Excerpt from my short story 'A Moment in Time'

As the summer drifted by, so did my thoughts of places and people in my past and present.

I took little notice of the world around me as I walked along the sidewalk of the quiet Ottawa suburb. On occasion I glanced around to ensure I was not about to walk into someone or bounce off a light stand.

The pathway was framed by manicured grass on either side; to the left, a quiet two lane street where few drivers could be found on this beautiful day. On my right, ran a line of fencing separating the back yards of the middle class detached homes from the rest of the world in this quiet suburban neighborhood.

I was feeling nostalgic, longing to visit my past and the friends I left behind after moving to Ottawa. It has been some time since the big move, but unpacking the boxes and plastic containers that were mixed in with the rest of the minutia that was my life, brought back a flood of memories. The trivial and seemingly unimportant items that one collects over the years, pictures, letters, certificates, all held some tie to a past life.

Excerpt from my short story 'My Time Remembered'

He sat at his desk thinking about life, his life in particular. A cup of tea still fresh and steaming in his hands. Leaning back in his chair, the swivels and springs creaking with age, he closed his eyes as visions of past memories danced in his head.

Images of family, friends and strangers mixed with dreams, hopes and fears all came together in the amalgam that was his life.

It was a good and long life he thought with few regrets.

The light from the sun streaming through the bay window of his study fell on his face, the sensation felt warm on his skin. The sounds of children playing outside helped to put him in the mood to work, reminding him of the task he had set out to accomplish.

He had put out several old photo albums and at least five produce size boxes of loose photos and clippings from newspapers and magazines, all of which he wanted to use somehow in this project. Pictures and stories that spanned a lifetime were sprawled out on the large, but otherwise clean and tidy desk.

Opening his eyes and turning to his son sitting beside him in an arm chair, he asked in an almost childlike enthusiasm, "So? How do you want to start this then?"

"It’s your life dad, how did it start?"

"I was born...."

His son cocked an eyebrow and gave his father a quizzical look.

Responding quickly to his sons overly skeptical glare, "Well I was born ya know!"

"I'm not disputing that part." A thin smile beginning to form, "But do you really want to begin your life story like that?"

Thinking for only a split second, "If it’s good enough for Bill Clinton, it’s good enough for me."

He placed the teacup down gently in its saucer and crossed his arms, determined to have his way.
He paused again to think and reflect in more detail about his long life. The wrinkles in his brow thin and hardly showing, laugh lines around his eyes and cheeks creasing only slightly as he smiled. At eighty-three he was in pretty good health and physical condition and he was proud of that.

Age, he always said, was nothing more than how old you felt inside. If you felt young, your mind and body would work together to keep you young.

'Death's Door: Where Right and Glory Lead' now available through Barnes and Noble

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Death's Door, Where Right and Glory Lead is the opening salvo of three novels that tell the story of Heather Brassard and her fellow troopers. They are tasked to find and eliminate a few pirates causing havoc in the shipping lanes of the Confederation.

What Brassard finds however will shock the government and military of the New Confederation to its core.

There is far more to the pirates than meets the eye, as no pirate should be that well armoured and none should have fleet weapons of mass destruction. Only one group will stand in the path of those bent on the complete destruction of Earth and its government - the men and women of the Terrain Armed Forces.

Trooper Brassard and her platoon struggle with issues around life, death, fear, love and greed as they fight for survival in a conflict that threatens to spiral out of control.

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