Chapter 4 – Wednesday afternoon The antique oak door closed behind Rebecca as she stepped out into the street, scarf wrapped around her face against the chill December winds. A brisk walk to work, crossing the High Street that was heavy with traffic queuing to get into the car parks. There was no real reason for her to go to the shelter today; she was off duty, but there was…
Protected: Shadows of the Mind (Part 3.2)
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The Shepherd – Hefted (Chapters 2 & 3)
Tags: Horror, Gore, Violence Chapter 2 – Monday pm The G6 had come back clean, as Alec had expected. No security problems, no cause for concern. Approval was given. Sara had left a message with Miss Ealand to say that she would be at The Sheepfold at 8.30 and hoped that Mr Freeman would be able to join her there. Alec looked it up to get directions. It was…
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The Shepherd – Hefted (Prologue & Chapter 1)
Prologue Where had it gone wrong? How had Straker escaped from his captors? As Mason hunched there on the greasy oil-stained concrete floor, yet another question burned into his mind. Where was Straker now? If he was out there, alive, he should have emerged. Unless…… Hope flared in Mason’s breast. There might still be a chance. Chapter 1 – Monday am ‘No, I’m sorry. We can’t take you.’…
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The Shepherd – Lamb to the Slaughter (Chapters 12 & 13)
Chapter 12 No alarm, no watch, no sound, but John Shepherd, lying there hands behind his head whilst contemplating the ceiling of his small cell, knew it was time to get up. Not a prison cell; he had complete freedom to go wherever he wanted. No, this small space was a sanctuary, his safe haven, the one place where he was protected from the unknown figure that taunted his…
Spring Depression
Dear Dr Jackson. It’s Spring again. I hate this time of year. My love life sucks, I can’t get a boy friend and I spend most of my time stuck in a secret underground complex looking at a computer screen, or getting shouted at by my boss. Wherever I look I see lambs and bunnies and everyone full of the joys of spring. I am fed up. Please help. Depressed…
Matters of Navigation
Dear Dr Jackson, in January I was transferred from SHADO HQ to an area that is unfamiliar to me. I have been relying on my Sat-Nav to help me find my way around but there have been numerous difficulties, the latest of which involved me getting a Universal Markers transporter stuck under a low railway bridge. Prior to that I was sent the wrong way down a one-way system…