Category: Storytelling
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Dead Man Walking 1

The prosecutor leaned over to me as the witness left the courtroom, surrounded by a phalanx of police detectives, each of them with their hands on weapons under their jackets, “Dead man walking.” he whispered as the witness passed. I was a defence lawyer in one of the most dangerous and intense trials of my…
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

BANG! I fired the gun and a phosphorus bullet put on an incredible display, the bright purple ricocheting off tree trunks like some sort of pinball light show. I caught a glimpse of the bear on his haunches, no doubt wondering, ‘What the hell is this manner of naked nonsense’ or some such thing. Whatever…