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Architects Of Our Own Demise by Harvey Kennett Man questions God for answers... and God replies... [369 words]
A Staged Disappearance by Ekaterina Alexandrova A Staged Disappearance by Kate Alexander. This story is based on a real person and thei... [2,277 words]
Anticipation by Ekaterina Alexandrova Anticipation by Kate Alexander. ... thoughts about a dead body. [789 words]
The Stair Case by Shelley J Alongi Aviation Story 6A. Several months after Anne and Andrew attend an airshow (which I haven't writ... [2,903 words]
Prelude To Separation by Shelley J Alongi In 1774 Thomas Jefferson penned a pamphlet that after some delay became the philosophical... [1,763 words]
Fear Of Water by E Rocco Caldwell What's is in out drinking water anyways? [637 words]
Calling by Shelley J Alongi Aviation story 16. Romance, roses, and a cool summer morning all give us a glimpse into how Anne and A... [1,580 words]
A Not So Ordinary Day by Shelley J Alongi Aviation story 15. A glimpse into the sometimes frazzled existance of a general aviation... [2,064 words]
For Love Of Lessons by Shelley J Alongi Aviation Story 13. Anne and Andrew Crance have lived in this house for about fifteen years ... [2,295 words]
Little Things by Shelley J Alongi Aviation Story 7A. Anne and Andrew's first year of marriage is a good one. Humor, ritual, and lo... [1,672 words]
Confidence by Shelley J Alongi Aviation Story 12. Andrew helps a passenger become more comfortable with flight. We get to see him ... [1,712 words]
When The Gods Were Walking The Earth- Part 2 by Nik Siromah - [3,605 words]
Waiting For Ethel by AlexandrovaK About a man who realises something when it is too late..... [1,404 words]
Vomiting On Tony by Xoggoth The Mad Messiah (AKA Tony Blair) gets what he thoroughly deserves. [499 words]
Vanishing by AlexandrovaK A madman comes to terms with his madness...... [2,347 words]
Unanswered Letters by Skyler Drevan - [354 words]
They Always Come Back by Paolo Debernardi The ghost story of a dead husband who wants to see again his wife. [541 words]
The Young Tigers And The Sugar Lumps by Nik Siromah - [2,789 words]
The Waiting by Paolo Debernardi The tragic love of a guy who is waiting for his lover but everything turned tragically. [704 words]
The Voice Of Melodi by GutierrezJ - [2,641 words]
The Vampires' Club by HarryPotterAGHp The twist of fate to lead you to the Undead! [904 words]
The Two Bills by Xoggoth William Shakespeare fails to get to grips with Microsoft Word. [777 words]
The Several Voyages Of Fat Tony by Xoggoth Foul deeds on the dead sea coast get their richly deserved comeuppance. [1,377 words]
The Raid On Castle Storm by NeedhamT In an age of blades and magic, mighty forces battle for the command of the world. Thi... [1,676 words]
The More You Wish... by BransonA A short story about a man given a gift people dream about, only to find out it's not nearl... [370 words]
The Literal Day by G David Schwartz The Literal Day is a surreal true story of a day no one would want to live through. [1,926 words]
The Last Decision by J A Little A man has robbed a bank and now he has come outside and the police has surrounded him and he ... [410 words]
The Horrid Tale Of Evil Worm by Xoggoth A rare accident in the vegetable patch transforms a humble earthworm into a satani... [1,158 words]
The Fine Art Of Nitzing by Kathy Lafollett The rights of passage for both child and parent are numerous. This is one view of one ... [970 words]
The Door by Skyler Drevan Another addition to my 'Fable' collection. [287 words]
The Deetahgle by NeedhamT The ultimate vehicle is actually an animal bred with genetic engineering, a mix between a cheetah... [502 words]
The Briefcase by SidS It is about a soldier during the Kargil Conflict, his friendship with a journalist with a twist i... [825 words]
The Blue Insomnia by CalbayR A young man figures out his sad end as nobody's care and memory. [1,916 words]
The Beast Bar by HarryPotterAGHp It's a horror story with a gruesome end. You might find something in cmmon with your true monstro... [616 words]
