Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 16 of 37

~ **Chapter 16 ~** The Litchfield Branch Library rose, though awkwardly squat among the adjacent skyscrapers, an imposing white against a brilliant blue sky. It was only five stories compared to its neighbors, but its Italian Renaissance revival...

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 15 of 37

Long before this, the actual crime and plot disappeared into white noise as my attention waned from it to aaron. i shuffled myself from the back of the couch to straddling aaron's stomach.

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 14 of 37

**~ Chapter 14 ~** "Hey Hon, it's Cade. It's about twenty past eight and I was just wondering how you're doing. Lemme know if you're on your way or if you decided to stay home again, 'kay?" I closed my cell phone, making sure that the vibrate...

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 13 of 37

**~ Chapter 13 ~** I had parked Becky's faded-turquoise Cavalier in Aaron's parking spot. His apartment had an assigned parking spot but since he didn't have a car, he never had a need for it. The day's humidity was beginning to seep from the...

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 12 of 37

**~ Chapter 12 ~** _A steady beat and counter-beat throbbed throughout the dance-floor of Infinitá as countless bodies gyrated and pulsed to the music through a thick, smoky haze._ _An arabian wolf with his tail tipped in black was among the...

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 11 of 37

~ **Chapter 11 ~** I stood by the window in Cade's bedroom smoking a cig. The early morning was giving way to mid-morning. Out Cade's window and through the trees lining the property division was the house next door. No windows on their side. A...

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 9 of 37

~ **Chapter 9 ~** "All fall down." "What?" I mumbled, lifting my muzzle off the tabletop and looking up at Tiffany. She smiled, bemused. Taking the rather weak gin and tonic with the lime slice eaten down to its rind, she replaced it with...

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 6 of 37

~ **Chapter 6 ~** At 10:00 am I got off the bus in front of the zoo entrance. The parking lot was shimmering in the heat as if I was looking through a veil of water. My sandals quickly warmed up on the sidewalk and I was glad I didn't drive. Tar on...

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 5 of 37

~ **Chapter 5 ~** _Cdnce1282 has signed in (8:22 pm)_ **Aarbo4vr** (8:24 pm): Hey **Aarbo4vr** (8:24 pm): it's Aaron **Cdnce1282** (8:24 pm): Hi! You were able to make out my chicken-scratch, then? :P **Aarbo4vr** (8:25 pm): lol, yeah....

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Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 4 of 37

~ **Chapter 4 ~** Four-Thirty could not have come quickly enough. "I know, ma'am," I repeat myself. My foot eagerly tapped against a wheel of my chair at ten times per second. I shifted in my seat just about as often, too. "I... Yes, ma'am......

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Identity: Chapter Forty-Six

Suddenly they had a connection, if a loose one, between the ring - something found at a crime scene - and johnson, as well as a possible history of dishonesty on part of the senator. he found himself smiling in the 'ah-ha" moment of discovering a clue.

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Two Worlds Collide - Chapter 11 – The Price of Revenge…Regret

A/N - Short change of perspective for this story. Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday (if you're in the US). All characters fictional. New London (No relation to actual New London, NH) and Thompson State Park are fictional. **Chapter 11...

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