"Who's next, Sunnie?" "A Mrs. Page, she's a new patient," Sunnie Muren said, then glanced at the clock. "She comes in at 2:00 o'clock, doctor." "So?" Doctor Jim Hyde said...
Angela stretched and turned off her alarm. It was 10:00o'clock pm, time to go to work. Maria was already in the hallwayand hurried to be the first to the bathroom....
What are you doing?" Mark yelled over the sound of the music playing in the main office. He liked Cindy and usually kept an eye on her. Cindy loved to...
"There, Grandma, how's that?" Pete asked, fluffing the pillows behind Mrs. Willow's back. "I'm not your grandmother, Peter, I am a healthy, desirable woman. At least I was a few...
Steve Morrison awoke to a sound resembling a giggle which, ofcourse, was impossible at two o'clock in the morning. They hadno kids so it must have been part of a...
The War Between The States had just ended when Jenny's parents decided to leave their failing estate in Georgia. Jenny had just become of marriageable age and was distraught at...
Cannons roared in the distance. Black pillars of smoke arose in the south, marking the boundaries of the once great city of Vicksburg. A brisk wind blew the weeping willows,...
What is my fantasy? Hell, that's easy. I have two really,the first has been fulfilled many times, the second was justfulfilled last night. And boy, what a fantasy it was....
Mayeve Reeves, recently married to John Reeves, the Montana rancher, galloped into the yard of her huge, mansion- like ranch house. Chickens and men scattered before the sharp hooves of...
"He's asleep," Brian said as he tiptoed away from the office door. The door had a frosted glass window proudly proclaiming, "President" in large, red letters. "I don't care, it's...
"Bugles! That damned bugle," Robin cursed quietly. "Why is he always blowing that damned bugle?" she asked to the empty, rocking stage. It was dark outside. The dusty interior was...
Race Johnson ran his bay gelding down the gravel bank and sped up the draw at full gallop. Looking over his shoulder, he glanced first one way, then the other....
John Brioshe reined his black gelding in and sniffed the air inquisitively. Smoke! The soft spring breeze was blowing down off the mountains from the west. The smoke could be...
Move along," a voice yelled behind him. He slid out of the way, reveling in the noise and confusion. It was like stepping into a different country. Representatives of most...
The Delta Queen pulled out of Natchez on 12 August 1853, heading north. The Mississippi was vast, making it hard to see the far bank. A soft, warm flower-scented wind...
Daisy looked at her cards. She stared at the handsome man across the table from her. He smiled in response, revealing nothing. "Two cards," she said, tossing two cards onto...
Lee ducked his head, peeking under a low-hanging branch at the Apache squaw bathing in the river. Normally he left the Apaches strictly alone, they were the fiercest warriors and...
Matthew Harbor pulled his roan to a halt at the top of the small hill overlooking a storybook like farm. The gray house, bright red barn, and white picket fence...
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Dina asked for the tenth time. The old man's directions seemed easy, follow the salt water lake until it ended in a...
Ransom Miller paddled his fur-ladened canoe around a bend in the Missouri. The river was too wide and too slow to worry about rapids, and sand bars were no problem...