The 5 Dollar Bill Story by NeedhamT Tells the story of how a 5 dollar bill travel through 3 totally different people. [986 words]
Success by Skyler Drevan Another part of my 'Fable' anthology. [275 words]
Speak Freely by Skyler Drevan This is another addition to my "Fable" anthology I am creating. [258 words]
Soup by Xoggoth A soup manufacturer ends life on Earth. [514 words]
Some Body by Harvey Kennett Two lovers collide.... [220 words]
Sex Life Of The Amoeba by Xoggoth A serious paper on cellular mytosis in a well known eukarytic organism. The dirty little... [1,108 words]
Rons, Socketers And Knots by HaulicaM A young man guides the tourists into the virtual reality (or into the real virtuality... [2,311 words]
Resident Evil: The Iniative by DonnJ - [351 words]
More Beautiful Than You by IngramAE A couple waiting on their daughter at a train station. [740 words]
Mementoes Of Treasured Occasions by Xoggoth A struggling photographer finds a rich new source of business. [496 words]
L'etranger by Nini A short story about living as a human being, realising how we view things from a very subjective poi... [1,057 words]
Let Me Be Your Friend by NilsonB Emily and her family have just moved into their new home, unaware that a psycho has escap... [5,002 words]
Lamb To The Slaughter by LloydT The story concerns a pop star, whose fans show him more appreciation than he bargins for ... [1,574 words]
Kulak by Nik Siromah - [2,613 words]
Jetel Forest by Steven T This is a short story I wrote for science class. I had to use certain words in the story, like wat... [336 words]
I Hate You, I Am Going To Kill You by LeighAN Jen hates something or someone, but she is going to kill it. [230 words]
Hoi, Hoi, Hoi, by Buxton A pitiful attempt at re-creating something that resembles The Clockwork Orange. Oh well here it... [286 words]
Heartburn by CalbayR Love Allergy anyone? Here's a comic take on a love phobic. [1,430 words]
Go Away! by Skyler Drevan She screamed louder than ever before. [254 words]
Exile Of Terror by Robert E Tadlock A galactic bounty hunter chases one of the most evil of demons. Earth will never be the same. [2,179 words]
End Of Season by Amelia R James The challenges and rewards of child rearing after a divorce. [690 words]
Dosvidanya by WigginP A short story about a mutiny aboard a Russian K-159 submarine. [1,134 words]
Disturbing Gift by Skyler Drevan This is a short story that has a taboo subject twist to it. Tell me what ya think. [262 words]
Devoted Husband And Father by Skyler Drevan - [268 words]
Delta Centauri by Paolo Debernardi The alien abduction of a man who will see life different from this experience. [1,593 words]
Blood Sister's by GutierrezJ - [1,473 words]
Awkward Osculation by StrawT The story of a boy, a girl, and a, well, read the bloody title. [762 words]
Arnie by Xoggoth A little labourer has a terminator approach to his work. [646 words]
Amnesty by Xoggoth A gun amnesty in a rough borough of London goes idiotically wrong. [561 words]
A Wrong Turn Somewhere by Xoggoth Somewhere near Birmingham a driver takes a wrong turn and loses everything. [492 words]
A Vampire's Mansion by J A Little Seven teens here about an old legend and they went to see if its true and they get the surp... [2,077 words]
A Stroll Through The Jungle by Lanaia Lee This is my first attempt at writing a short story I usually write poetry. [907 words]
A Good Citizen From Stillwater by Gerald L Bosacker A short story. [1,565 words]
A Capital Fart by Xoggoth The redundant London underground is pressed into service to win a world farting contest. [736 words]
1 Part, When The Gods Were Walking The Earth by Nik Siromah - [3,832 words]
The Pursuit Of Happiness by Shelley J Alongi A hot, humid night in Philadelphia sets the course for the coming centuries as Thomas ... [1,102 words]
The Wild Flee by Rae An ode to imaginary friends. [471 words]
The Way It Is by Daniel Jake Progress is in the eye of the beholder. [436 words]
The Legend Of Pygman by David Clark Long ago in ancient Greece there lived a hero that toppled an empire, freed a nation, and ... [4,545 words]
