The Daily Novel

Chapter Eleven
Why couldn’t this Marie woman be a member of their church? It would have been so much better for the Life Force Spiritual Path if Marie had been a member, Adam thought. After all, LFSP believed in the Second Coming, believed Marie was probably bearing the next incarnation of the messiah. And if the [...]

Chapter Nine
The tension had blown over by the next day.  Marie got up feeling mildly queasy but decided it was merely a nervous reaction to the previous day’s unpleasantness, not morning sickness. And in fact, she easily wolfed down a cup of coffee, four crisp strips of bacon, two fried eggs, and an English muffin [...]

Chapter Seven
Marie still didn’t know for sure, but she was late. That was a good sign! She had kept her hopes to herself for nearly three weeks now—it was apparent that Cole didn’t share her joy at the prospect of parenthood. She had confided her situation to just one person: her best friend, Sheila. They [...]

Chapter Six
Pastor Hemmings infinitely preferred coffee to tea, but he wasn’t going to be impolite or ungracious.  As he sipped the lapsang souchong that Reverend Argyle had given him, though, he was grateful for the lemon. It added bite to the smoky, warm liquid. Pastor Hemmings preferred a more robust drink—strong coffee, unalloyed by milk [...]