The Good Soldier

He knew how it worked. After being told a million times, he also understood it. Of the things expected of them, loyalty was number one. Keeping their mouths shut was a close second. He could probably write a small book or a long movie about the stuff that went on behind closed doors. Instead he […]

Another Version Of The Truth

“You see son, your mother and I wanted to believe that there was another way to resolve this crisis but we have tried everything in our power and there doesn’t seem to be anything else for us to do.”
He was thinking his father could go extremely long without having to take a breath. Just because […]

Cleansing Fire

All there was to hear was the high-pitched whistling sound. All there was to see was smoke. Thick, sometimes white but mostly grey and definitely shielding little licks of fire that could flare up at any moment. People in the vicinity were being cautious. They didn’t understand it and like in every other case, when […]

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