Wild Rose Country - Introduction
I have to let my thoughts drift over thirty years back down memory lane to find the beginning of this story and even then I'm not sure if that is the right place to start. My mind isn't as sharp as it once was and my memories are growing more and more...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 1
There was something different about the stars that night that's one of the few things I can clearly remember about that cold winter evening so many years ago. Everything else about that experience seems so surreal now, so dreamlike, and I often...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 20
It was a gloomy, wet, and foggy morning beyond the confines of the cave. A constant drizzle smothered the forest into silence and it seemed as if the world world ended in a solid wall of grey barely a hundred yards from the mouth of the cave. Not in...
Wolf River - Chapter 1
The clouds lay heavily upon the land and a white curtain of snow drifted silently down to shroud the hills, draining the colours away and turning the world into washed out landscape of grey and white. Trees loomed out of the gathering darkness, a...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 22
In the wake of the sudden revelation of just what was going on with Sharra I was seized by a sudden and pressing need to escape. So strong was that desire that within minutes I had it all planned out. When fluffy wasn’t looking I...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 23
Long before Sharra glimpsed a tall figure threading his way through the pines and boulders below her, his scent was carried to her sensitive nose by the gentle breeze swirling up the hill and through the trees. At the first hint of that...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 21
The snap of the bowstring made Sharra jump. Startled, her ears shot straight up and her eyes opened wide as the arrow hissed towards the target. She remained frozen in place with her mouth half open for a long moment after the goose feather fletched...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 3
It's funny how some noises around you can intrude on your sleep and be incorporated into your dreams. Just before I woke up the next morning, I remember having this crazy dream about working on the plumbing in the washroom of my old house. I had...
The Gift of a Stranger - Chapter 1
The sun had not been long in rising above the horizon but already it seemed that it had been a waste of effort. Twilight clung to the the sky with an iron grip and the weak, grey light had to fight hard to illuminate the city. Thick clouds cluttered up...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 6
After experiencing the single most shocking, confusing, terrifying, unbelievable and just downright weird sequence of events in my entire life. I was at a complete loss as to what I should do next and I wasn't quite sure what to think or believe...
Wild Rose Country - Epilogue
The snows of winter drove Sharra and I back to the sanctuary of the cabin at the end of October and we did what we could to prepare for the long winter ahead. We hunted long and hard and worked tirelessly to preserve the meat we brought home, keeping...
Wild Rose Country - Chapter 4
This is where the telling of this story will get a little different. I wasn't sure when exactly I should begin this next part but I figured that now is as good of a time as any. I have all of these memories from Sharra locked up in my mind and I have...