by Valerie | Jan 16, 2013 | Creative Writing, Short Stories, thefirstline.com
On a perfect spring morning with flat seas and clear blue skies, Captain Eli P. Cooke made a terrible mistake when he decided to go alone to look for an island he had dreamed about a few nights before. Eli had taken his little fishing boat further out than he’d...
by Valerie | Jan 15, 2013 | Creative Writing, Short Stories, thefirstline.com
On a perfect spring morning with flat seas and clear blue skies, Captain Eli P. Cooke made a terrible mistake in his decision making. This was not his first big mistake, of course, but it certainly proved to be his last. It was 1722, and for years before Eli had been...
by Valerie | Sep 2, 2012 | Creative Writing, thefirstline.com
Sometimes, when it’s quiet, I can remember what my life was like before moving to Cedar Springs, and I begin to wonder what would have happened if we had stayed in England. One thing is for sure, I wouldn’t be here in a police cell, awaiting trial for a crime I...
by Valerie | Apr 20, 2012 | Creative Writing, Short Stories, The Cottage, thefirstline.com
Rachel’s first trip to England didn’t go as planned. A week before the trip, her horse threw her as she was attempting to jump it over a low hedge. The horse was fine, fortunately, but Rachel broke her leg. It was a compound fracture, and she would be on...
by Valerie | Jan 11, 2012 | Creative Writing, Short Stories, thefirstline.com
“There are a few things you need to know before we start,” said the solicitor at Mary’s mother’s will reading. “As you are aware, your mother signed over her house to you three years before she died, which meant that in the last few years of her life you and Cyril had...
by Valerie | Jan 11, 2012 | Creative Writing, Short Stories, thefirstline.com
“There are a few things you need to know before we start,” said the officer as he led me to the computer screen in one corner of my new room. “Everything you will need is on this screen. All you need to do is operate this mouse to point to the item you want to use....
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