Another Teaser from The Tilikum Troll
Author's Note: You may ask what happened with my book. The literary lull was simply recovery from a pseudonym which left me angry and disillusioned. Kept me from writing fiction, after having written the truth about my life for decades. Now I'm mostly free from my self-imposed, half-assed "secret" self. Having this freedom, I can finally resume writing this story. Here's another teaser, a Tale of the Tilikum Troll. * * * * * Thomas heard the entire conversation. Although the entrance was effectively closed, he furiously clawed the sand where his daughter disappeared. Thinking password, he uttered everything he could imagine. Then he fired his service revolver twice into the embankment. Nothing, except displaced sand and loud reports. After a few moments of realizing he couldn’t rush in to save Char, Thomas stood quietly a moment. Then, he heard voices. Concentrating, he realized he was not hearing , but registering them. In his mind. He sat down, covering his