Father Miquel followed the gaolers who were bringing Mme. Balterra back to her prison cell, and he asked to be admitted to consult with...

from a work in progress.... The Sacrifices of Empire series At the walls to the city, we came to a crossroads with the Via Fulvia. Facing...

Reverend Josiah Ansley had resided in the growing settlement of Dorchester for five years before the events I am about to relate. He...

The red-haired priest looked around and spotted a girl of no more than seventeen years endeavoring to look busy for her supervisor’s...

Another class of workers chose this moment to move into position for their nightly duties. Groups of women, dressed in bright colors...

Sleep descends like snowfall, thy silken skin sings to me Amid the brash cacophony, you smile, and set me free. I dream of you, my...

“How did we get into this in the first place?” asked the priest. “As best as I can figure it, a bunch of people with torches in their...

A freezing rain began to fall at around three o’clock that afternoon, soaking the ground and permeating the dank air. Darkness descended...

The following is a brief excerpt from my latest novel, The Witch of Bastanes. If you enjoy this passage, my book is available on...

Jeff Bremin was 19 when he left college. It was the ".com" boom of the 90’s. He invented a new technology to support medium scale...

This is a brief excerpt from my first novel, The Fall of the Sparrow. Howard ignored them all and just stepped out, slowly and...

Dawn’s rising bids my loving impulse prove. Resolve rises in the face of frequent failings, A firm felt purpose, my love’s unveilings. By...

This little piece was inspired by two people: a friend from my Writers’ Group and my youngest grandson, Joey, who was two years old, at...

The black robed wonderer shuck the dust from his sandaled feet, before shouldering open the door to the bishop’s residence. In his...

Toledo, Kingdom of Castille: 1220 Fires raged, the smell of burning papyrus and vellum filling the air. Libraries palaces, synagogues...

I Word rang from halls where highest Hrothgar dwells The dreaded demon beast, monster of the Moor is dead, The doleful denizen of dust...

Past towers and streams, spires and steeples, scorches the sun, His endless fires and radiant winds sweep the crystal skies, And squint...

Light, a shining crown, radiates around her, While jewels and precious diadems surround her. Her arms and fingers, raised in prayer,...

One tear rippled down your cheek. Your mouth, a convex mound, protruding Lips that shake, but do not speak. My helpless reach, to pull...