Psychological Suspense, Travel, Romance, Erotica, Paranormal - Stories, Poetry, and Excerpts
Read never before published stories and excerpts from J. Sharland’s novels including the fact-based-fiction suspense travel thriller Under the Umbrella of Paradise, the paranormal psychological suspense novel Shadows of the Ripples, and the suspense travel horror novel The RV Park.
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What’s with Mother Nature?
Mother Nature has many forms of paybacks,
It's not just twisters or hurricanes.
There're volcanos, earthquakes, and big damned cracks,
Does she want no one to remain?
If I Were A Whirl of Wind (A Poem Told From A Humble Tornado’s Perspective)
I was spawned, one stormy day,
When my mother decided to play
Somewhere along Tornado Alley.
She bumped into my dad,
Spawned me, and I was glad,
And they gave me the name of Sally.
My Second Tornado Scare
The sudden fatalistic sound of a huge train engine coming at us made the building shake and made me want to throw up from the terror that overwhelmed me.
People began to scream and hold their hands over their ears. Our kids asked, “What’s that sound, Dad?” and “I’m scared, Mommy!” and “What about Charlie?”