The Hunter And It's Prey by E Rocco Caldwell - [446 words]
The Hunger by David B Doc Byron An ancient planet/entity/being voices it's opinion. [243 words]
The Game by E Rocco Caldwell A contractor contracted to knock down the last vestment of baseball learns the power of the game. [1,838 words]
The First Cut Was The Last by Harvey Kennett One man's irrational fear following a shocking discovery. [813 words]
The Empty Room by Norman A Rubin Loneliness in a furnished room except for memories. [2,359 words]
Still Unsolved by Richard Koss A successful mystery writer returns to his old home town and recalls an unsolved mystery he neve... [2,136 words]
She Had Her Dog With Her by Wolfa Fiction/vaguely fantasy short story about someone obsessed with a woman. [2,617 words]
Raidon Plains Pt 1 by Michael S Upchurch What's the difference, nobody reviews anything on this website anyway. [3,602 words]
Probing by Skyler Drevan This is a short story I wrote for my psychology class. It's written as a sadistic persona similiar to t... [1,489 words]
Pretty Mary Ellen by Norman A Rubin A missing little girl disappears and found dead after being violated by a sexual maniac. [1,588 words]
Nobody Heard Me by Harvey Kennett If you found this when you returned home, how would you react ? [577 words]
Moonlight Enchantress Part Ii by Martini The second chain of D.Donley's "The Moon Enchantress" [142 words]
Moonlight Enchantress Part 4 by D Donely Here we have it, the 4th installment of this CHAIN STORY. C'mon, you know you want... [330 words]
Hindsight by Johnny Moore "Hindsight" is a science fiction short-story that takes place on planet Pluto. Two astronauts are se... [1,300 words]
Gunning Down Romance by Emma Roberts The story is tragic and has a moral parrallel with the current high- profile topic of teen... [1,425 words]
Devastation by Buxton A one man journal piece, in the events after the end of the world.... [432 words]
Dead Letter Office - A Serial Short Story by David B Doc Byron A drug addled scientist attempts to create the perfect killing machin... [256 words]
Cryosleep by David B Doc Byron An ailen exacts his revenge upon his human oppressors. [386 words]
Codebreaker by E Thomas A historical fiction/science fiction story. This is based on the attempted takeover by Mary, Queen ... [4,363 words]
Child Murder by Skyler Drevan Another story written for my psychology class on a study in child criminalization in the last fift... [7,471 words]
Chicago Cutlery by Kathy Lafollett A glimpse in the life of utensily challenged mom. [1,229 words]
Cassius-The-Leg by Buxton A true story of a young squirrel's fight against repression and a day that would mark the end t... [648 words]
Can You Trust Us Strangers ? by Harvey Kennett Your life is not your own... [304 words]
Biding Its Time by Harvey Kennett Sometimes, you cannot rush Nature... [836 words]
A Trip To The Dentists' by Mulan A man shares his fear of the Dentist... comedy. [959 words]
A Sense Of Timing
Ejaculating Jesus by Sean Scully Sinfully delicious. This story was semi inspired by a great novel called "Ten Thousand Sorrow... [1,987 words]
What You Deserve by Hope C Clarke A short story. [2,768 words]
Videotape by Skyler Drevan This is a short story I wrote after reading a particularly interesting book and was far too full of a... [7,472 words]
Two Lives by Theresa I am very family oriented, we have five generations living on both sides of our family-and it is quit... [823 words]
The World Can Be A Dangerous Place by Vyacheslav Yampolsky A weird little story, about nothing, or everything. You decide. [707 words]
The Rescue by Justin B William Justice Sometimes the things that we fear most lead to salvation. [666 words]
The Living Truth by Deborah Coleman - [2,168 words]
The Last Exam by Jack Arnold A student sits pondering his life during his final school exam. [1,443 words]
The Invisible Wall! by Penny Groh - [595 words]
The Fight by Skyler Drevan A true story narrarated by me about a horrible marriage and the fight that led to the bitter end. [1,499 words]
