Tag: Maryland

  • STATE OF DISASTER 12

    Twelve “Homecoming“ 09:12 HCPD Headquarters Adrian James picked up on Line 2 and listened. Then he said, “Detective Routson has been missing for a month. Are you sure?” He listened some more. “You’re joking.” Then he stood up and said, “He did what?” He had to calm down. Because his chest was pounding, and he…

  • STATE OF DISASTER 13

    “Death from Above” Columbia 04:30 Joe knew they were killing him, but he couldn’t know anything else but burning pain. His Desert Eagle lay somewhere nearby, forgotten and covered quickly by snow. The spirits of evil were so powerful now, feeding off his terror and his anger that he was dying right after falling in…

  • STATE OF DISASTER 16

    “The Missing Man” MHI Headquarters Vincent Anta’s Home 18 December 17:13 No one wanted to be alone. Shock was setting in and everyone did a lot of staring without much blinking. Few words were said. Zelda knew how to break the spell: lots of hot coffee and her homemade bread, still hot from the oven,…

  • STATE OF DISASTER 17

    STATE OF DISASTER 17

    “El Stupido Bandito” Anne Arundel Hills Mall Saturday December 22 11:16 With Hippie back to his “normal” self, never far from Shannon, who he kissed constantly, everyone was in a better mood. Several malls had opened, and Joe and Angie were doing some Christmas shopping. Presently, Joe was at a counter eating a bacon, egg…

  • STATE OF DISASTER 26

    — Twenty-six “Odeal” USS Maryland Leyte Gulf 29 November, 1944 — Strafing Zekes and Oscars weren’t the problem, terrible though they were, but it was up to the Kamikazes to first terrorize, then kill men on whatever ship they dove towards or took a run at. Their cockpits packed with explosives, their pilots resolved and…

  • STATE OF DISASTER 29

    STATE OF DISASTER 29

    Twenty-nine “Amy” Exeter Academy — Hippie was uneasy, and the minute Vince drove the command vehicle down the hill from Exeter Road, blue lights glared everywhere and he felt a fear of something he had no reason to. He’d never been here before, yet it felt familiar. He had a flash  of the place in…