Tag Archives: Redaction

Redaction: Melt Down (chapter 8, unedited)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Linda Andrews

Update: The book is done at 130K and after sending it out to critique partners and beta readers, I’ll send it off to the editor. I’m still on track for it to go live at the end of August. Chapter … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Melt Down (Chapter 6, unedited)

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Linda Andrews

Chapter Six “The explosion could have another explanation.” Audra tasted the lie as the words left her mouth. The bullet holes and blood art on the side of the busses drew her attention. Gas Mask’s snort sounded hollow in his … Continue reading →

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Four Corners

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Linda Andrews

I love the desert; it is my home and I’m pretty sure, there’s a little bit of dirt in my veins. I know I’ve adapted to the hot, arid environment because I’m sure most of you don’t think 70F is … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Melt Down, Chapter 5 (unedited)

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Linda Andrews

Chapter Five Seventeen year old, Emmanuel Saldana sidled to the back of the personnel carrier. So many people. Yet most didn’t say a word. They should be celebrating, happy. They’d made it to the soldiers and safety. Plopping down on … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Melt Down, Chapter 4 (unedited)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Linda Andrews

Chapter Four “I think a see a miracle at eleven o’clock.” Using the face of a clock to define position, Papa Rose spoke into the mic dangling in front of his mouth like a overfed blowfly. Easing up on the … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Melt Down, Chapter 3, unedited

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Linda Andrews

  Chapter  Three “You’re relieving me of command?” Mavis Spanner’s gut clenched. No. This couldn’t be happening. She been working when her son was killed inAfghanistan. She’d gone to the office to file a report when her husband died. Now, … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Melt Down, chapter two (unedited)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Linda Andrews

I know that some of you have missed Trent:) Chapter Two “Why?” The man on his right wailed. Trent Powers’s fingers tightened, crinkling the pages of the Bible. Five minutes. Couldn’t he have just five fucking minutes without some sniveling, … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Melt Down Chapter 1 (unedited)

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Linda Andrews

Chapter One Day 7 After Anthrax Exposure “Is that where we’re going, Missus S?” Audra Silvester checked the rearview mirror. A pair of wide brown eyes in a chalky, half-covered face stared back at her. Oscar Renault. She’d had the … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Extinction Level Event (Chapter 51 and 52, unedited)

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Linda Andrews

Chapter Fifty-One Day Seven “We’re ready to go, Big D.” Private Robertson leapt down from the back of the supply truck. Smoke drifted into the cul-de-sac and ash stirred in small cyclones. The incoming storm had brought the wind, shifting … Continue reading →

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Redaction: Extinction Level Event (Chapter 50, unedited)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Linda Andrews

Chapter Fifty Night shoved against red flames making a jagged edge on the horizon as David’s truck pulled into Mavis’s neighborhood. Parked military vehicles tilted drunkenly from the curb. Black ghosts shuffled along the sidewalks and streets while yellow flashlights … Continue reading →

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