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I’ve just finished posting the entirety of Soul Survivors to this site, chapter by chapter.  You can start reading right... (more)

“I’m leaving you.”  Alecia was rehearsing what she would say to her husband when she would speak with him on the phone immediately after the broadcast of the final “Soul Survivor,” episode.  She did not think he would be surprised.  She practiced it silently in her mind over and over again, thinking it wasn’t just him she was leaving behind.  They would work out something reasonable with the girls.  Alecia trusted Henry to do that.  She was leaving her old self, the one who had been running her life prior to “Soul Survivor.”  That Alecia hadn’t done such a good job, Alecia thought now.  Divorce would be hard, but better than living the rest of her life frustrated and unhappy.  Alecia wanted to teach her daughters to live courageously, not in subjugation to anyone or anything, no matter how nice the lifestyle.

Alecia felt different in her own skin.  She felt more alive than when she’d left her family and boarded the boat to head out to the... (more)

After sleeping ten hours in what felt like the most comfortable bed he’d ever slept in, showering and shaving, Daryl had also picked up the phone and requested newspapers with his breakfast.  He requested the San Francisco Chronicle.  It took until the next day for it to be delivered.  What he read put him in the kind of mood he needed to physically work his way out of.  He picked up the phone and spoke to the voice that answered, carefully explaining that he needed to be able to work out, with weights and machines.  The voice sounded appropriately concerned and promised to get back to him with an answer.  Later that day, he answered a knock on the door to two men dressed all in black who brought in and assembled in the living room of his suite a full home gym, weight bench and treadmill.  Daryl checked the set-up and thanked them for their work.  When they left he was already into his work-out, sweating heavily and blowing off plenty of steam vocally as he... (more)