Stories, Novels, and Other Such Stuff From Big V

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Almost Always: A Love Story in Fragments - Part Five

Chapter 8 — The Shelf Life of Silence Alicia lingered in the dairy aisle, pretending to compare Greek yogurt brands, but she wasn’t. She was stalling. Two rows over, she’d seen Robert again — the third time this week. Same market, same awkward glance, same static in the air that neither of them... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Almost Always: A Love Story in Fragments - Part Four

Chapter 4 — Smoke Signals and Static Lines Alicia stood in front of the open refrigerator that evening, staring at a container of leftover chicken stir-fry with the same indecision she’d applied to her entire adult life. She wasn’t hungry, but not for food. She shut the door with a sigh and crossed... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 29, 2025

Almost Always: A Love Story in Fragments - Part Three

Chapter 3 — Spark and Static The sound of Alicia’s heels echoed across the old linoleum as she made her way down the mall’s central corridor. The “mall” was a generous term these days. Most of the national stores had long since disappeared, leaving behind curious pockets of life. A local florist, a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Almost Always: A Love Story in Fragments - Part Two

Chapter Two: Hot and Cold Friday night came with an unexpected drizzle. Alicia stood under the awning outside the restaurant, her black umbrella folded by her side. She’d arrived seven minutes early. Robert pulled up two minutes late in a dusty Jeep, hopped out, and jogged to the door with his... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Almost Always: A Love Story in Fragments Part One

Why am I using a pen name like Rebecca E. Winslow? Read my post here. Chapter One: The Chair Next to Mine The buzz of the clippers hummed steadily, broken only by laughter from the far end of the salon. Alicia sat still, arms folded tightly over her handbag, as a stylist named Simone snipped at her... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

New Story to Start Tomorrow!

If the moaning had been a little kinder, I would have had it around today... and I may yet... but a few things have to come back in step. We'll see. Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Seven & Last Chapter

Chapter Thirty-Four – The Final Scene The square glowed with cruel brilliance. Screens blazed with the Overseer’s flower on every wall. Its petals unfolding endlessly, too bright, too perfect, a lie hammered into the eyes of every man, woman, and child forced to gather. Drones hovered above, their... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Six

Chapter Thirty-Two – The Last Purge The city awoke to the sound of boots. Before dawn, the streets shook with the march of the Truth Squad. Their chants were mechanical, their rifles gleaming as they moved block by block. Drones hovered thick as locusts, their red eyes sweeping every doorway, every... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 22, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Five

Chapter Thirty – The Ashes Still Burn The square lay in ruins. Fire smoldered where banners had burned away to nothing but curling metal frames. Ash drifted in the air like black snow, settling on the stones, the broken glass, the unmoving bodies. The Overseer’s flower still flickered on a few... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 21, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Four

Chapter Twenty-Eight – Ashes in the Square The first bottle burned like lightning striking dry grass. For a heartbeat, the crowd stood frozen, their chants tangled in their throats, eyes wide at the impossible sight: the Overseer’s flower blackening under flame. Then the square cracked open. Some... Sign in to see full entry.

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