So, in a few minutes it will be my birthday, which is, of course, completely wrong. My birth day was 67 years ago. This is just another, and likely the very last, "celebration" of the anniversary of that day...or rather that event ( Read more... )

For reasons that make no sense I've decided I'll put the latest Roundhouse story on LJ ( Read more... )

Okay, the story was to pay off a bet, but I'm really wondering if anyone actually read any of it. My suspicions, based upon a complete lack of comments, is that the answer is no. I'm somewhat okay with that, but it is, I admit, disappointing. Oh well. Such is life, and I have more writing to do.

The nice thing about working for SHIELD is the job security. Yes, you might get killed on every mission, but there's no end of bad guys and evil doers out there. Sometimes you just have to take a break and decompress.

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When you're waiting for results, and hoping for positive outcomes, time always seems to slow down. In this case it seemed as if time was actually standing still, not moving at all. Did it work? How would they know? How soon would they know? Everyone had the same questions, but no one was brave enough, or stupid enough, to ask. And so they ( Read more... )

With one agent down (Melinda May) and possibly never to return, Coulson begins to fear he's about to lose another. Bennett Gross seems to hold the winning hand, and there are no more cards to be dealt. It time to call and see what happens.

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When things go wrong, they really go wrong, especially if your opponent his armed with alien weapons. Director Coulson is faced with the ultimate decision: to save one of his team members he must sacrifice another one, and it's not a choice he's prepared to make.

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The score is improving, but the bad guys have retreated to Helm's Deep, and now it appears they might have the upper hand. It's a Mexican Standoff, but then things change for the worse.

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The plan, such as it is, is complete, and now it's time to rock and roll. There are far too many unknowns, but time won't change that, and time is not on their side.

Chapter 24Phil had one last stop before deploying his teams, parking outside the offices of the national police. Inside he presented a quick plan, asking the locals to form a second ( Read more... )

I value language. A lot! When I read a statement made by someone who is a writer, or writes in the publishing industry, or seeks to affect the publishing industry, I assume...which is reasonable in this case...that they have chosen their words to convey the meaning they seek to share.

So, when said persons say things like "there can never be ( Read more... )