The Father by Roxi Bri Love has no limits... [575 words]
The Butterfly's Cocoon! by Penny Groh - [384 words]
Sheela by David B Doc Byron An avid fan of hunting wild game is suddenly faced with the idea of preserving life. [674 words]
Saturday Night by Wolfa A woman living in a post-apocalyptic future in an empty city. I wrote this several months ago, ... [1,484 words]
Paranoia by David B Doc Byron If Michelle liked my story ''MAGIC,'' she'll love this one. [444 words]
Oliver's Secret Love by Sir Oliver An older man falls in love with a very, very young woman and keeps it a secret. [559 words]
Oh Shit (Pt 2) by D Donely Just the ending of the first part. About a night with my "stoner" friend. hehe. Don't ask... [808 words]
Nuclear Fire Turkeys by Benjamin Ian Osborne A story that originally explains how man acctually came into being. [2,525 words]
Nightmare At Brushy Creek by D G Williford While sleeping dreams become reality... [106 words]
Magic by David B Doc Byron A magician meets up with his successor. [263 words]
Life Lessons! by Penny Groh Lessons in life I learned along the way. [620 words]
Instincts by E Rocco Caldwell A young reformed gang member is trying to just survive the night and make it home. [3,398 words]
I'm Coming For You by David B Doc Byron A devout Atheist decides to meet his maker... ....the hard way. [526 words]
Fool Fish: A Parable by Jt Pearce Besides farming, the town of Granville has always been know for its fantastic fishing. So ... [4,233 words]
Father Love by Arthuro Western (classic shootout with a twist) [436 words]
Escape by Randall L Perkins A tortured soul attempts to escape abuse. [664 words]
Dreamfix Part Two by David B Doc Byron A hopeless drug addict descends into junkie hell. [355 words]
Dreamfix Part Three by David B Doc Byron Leo gets introduced to the ''Re-conditioning Center.'' [342 words]
Dreamfix - Part One by David B Doc Byron A junkie's drug induced demons catch up with him. [185 words]
Dreamfix - I'm Closing The Story. by David B Doc Byron Since nobody wanted to read it or review it, I'm closing it. [154 words]
Divine Domain by Harvey Kennett The search for God takes many forms, not least of which is the Internet. A young man stumbles acr... [1,471 words]
Brimstone by David B Doc Byron A telephone conversation between two of the US of A's most ''intelligent'' scientists. [421 words]
Voodoo Moon by David B Doc Byron An infertile couple adopt a baby. [283 words]
The Thing On The Ice by Paula Poland Based on a real teen who visits the Okoboji (Iowa) web site and posts his messages using a... [1,276 words]
The Lake, My Mom, And The Sears Dressing Room by Ariana Linkletter Written out of appreciation for my mom and her patience with her ... [1,363 words]
The Immortality Thief by David B Doc Byron A college professor meets up with his worst nightmare. [480 words]
The Eleventh Commandment by Robert Remington Abbot Anna Winslow was about to become the first and last time traveler on a 25 billion year... [3,050 words]
The Death Of A Gecko by Sean Scully A short story about having gas. [122 words]
The Breakfast Club by Glenn G Deweese Cops, Suicide, Breakfast. [2,254 words]
The Bracken Bloom by Gene O'div - [9,589 words]
My Big Sister And The Fly by Ariana Linkletter A silly story about a fat fly. [639 words]
Miss Lavinia's Portrait by Laura Mae Oldham-Brownell This piece is set in Europe during the late 1800's. Hopefully, it will take the reader ... [479 words]
Miles J. Jax, An Early Day In The Life by Branson Storm This section is an early excerpt from my novel. It will hopefully give ... [4,566 words]
Kaleidoscope Maker by T Bianafka Fictional short story about how bad things can happen to good people when they try to do goo... [2,350 words]
Just When Everything Seemed Fine by Hanan Al Kindi It was going to be the best holiday ever, until... [1,685 words]
Inbred by David B Doc Byron A story based on the mass murderer Ed Gein. [303 words]
Easter by Gene O'div - [7,381 words]
Chemo Pastry Party by Branson Storm Miles walks through a dream induced by the drugs of his chemotherapy. [1,096 words]
