The political fallout from the historic ousting of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House continues to reverberate through the Republican party, with the former leader recently leveling sharp, personal...
The Blackwood Protocol: When the Ocean Breaks PART 1 Twelve years. Twelve years of blood, sweat, salt, and missed birthdays. Twelve years of holding the line between order and chaos...
PART 1 Chapter 1: The Exchange Lightning didn’t just crack the sky open that night; it seemed to sever the last thread of decency holding my life together. Inside our...
The Golden Ghost: The Trident in the Shadows PART 1 The Anchor was the kind of place where hope went to die, usually drowned in a pitcher of cheap domestic...
PART 1: The Weight of the Medals – No Change The rain hadn’t let up all evening, transforming the streets outside the Metropolitan Courthouse into slick, black rivers reflecting the...
CHAPTER 1: A BIKER’S SILENT SACRIFICE The air in the cab of his Ford F-150 felt too still, too sterile, and for Anthony Foster, that stillness was a lie....
PART 1: THE SILENCE AND THE FURY Chapter 1: The Silence That Screamed The sunlight outside The Liberty Bell Diner should have felt warm and comforting, but for Marina Peterson,...
PART 1: THE JUDGMENT Chapter 1: The Ozone and the Wolf Pack “Why so many tattoos, old man? Did you run out of paper, or did you just lose a...
Part 1 Chapter 1: The Sound of the Storm The silence of the house was always louder in the winter. That’s something they don’t tell you about widowhood. It’s not...
Chapter 1: The Illusion of Perfection My name is Chloe, and if you scrolled through my Instagram five years ago, you would have hated me. Or at least, you would...