“Houston, we have a problem here.” HOUSTON CONTROL: “Good morning, Eagle. Houston Control here. What’s your problem, this, your last day in that tin can. You must be tired. Mission’s nearly over.” EAGLE SHUTTLE: “Affirmative, Houston. Commander Busch here in the left hand seat. We have been up and about for more than an hour. [...]
Lost. I was in the wrong part of town and I knew it. Turning the corner into the alley, I saw the two of them. Oh, oh. Big trouble. The bigger, sinister one, the darker of the pair, looked back over his shoulder and grumbled something to the other one. The other glared balefully at [...]
He finally found the hand gun. “I’ll show that little loudmouth.” “Now where did I put the clip? Gotta’ be around here somewhere. It’s sure as hell not in the closet. Have to check with Marie and see if she knows where it is.” Searching aimlessly and talking to himself, he stumbled around the foyer, [...]
I shouldn’t be telling this story but I am getting long in the tooth and this tale needs to be told before I’m go to that big airplane hangar in the sky. Too long, this apocryphal tale has been secreted in the secret classified recesses of the Office of Naval Intelligence. I’m going to delete [...]
Her eyes, wandered, questioning, as her eyelids began to droop. Tired. Exhausted. She could hear our muted conversation. As best she could, she faintly nodded and blinked once for yes. She understood and gave me permission. Permission to quit. It was time. It was hopeless. We’d tried everything. All the electrical shocks. All the drugs. [...]
Pushcart Prize Nominee Reilly Maginn's debut novel, BIO, a medical action thriller is a truly frightening tale of Jihadist bioterrorism. A story of weapons of mass destruction that could happen here in the US. Set in the south Pacific, a volunteer American physician/surgeon faces off against not only a deadly virus, but also the radical Muslim terrorists who developed it. There is a fittingly appropriate conclusion.