Cannibals by David B Doc Byron Two holocaust survivors learn the hard way how to survive. [334 words]
Amelia Has Been Forgotten by Freedom Fries - [2,710 words]
The Cozy Rest Motel by Paula Poland The Cozy Rest Motel: A woman traveling alone on business through rural Missouri is compelle... [2,033 words]
Smash Hit! by Z Miah A short story about three friends. [869 words]
Robertson County by Falconcraft Growing up in Texas, a brief episode with the law in an adjourning county. [1,296 words]
Braided Belt From Hell by D G Williford Frustration of trying to get to work on a rainy day... [393 words]

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TITLE (EDIT)
A Sense Of Timing
DESCRIPTION
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[564 words]
AUTHOR
E Rocco Caldwell
ABOUT THE AUTHOR



[April 2005]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (124)
58th And L (Poetry) Becoming a man [95 words] [Drama]
A City Pineapple (Poetry) - [117 words]
A Fair Brown Maiden (Poetry) - [155 words] [Erotic]
A Father And Son Chat (Short Stories) Are racists born or are they made? [278 words]
A Good Vision Demands Keen Insight (Essays) This is a part of a larger work entitled the New Union Standard. [1,302 words] [History]
A Grand New Age2 (Novels) The final chapter of a middle reader novel I am about to submit. [1,531 words] [Fantasy]
A Matter Of Faith (Novels) This is a small section of a piece I'm tossing about entittled "Calling all Angels". [408 words] [Fantasy]
A New Iraq- Repost (Poetry) For the brave Iraqis who chose liberty over fear and voted in the first democratic election ever! [45 words]
A Peaceful Sabbath (Short Stories) A reflection on modern times. [915 words] [Psychology]
A Seattle Dawn (Poetry) - [41 words]
A Shooting In Iraq---Part Two (Short Stories) The special opts his ranger squad conducted was illegal and may have resulted in the death of a teenaged girl. [400 words] [Crime]
Abilene And Beyond (Short Stories) Further adventures of Bob Coltrane's war against the railroad in the Old West. [932 words] [Western]
Algolagnic (Short Stories) What happens when you replace total pain with total pleasure? One woman is about to find out! [2,768 words] [Fantasy]
Appomattox (Poetry) What is love can be domination too! [23 words] [Drama]
At A Wto Rally (Short Stories) - [853 words] [Fantasy]
At A Wto Rally 4 (Short Stories) Joe confront the internal workings of the consortium. [723 words] [Fantasy]
At A Wto Rally (Part Three) (Short Stories) Joe gets his first lesson as to what is the consortium. [435 words] [Fantasy]
B B C (Poetry) I just love the English accents.... [70 words] [Humor]
Back Page News (Short Stories) The thoughts of a dying US soldier on the road to baghdad. [805 words] [Drama]
Bird In The Hand (Short Stories) Gothic story of two men on a battlefield dealing with racism. [5,695 words] [Mystical]
Blackout-Part One (Short Stories) A detective that suffers from alcoholic blackouts is hired to discover the affair of a client's wife... [1,140 words] [Mystery]
Bloody Mary (Short Stories) Sometimes slumber parties games can get the best of you. [564 words] [Horror]
Business Card (Short Stories) Madness can be in a simple telephone call. [723 words] [Thriller]
Cascading (Poetry) - [57 words]
Clean Things..Part 2 (Short Stories) Brenda is horribly murdered and the police think it's Ryan who did the deed. [570 words] [Crime]
Clean Things...Part 3 (Short Stories) Ryan is surprised when the person he believe did the murder ends up murdered himself. [578 words] [Crime]
Clean Things...Part One (Short Stories) Unchecked desire can lead a man to the dirty things in humanity. [463 words] [Crime]
Clean Things...The Conclusion (Short Stories) There's one thing with being right...being dead wrong! [734 words] [Crime]
Colloquium Part Two (Short Stories) Ryder arrives at Moon Base George W. Bush in the 21st century. [349 words] [Science Fiction]
Colloquium...Part One (Short Stories) Inhabitants on a planet prepares to travel in time in order to save their own world [431 words] [Science Fiction]
Colloquy (Poetry) - [37 words]
