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THE WONDERS
Cast my eyes upon you.
The wonders of the night.
Let it be said, I admire you. Magical! Mystical! Wonderful!
The words emanate from my lips,
as easy as butter melted from the sun.
Not even the atmosphere that sustains you,
is larger or more precious then my love.
Could I hold you for just a while,
to caress you and make me smile?
For no one would miss just one,
as you go on for miles and miles.
Held up by the wind.
To fill our mortal heads for when we dream.
Then in the morning you are gone.
Like the mist on a far away bog.
I call to you of many names.
Repeating them until I cannot.
Like a child lost in the dark.
My memories linger on, something never forgot.
Show me the way with your light.
Reaching outward until you are gone.
Watching you fade from sight.
The one who brightens the night.
THE MAKER
Somewhere in time, the world was never.
No one loved, cried, or smiled.
For we never existed.
No one had a mother, brother, or sister.
Gravity was ancient.
Like rivers and streams.
Like the mountains and skies.
Only the angels were the wiser.
I bare myself to you.
The Maker of earth and air.
The one who created me and moonlit pastures.
For you are all, the very presence.
Of nature, time and laughter.
EXCERPTS FROM MURDER MOST FOUL:
chapter 5
The city’s drunk, derelicts, and alarmed citizens’ bog down the sheriff with conflicting reports: shots fired in the riverbank and cornfield. Sightings of mysterious men who appear out of the mist in odd shaped hats and a dozen other weird “goings on.â€
Nurse Jackie Reeves, trying to use her heavy schedule at the hospital for therapy, finds it does not do the job. Her co-workers discuss the murders in very department, in the restrooms, and during lunch breaks. They even wonder: Did Lorena’s always stringing guys along and Shaun’s partying too much cause their deaths? Though few recognize the victims’ faces on the front page of the newspaper, many are amazed they are dead. Yet Jackie finds some allies who also suspect Terry Jenkins. The investigation intensifies even more and soon brings other horrifying factors to light. Then Jackie is targeted again.
chpater 6
Agent Harmon’s and Jackie’s roles in the murder investigation grow rapidly more dangerous. Threats come at them from all sides, unexpectedly and from unknowns. Sheriff Brown remains uncooperative. Current and former deputies assist behind the scenes.
Interviews with a wide spectrum of witnesses gradually create a force demanding the arrest and conviction of the major suspect-regardless of oft conflicting views and lack of evidence.
chapter 8
The investigative pendulum swings back and forth, and side to side. One suspect after another becomes primary only to be set aside for another. The F.B.I. is repeatedly attacked for its beliefs, while the police and sheriff’s office blunder forward into a decision, right or wrong. Most of the area’s people are happy with the results. The two major holdouts-Walker Harmon and Jackie Reeves-are still not.
chapter 9
Detectives Malloy and Thomas, with the sheriff’s eager assistance finally arrest Vernon James for the murder of the two teenagers. But that is not the end of the story…only the beginning. Vernon’s counter-arguments, evidence mush-mash, depth of police involvement, and repeated violations of evidence protocol, force the assigned prosecutors to face a virtually impossible task if they are to obtain a conviction within the suspect’s home venue.
chapter 10
A reprisal of Vernon James’s arrest reveals the rabid response as well as the polarizing of, the local citizenry, and it shows the position of the sheriff, who lost control of the case.
Christmas and the New Year holidays spice up the season, but the murders are on everyone’s tongue…leaving a bad taste. This is truly a year to be remembered. Hoods and goons target both Jackie and Harmon. As a result, Harmon challenges the sheriff as the force behind all their personal attacks.
chapter 11
The well-advertised trial begins. The community polarizes even more. The defense has little to go on to free Vernon James, for newly amassed evidence is shoved aside and deliberately ignored. In this atmosphere Walker Harmon narrows the loop around the real murderer’s neck by interviewing the suspects who had lied. He focuses on Terry Jenkins and the Welands‘, Shaun’s parents.
Harmon and Jackie are attacked, again, by party or parties unknown, but assumed to be the murderer or his representative.
chapter 12
The trial progresses slowly. Yet Jackie maintains a constant vigil as do the avid townspeople, reporters, and friends of the two murdered teens.
The prosecution steadily builds its case against Vernon James, a structure only Harmon and Jackie seem to know is false. At times, even Jackie’s confidence wanes. If it were not for her faith in Harmon, she too would likely vote to “fry†James in Ohio’s “old Sparkey.â€
The arson-burning of the James’s trailer home is used by the sheriff and prosecution as another “nail†in Vernon James’s coffin.
chapter 13
The trial heats up; both the defense and prosecution get in a few good licks. The defense presents a valid perspective introducing the weakness of the prosecutor’s tale while showing the multiple suspects who could be equally as guilty.
On the stand, Sheriff Brown and Det. Thomas, show up as the incompetent characters they truly are. The day ends with Jackie uncertain of the outcome…fretting about the final decision…and looking forward to an evening with Harmon.
chapter 14
While the trial continues, the defense finally gets the chance to refute the prosecutor’s lying witnesses and the trumped-up evidence. Bringing in professionals, a doctor of forensic and a medical doctor, the defense makes some positive points…but the ultimate question remains, “Will it be enough?â€
Jackie, sitting in the courtroom or watching the trial on her televisions sit, worries more each day in the meantime, Harmon helves through evidence and conducts more interviews to try and provide the defense with even more data to earn an acquittal.
Prospects do not look good for Vernon James, and the conviction can mean his death. But is he guilty?
My newly released poetry collection, “Poems About Life, Love, and Everything in Between†is a poetry collection that provides a glimpse into the heart, mind and soul, of its author. It is a heartwarming read, written with love and respect for others. Some poems were written in times of sorrow, other poems were written in times of joyous celebration. Life if like that.
“Poems About Life, Love, and Everything in Between,†is available at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/147837022x
My upcoming novels from Melange Books are:
“MURDER MOST FOUL,†a crime/detective book due out July 2013
“WICKED INTENTIONS” a paranormal/mystery anthology due out September 2013
“LOVES’, MYTHS’ AND MONSTERS’,” a fantasy anthology due out January 2014
“FLAGITIOUS,â€Â a crime and paranormal novella collection
Other books soon available:
“THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY,” a biography true-crime
“TWISTED LOVE,” a true-crime anthology
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