Buried alive!

(I was toying around with ideas when this one came to me)

I awake in total darkness. Attempting to roll over I find that I can't. My shoulder connects with something flat and solid. I feel it and find that it's only a couple of inches away. This is disconcerting for me as I explore by touch and find I am confined. I notice the smell of earth and plywood mixed.

Where am I at?

I lay there still as I clear the vestages of sleep from my mind. Then it begins to dawn on me.

Oh my God, no!

I get out my lighter and see the rough plywood confines I now find myself.

Someone has put me in this box and buried me! Why did they do something like that?

Banging my fists against the plywood it doesn't give way. I hit it harder. Oh shit, it's not giving way. I realize that I am trapped in a casket and I don't like it. My thoughts focus on my pounding heart. Need to conserve air.

Merry Christmas

I wish you and yours all the best this Christmas. May your every wish come true.

We won't be doing much ourselves other than having ham for our Christmas dinner. We don't have a lot but I do feel very blessed.

Wishing you the best.

I hope everyone has a good Christmas Eve. I'll be doing a bit more writing tonight on one of the stories from Horror Bent II though I should probably take a little break from everything and watch a movie. Too bad I don't have a copy of Hellraiser.

Favorites and memorable books of 2012

These are books that I've read during 2012 and they are the ones I will remember most of all. It was actually difficult to pick out specifically these titles from the many I've read. They are in no particular order and it looks like there's 19 of them.

Silenced by RaeBeth McGee

The Spirit Box JH Glaze

Pride and Prejudice and Vampires by PJ Jones

A Mormon Massacre by Joseph Rinaldo

Harry Ballsack And The Quid Witch Caper by Mike Cooley

A Job From Hell by Jade Scott

Robyn's Egg: A Futuristic Thriller by Mark Souza

The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap by Paulette Mahurin

War Brides by Helen Bryan

Dance with Life by J.M. Hurley

Estelan by Trace Broyles

The Devil's Fire: A Pirate Adventure Novel by Matt Tomerlin
The Devil's Tide (Devil's Fire, Book 2) by Matt Tomerlin

Ruptured by Tarek Refaat

Quatrain by John Medler

The Cartographer ~ 1492 by Othniel J. Seiden

Do Unto Others by Rebecca Stroud

Treasure of Egypt by Barbara Ivie Green

Island of Secrets by Tammie Clarke Gibbs

Horror Bent II

I'm busy working on Horror Bent II at present. Some of the story are much darker than what is in the first anthology. One of them has this vicious vampire little girl in it, she's anything but sparkly or sexy. Another story has this quite convoluted plot that involves an attempted assassination and a demon possessed Presidential candidate. One more story has a two escaped convicts that meet the wrong woman, a headhunter. It's all adding up to be something that's very exciting to write. I really do hope everyone will enjoy it as much as I'm enjoying writing it.

Right to keep arms

There is much being made about it these days in politics and so forth and there's good and bad with both stands. I'm looking mostly at the why it was instituted in the Bill of Rights so there's a bit of a history lesson that's involved.

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Now why would they feel it was necessary to include such a statement? Part of it was Cromwell who usurped power in England for 10 years. So in the infinite wisdom of the authors of the Bill of Rights a militia system existed throughout the Confederation of States (it wasn't The United States at this point) and none of the States had a standing military. Cromwell was of course part of a standing military and instituted for all intents and purposes instituted a coup. Needless to say they were afraid of a coup happening. The organization a military unit brings would make easier to achieve. Of course a militia is a decentralized military structure except during time of conflict.

Normally, if you were an adult male you had a musket at home and when the mustering call went out you brought your weapon with you. Once there you would drill they would provide powder and shot but not the weapon you would be using during the conflict. It wasn't until later that the first armories was built for national defense. 

There was also a second issue. You needed to protect your own home. In many places it could be a while for help to reach you if something went down, sometimes days. It isn't like you could call 9-1-1 and have help within 30 minutes or so. There are numerous accounts I've read where everyone on a Kentucky farm was killed and those who came to help found only dead bodies. Of course, it didn't anyone's minds that those who were killed were all armed but that's beside the point here. At least you would have a chance to protect your home.

Loss in Connecticut

Everyone has of course heard of the shootings by now. For me its something very saddening, what if it was one of my children at that school so I can't help but empathize with the parents at this time. They will never get their children back no matter what else is done but hopefully some healing will come later.

Daybreak 

Opening of my heart 

Life beginning to start 

Reaching beyond the sea 

A heart the yearned to be free 

The books open pages 

Life starting a new stage 

Daybreak now reaching me 

Letting me know I’m free 

New spirit lives inside 

Darkness moving aside