Comatose (Poetry) - [92 words]
Cool Moonlight Outside My Hospital Door (Poetry) Ponder life as death lingers [86 words]
Droit Du Seigneur (Poetry) - [98 words]
During A Nursing Home Visit (Poetry) A poem of reflection. [92 words]
Egalitarianism (Short Stories) We must pay for the sins of our enculturation that tells us we own the world one way or another. [750 words] [Fantasy]
Equivocation (Novels) The Sage of Scarbourgh is more powerful than Rye thought. [748 words] [Fantasy]
Equivocation Part 2 (Novels) Rye and the sage confront each other. [822 words] [Fantasy]
Fear Of Water (Short Stories) What's is in out drinking water anyways? [637 words]
Fighter (Short Stories) In a moment of weakness one can find strength to endure. [561 words] [Drama]
Forgive Us Of Our Debts So We Can Be Debt Free (Short Stories) A gunman owes a debt that he's come to town to pay in the old west. [1,241 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Of Our Debts...Finale (Short Stories) This ends the first two chapters of the Novel I hope you enjoy it. [1,472 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Of Our Debts...Part 3 (Short Stories) A company of US soldiers block Coltrane's way into Topeka but going around isn't an option. What's a man to do....? [1,274 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Our Debts Part 5 (Novels) Confrontation between two of Coltrane's gang and Lincoln Washington. [1,022 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Our Debts...Part2 (Short Stories) - [1,525 words] [Western]
Form A Vision To Success (Essays) This is a speech I am going to give to Junior High Schoolers today 1/16/04 for Martin Luther King Jr day. [759 words] [Self-Help]
Freedom Riders Of 1966 (Poetry) After a rally in a southern town in 1966 four SNCC kids are heading back to Vermont. [83 words]
Gambling (Poetry) - [100 words]
Gay Marriage Is Constitutional (Essays) - [807 words]
Georgia Peaches (Novels) This is a portion of a novel I'm working on. [963 words]
Global Part Four (Short Stories) Some clones are like bad pennies...they keep turning up even when you don't want them to! [610 words] [Science Fiction]
Global Part One (Short Stories) It's in the near future and human organs are in great demand...to make money you have to get them anyway you can. [655 words] [Science Fiction]
Global Part Three (Short Stories) Clones can bleed and have emotions and what's worst they can have babies..... [792 words] [Science Fiction]
Global Part Two (Short Stories) One way around the problem of made organs and real organs is a line straight line! [585 words] [Science Fiction]
Hanging With Jack Day (Poetry) Jack Day was a friend of mine who shot himself one afternoon....at times I think of him. [182 words]
Heaven And Earth (Poetry) A poem about life and death. [75 words]
Hell (Poetry) - [181 words] [Spiritual]
If There Are Two (Poetry) - [59 words]
Instincts (Short Stories) A young reformed gang member is trying to just survive the night and make it home. [3,398 words]
Laborer (Poetry) - [86 words]
Lady America (Poetry) - [146 words]
Lead In Walls (Poetry) - [72 words]
Love Ended A Long Time Past (Poetry) Another poem in my series of the usage of sunlight [97 words]
Madness In The Dark (Short Stories) Insanity creeps up the spine of a shunned lover during a blackout in New York. [660 words] [Psychology]
My Cat (Poetry) What exactly is a habit any ways? [135 words]
Mystery (Novels) A Private eye and Catholic Priest attempt to find out what is really behind New Orleans. [888 words] [Mystery]
Mystery Part2 (Novels) The seeds of voodoo grow in New Orleans. [605 words] [Crime]
New Iraq (Poetry) Repost of a poem I did yesterday. [45 words]
Not In My Name Part 1 (Short Stories) A spirit from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers must let go of the living in order to cross over with the dead. But he is held to the living by the revenge of love ones. [2,458 words]
Not In My Name The Conclusion (Short Stories) He confronts the fireman in death that couldn't save him in life. The fireman hopes he can convince him to let go of the living and embrace heaven and finally peace! [1,402 words] [Fantasy]
