Saturday, March 21: 8:59 a.m. Peaks Island, Maine Nowhere was hell more clearly defined than by the dreams that plagued Sean Mitchell when he slept. As the first light of morning snuck between the cracks of his window shade, he turned on his side, pulling the covers around his body in an effort to fight … Continue reading The Sky Is Falling: Chapter 2
Month: September 2002
The Sky Is Falling: Chapter One
Friday, 11: 59 p.m. Peaks Island, Maine It was nearly midnight and Alberta Haskell couldn’t fall asleep. From her bed, she listened as the storm continued to rage along the island’s southwesterly shore. The frigid winds, peppered with pellets of freezing rain, snaked through the storm windows, making her shiver from beneath her heavy quilt. Alberta was … Continue reading The Sky Is Falling: Chapter One
The Sky Is Falling: Prologue
18 March; Thursday, 11:23 p.m. Crofton, Maryland It was the sum realization of a lifetime, and David Haskell couldn’t stop his hands from shaking. Staring at the computer monitor, he wondered if he was making the right decision. There was only one thought prevailing among the thousands of others in his crowded mind: After all this … Continue reading The Sky Is Falling: Prologue
The Sky Is Falling
The deputy national security advisor commits suicide only a few hours before his widowed mother is brutally murdered on a small island off the coast of Maine. These events set the stage for a political thriller that ultimately leads three very different people on a journey of personal discovery and a quest for the truth. PROLOGUE CHAPTER ONE … Continue reading The Sky Is Falling
NOTES TO CARL | LESSONS IN MEDIOCRITY 