"It's good to shut up sometimes." Jarrod Barkley's voice remained calm as he looked at his younger brother ( Read more... )

It was only natural for many of those in Carterson to form alliances, there was in fact safety in numbers, that couldn't be denied, but, it was never a decision to be entered into lightly. So it was that when word that new prisoners were being brought in made it's way round the camp, it always drew a crowd, each man carefully looking over those ( Read more... )

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Settlin' In

Chapter One


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They were comin' up on the end of the drive, and Heath found himself wonderin' 'bout his fate. Many of those who'd signed on were plannin' on takin' their pay and finally headin' home. Those plans had been the topic of almost every evenin' meal for the better part of the last few weeks and the youngest of the cowboys had finally had enough ( Read more... )

I've decided to get a little more serious with this journal, so, in addition to Writers Muses, you'll now find responses to 100 Moods prompts.

001.Accomplished
002.Amused
003.Angry
004.Annoyed
005.Anxious

006.Apathetic
007.Aroused
008.Awake
009.Blank
010.Bored

011.Bouncy
012.Broken
013.Calm
014.Cheerful
015.Chipper

016.Cold
017.Confused
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Victoria Barkley could not have been happier even though, for the last week, the house had been in a complete upheaval. For the first Christmas in several years, she'd had all of her children home. All of her children, the thought brought a smile to her face, and for not the first time. If someone had told her a year ago that she would learn that ( Read more... )

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Matt Bentell, I can't believe he was there in front of me after all those years. I swore I'd kill him if I ever laid eyes on him again, now he's right there in my own home, and I'm supposed to just walk away. How can I do that after all I went through? I lived in that hell he created, suffered the abuse at the hands of those under him, I saw ( Read more... )