One More Highway Song (Short Stories) Racial hatred can burn both ways and be all consuming no matter what color your skin is! One eight year boy learns one night during the Newark Riots in 69 [3,735 words] [Drama]
Pieces Of The Pie (Novels) This is the first three pages of a novel I am just about finished with...it is 189 pages in length and is targeting high school readers. [650 words] [Science Fiction]
Place's End (Poetry) This is an old one I posted a while ago but thought I would re-write it and re-submit it. [137 words]
Poltergeist Inc. Part One (Short Stories) One corporation has figured out how to defeat it's competitors...cut all energy cost and convert to seemingly endless energy....there's a catch...ghosts [683 words] [Science Fiction]
Poltergeist Inc. Part Two (Short Stories) Hilliard Aerospace has a secret.... [390 words] [Science Fiction]
Ripple Effect (Short Stories) A scientist has discovered time travel or maybe his own descent into insanity. [838 words] [Science Fiction]
Scarborough Fair (Novels) This is a portion of one of the chapters of the novel Scarborough Fair. It is a place the people there aren't completely sure what it is. The chapter is entilted Brenda. I will submit it in portion to... [657 words]
Scarborough Fair Part 2 (Novels) Further portion of the chapter Brenda. [701 words]
Scarborough Fair Part 3 (Novels) Further portion of the chapter entitled Brenda. [888 words]
Semantics (Short Stories) A police interview. [305 words] [Drama]
Shooting In Iraq (Short Stories) - [466 words] [Crime]
Should I Look Within (Poetry) For my mother. [125 words] [Spiritual]
Silicone (Short Stories) (The centralized theme of the story is to ask the question in a marriage how much of it is companionship and how much of it is sexual? Is there a balance? On the psychological level, what is the balan... [3,012 words] [Psychology]
Sirens (Short Stories) - [682 words]
Space, The Final Finale -Repost- (Short Stories) What happens in space can be inside or outside the mind. [1,008 words] [Science Fiction]
Stains (Poetry) - [120 words]
Standing On A Monterey Pier (Poetry) - [59 words]
Stephanie (Poetry) - [63 words]
Tacoma (Poetry) A poem about the city I love and believe has potential. [111 words]
Tangled Berry Bushes (Short Stories) In the style of Edgar Allen Poe. [1,892 words] [Crime]
Tempered Tools (Poetry) Healing is always a miracle [30 words] [Spiritual]
Tenements (Poetry) - [58 words]
The Adventures Of Roco Clay (Novels) A man hunts the takers of his wife in the Sudan. [1,128 words]
The Axe Man (Poetry) A professional on his way to work. [113 words]
The Cascade Hills (Poetry) In Washington State, there is nothing more lovely than the Cascades in the dawn. Another installment of my sunlight collection. [67 words]
The Christian Thing To Do (Novels) Lincoln Washington sits in ambush for two outlaws from Coltrane' s gang. [1,021 words] [Western]
The Clearing (Short Stories) A simple ghost story that happens to be true. [783 words] [Horror]
The Conductor (Short Stories) What exactly is death? Is it the release of our spirits or just the recycle of energy? One person will soon discover the truth. [920 words]
The Dawning Of A Seattle Morning (To Doc Bryon) (Poetry) I wrote this poem a bit ago but never liked it. With the passing of my friend Doc it seemed to all come together. [78 words]
The Game (Short Stories) A contractor contracted to knock down the last vestment of baseball learns the power of the game. [1,838 words]
The Hunter And It's Prey (Short Stories) - [446 words]
The Manipulatory Factor (Novels) The only man that can save Known Earth struggles to save his sanity. This is a section of the chapter titled The Manipulatory Factor in book one of the DayStar Trilogy. I started writing this my first... [1,160 words]
The Penalty Is Death (Short Stories) A Private Investigator is hired by a client to find out if his wife is having an affair. What he finds will change his life for good. [4,184 words] [Crime]
The Phantom Group (Novels) Portion of one of the chapters. [2,308 words]
