River of Thoughts

Christine Royse Niles — Changing the world one word at a time

Fiction Friday: Sinkhole

Jody snapped back in his seat when the car’s tail hit the bottom of the hole. Jagged pavement, torn re-bar, and broken glass now framed the bright blue sky. He whipped his gaze to Jen, dozing in the passenger seat just seconds before. Now she stared toward him, eyes wide, breath frozen.

Fiction Friday: Maw

A speculative micro-flash fiction story from the inky deep.

Empty Shelf Challenge – Week 1

Sharing what I’ve been reading as part of Jon Acuff’s Empty Shelf Challenge

Empty Shelf Challenge: Week 2 – Devil’s Dilemma

Week 2 of the 2014 Empty Shelf Challenge: A review of Sirena Robinson’s supernatural novel, “Devil’s Dilemma.”

Fiction Friday – I’ve Gone Visiting

Today, I’d like to introduce you to Tim Gallen. Tim is a Fiction Friday author-in-arms, and has graciously offered to share his space over at The Daily Gallen with me today.  Click on over and check out my short story about Christmas Eve for a guy that thinks he has it all figured out… Bad enough he had to go along with all of this to keep his mother quiet. Shopping. Spending money he didn’t have on gifts his family didn’t need to celebrate a birthday for a person who wasn’t what people thought and had been dead for two […]