know how long it had been since their capture. He only knew that it felt like an eternity in hell. Even worse, Johnny had no idea what they did with the doctor.
By The Man Behind The Mask18 days ago in Fiction