The Quintessence Of Death (Poetry) - [96 words]
The Reckoning Zone (Short Stories) A place we all must give a reckoning for the deeds you have done. [491 words]
The Stairs Of Woman Hill (Phnom Srei) (Short Stories) It's time we brought home all our missing Americans from the Vietnam War. This story is for all who fought in that damn war! [1,208 words]
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A Sense Of Timing
E Rocco Caldwell

Waiting for a cab in a downpour and I have on my best suit for this job interview. I need this job because it's the difference between having a place to stay and living on the streets. Since the downturn in the economy I have lost two jobs and an awful a lot of respect. I wave for the cab but the driver stops down the street and picks up a white man holding a briefcase and cup of coffee. I stare at my watch and see I have twenty minutes and walking there would be out of the question now. Again I wave but the cabbie ignores me I know what they say about black men trying to catch cabs in the city but I always thought that was greatly exaggerated. Finally a taxi stops and this Arab driver scans me as if I have some sort of illness. Suddenly this old white guy steps up from behind me and I realize the taxi didn't stop for me but for him. The hell with that, my livelihood is at stake here. I open the door.
"Hey, that's my cab, boy," the old man says.
"Boy," I think but either hand becomes fists. "I really need this cab. See I have a job interview in twenty minutes." I take the high road.
"You people always want a handout," he snaps pushing pass me.
"Wait a minute," I say. My two little girls need a place to stay and food to eat. You don't understand I need this job. "I just want the cab!"
"Do I have to call a cop?"
I notice two white cops making their ways towards us. Here it goes again I'm odd boy out in this picture. I can let the white man have the taxi and hope that another will pick me up or I can fight for the cab…for my job and my girls and my self-respect? I'm not doing anything wrong.
"Mister, I don't want a scene just the taxi. Look I really need this job and this cab can get me there in time for the interview. It's a good paying job and it means a lot to me."
"Niggers are all alike, playing some scam on good hard working folks."
"This isn't a scam!"
"You want this and that, winding about how slavery wasn't fair and how you need affirmative action!" He stares me in the face. "Here's a tip, try hard work for once!" he opens the taxi door and attempts to sit down but I grab him on the shoulder. For a moment there's rage but I think about my girls and let go.
Too late because both cops have me to the sidewalk pressing my face to the wet surface and handcuffing me and I'm trying to tell them I have a job interview in twenty minutes. They don't care. I manage to look up at the smiling face of the old white man sitting in the back seat of the taxi as it pulls away. He holds up a cup of coffee.

Mister Bacon of Bacon and Sons asks his secretary once more what time it is and she tells him it's twenty pass the hour. He turns to one of his sons.
"I really thought he was different. But I guess those people have no sense of timing."

 

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"Touching...I wondered if something like this happens in this day and age and can only surmise that whether you are black, white, yellow or purple, it probably does. Although I saw the story as a white/black thing, it made me think deeper about the injustice and intolerance of the affair. I guess we are all somebody else's strangers and prejudice. Thank you for your story.." -- Harvey Kennett, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom.
"thank you for your review, Harvey" -- e. rocco caldwell.
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"Thank you, Susan, for the time to read it and give me a review." -- e. rocco caldwell.
"I could feel the man's frustration and anger. Very sad, but very good." -- Josh Shartzer.
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