Published in Lit Up·Jun 17, 2020Member-onlyRunning with the NightAnother Lonely Highway — Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI Outside in the chill, Perry said, “You don’t want to be on Route 2 tonight in either direction. Taking those two phones out gave us maybe ten minutes before he can get to somewhere to make the call…Fiction9 min readFiction9 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jun 14, 2020Member-onlyRunning with the NightConsidered Ugliness — Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V Hardin’s waitress left, moving to the far corner of the bar to exchange words with this dark greasy-haired man, to attempt to calm him, but from what he could see, without much success. Their talk murmured low. …Short Story4 min readShort Story4 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jun 12, 2020Member-onlyRunning with the NightA Rundown Bar — Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV Exhausted from long hours of driving, Hardin pulled into the diner. He didn’t like it that it was also a rundown bar, but in this part of Montana outside of one of the larger towns they all were. The almost young if…Short Story7 min readShort Story7 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jun 10, 2020Member-onlyRunning With the NightThe High Plains — Part I, Part II, Part III Running with the night, running across the high plains of Montana, Hardin’s diesel truck roared down Route 2 east of Glacier. It was good to be back in America. Had the unlikely happened, and had he been stopped in Canada, an RCMP officer might…Adventure3 min readAdventure3 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jun 8, 2020Member-onlyRunning with the NightDeep Muddy Water — Part I, Part II He’d never reach the Remington pump shotgun fast enough to get them all. His conscious decision not to have it in his hands when they landed may have been a mistake, but if he could have warned them away with the shotgun that would only have…Adventure6 min readAdventure6 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jun 6, 2020Member-onlyRunning with the NightOut of the Morning Glare — Part I With the wind in the wrong direction, Hardin picked the boat out of the morning glare before he heard the engine. Several miles out, the big aluminum semi-vee with the large outboard might ignore him. They usually did. His binoculars showed four men. In those years when he…Adventure4 min readAdventure4 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jun 3, 2020Member-onlyRunning with the NightUnrivaled Luxury — Hardin ran late under the midnight sun. The end of June in these latitudes this close to the Circle had almost no darkness. …Fiction4 min readFiction4 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jan 31, 2020Member-onlyWindow to HeavenX — Read: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, VI, VII, VIII, IX The Price of Doing Business The tracks in the newly emerging oats from previous landings and the supporting truck traffic did considerable damage to the soft, tilled ground in Hardin’s long field by the river…Fiction8 min readFiction8 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jan 28, 2020Member-onlyWindow to HeavenIX — Read: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, VI, VII, VIII Dispassionate Observer A crashed airplane, its cargo hold packed full of marijuana, put Sandy out of the office and on the road before that critically important first cup of coffee. Exact nature of the mechanical failure…Fiction6 min readFiction6 min read
Published in Lit Up·Jan 26, 2020Member-onlyWindow to HeavenVIII — Read: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, VI, VII Was She Worth It? A half an hour later, the technician came into the waiting room with the results of the blood test, which he handed to Sandy in obvious deference to his status as senior law…Fiction9 min readFiction9 min read
