http://alaskabasil.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Basil Sands en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:13:36 GMT 2010-01-02T21:13:36Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977249850 By Sacred Consent (c) 2007, Basil Sands    It all started here A short story Containing two words As prescribed by someone I never knew Fuzzy Edges That's all it took . . . Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:38:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977249850 Basil Sands 2008-02-05T09:38:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977083862 "Here be dragons."   Mitchell held up the map and showed it to his companions.   "That's what it says."   Freddie looked at him with a sardonic . . . Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:53:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977083862 Basil Sands 2007-08-12T18:53:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977072699 My first novel, "Karl's Last Flight", which first came out here on Gather is now available as a free audio book in MP3 format on my website, www.basilsands.com.  Please check it out . . . Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:34:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977072699 Basil Sands 2007-08-01T07:34:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976976064 Karl's last flight (c)2006, Basil Sands Sweat ran off his face in late afternoon sun.  The heat was dry, burning his throat and lips with every inhalation.  How in the world did he let this . . . Fri, 04 May 2007 19:52:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976976064 Basil Sands 2007-05-04T19:52:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970731 Faces ©2007, Basil Sands The budding green tips Of the birch along the stream bank Peek from their resting places As they uncoil in the warm spring air The stream beneath me bubbles Along it’s . . . Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:17:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970731 Basil Sands 2007-04-29T00:17:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970250 Chapter 40 Columbus Memorial Hospital January 18th, 2012 Hogan was aware of his friends standing over him, although he wasn’t sure how long they had been there or, for that matter, how long he . . . Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:18:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970250 Basil Sands 2007-04-28T03:18:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970244 Chapter 39 Two days after the Ohio State vs. Michigan game, Francis Beauregard Snively was sitting in the posh office of Snively Wholesale Shoe Distributors.  His business had been brisk and quite . . . Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:15:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970244 Basil Sands 2007-04-28T03:15:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970242 Chapter 38   Picktown Ohio 9:55 pm Billy Z pulled the white Chevy Impala into a quiet area of Sycamore Creek Park in the city of Picktown.  He followed the dirt road  that led around the . . . Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:12:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970242 Basil Sands 2007-04-28T03:12:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970238 Chapter 37 Hogan ended the cell call with Andy Fleiss and was putting the phone back in his pocket when shouts came from between the RV’s where the team had followed Ring.  “Get out . . . Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:09:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970238 Basil Sands 2007-04-28T03:09:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970234 Chapter 36 Billy Z was following the route he had been given on the gps unit.  He had just turned from Olentangy River Road onto King street when he was surprised to see a man flagging him down.  . . . Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:05:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970234 Basil Sands 2007-04-28T03:05:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970233 Chapter 35 The phone on Paul Hogan’s desk rang loudly, waking him out of the deep slumber he was enjoying in his office chair.  Mike Farris rose from the couch along the wall as Hogan answered . . . Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:03:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970233 Basil Sands 2007-04-28T03:03:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963634 Chapter 34 Ronald Henderson was a train engineer extraordinaire. “Most people think that being a train engineer is easy.” He often told his wife, “Because they think that hey, you know, . . . Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:26:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963634 Basil Sands 2007-04-20T04:26:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963630 Chapter 33 Saturday October 29th, 2011 South of Columbus Ohio 0300 am Billy Z., legally known as Detective William Coffee, had been an undercover narcotics officer in Columbus for five years.  He . . . Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:23:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963630 Basil Sands 2007-04-20T04:23:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963627 Chapter 32 Friday October 28th, 2011 FBI Headquarters 19:30 pm Farris and Hogan had spent the entire afternoon and evening in the area surrounding the Ohio stadium inspecting the security and trying . . . Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:21:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963627 Basil Sands 2007-04-20T04:21:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976958672 Welcome to Karl's Last Flight.  This is the abridged version of my first novel, about a astronaut who is unexpectedly earthbound and struggling for his life in a situation he had . . . Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:00:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976958672 Basil Sands 2007-04-14T18:00:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952388 Chapter 30 Friday October 28th, 2011 FBI Headquarters 11:30 am Hildegard Rottbruck stood quietly beside Mike Farris as he described to her and Paul Hogan what had happened to Harry Johnson at his church.  . . . Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:43:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952388 Basil Sands 2007-04-07T18:43:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952375 Chapter 29 Friday October 28th, 2011 2:45 am State Route 16, east of Columbus Ohio On the drive back to Columbus Mike managed to fall into a deep sleep for what felt like hours.  As the deepest . . . Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:29:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952375 Basil Sands 2007-04-07T18:29:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952359 Chapter 28 Jajce, Bosnia September 1998 Captain Farris lay very still.  So still that several mice had actually run over his back and scurried away without even taking notice of the presence of . . . Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:16:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952359 Basil Sands 2007-04-07T18:16:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976947279 The heat had been unrelenting in this east African desert.  For all the months that Captain Farris had been in this land the temperature had hovered near one hundred degrees or higher every day.  . . . Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:38:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976947279 Basil Sands 2007-04-01T06:38:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976947254 Chapter 27 Billy Z picked up his cell phone and dialed the number linked to the name Jazzy Jeff in his contacts list.  “Sup?”  said the deep voice on the other end. “Yo, . . . Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:27:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976947254 Basil Sands 2007-04-01T05:27:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976947252 Chapter 26   The Crime Scene Investigations team from FBI Headquarters was going through the wreckage of the van in the Mound Builders Country Club parking lot as paramedics checked out the three . . . Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:21:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976947252 Basil Sands 2007-04-01T05:21:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939368 Sometimes I wear pink ©2007, Basil Sands Sometimes I wear pink It’s not intentional most of the time It just happens I’m a big, somewhat muscular guy I was a Marine even But sometimes . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:56:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939368 Basil Sands 2007-03-23T07:56:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939365 Chapter 25 Thursday October 27th, 2011 FBI Regional Headquarters Office of the Ohio Valley Anti-Terrorist Task Force Columbus Ohio 6:50 pm Mike and Hilde entered the FBI building to be met in the lobby . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:42:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939365 Basil Sands 2007-03-23T07:42:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939363 Chapter 24 Thursday October 27th, 2011 FBI Signals Intelligence Communications Room Columbus Ohio 4:18 pm “YES!”  Andy Fleiss shouted as he jumped up from his desk.  “YES! . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:40:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939363 Basil Sands 2007-03-23T07:40:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939358 Chapter 23 Jajce, Bosnia-Herzegovina July 1998 A hundred yards to the east of the house with the sand bagged position Captain Farris and Gunny Johnson setup an observation point to watch that building . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:31:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939358 Basil Sands 2007-03-23T07:31:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939356 Chapter 22 Damon Clark’s hand trembled as he pointed to the warehouse by the river.  “There it is.” He said, his eyes darting back and forth as he tried to stay low in the seat. . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:29:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939356 Basil Sands 2007-03-23T07:29:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939350 Chapter 21 Thursday, October 27th 2011 FBI Regional HQ Columbus Ohio Interrogation room 10:30 am “Where’s my lawyer?”  demanded G-man, aka Damon Clark. “I ain’t talking . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:25:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939350 Basil Sands 2007-03-23T07:25:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934403 Chapter 20 Thursday, October 27th 2011 Mr. White’s warehouse Columbus Ohio 08:45 am The image on the TV screen was motionless for what seemed like an eternity.  Allie fidgeted nervously with . . . Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:00:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934403 Basil Sands 2007-03-17T18:00:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934400 Chapter 19 Jajce Bosnia-Hertzgovina July 1998 Later that afternoon, as the hot summer sun hung in the sky, waves of shimmering heat dancing off the asphalt pavement of highway E761, Johnson and Farris . . . Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:58:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934400 Basil Sands 2007-03-17T17:58:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934398 Chapter 18 Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 Ohio State University Campus St. John’s Arena 19:36 Chrissie Fine was a five-foot tall, blonde haired, hazel eyed and very petite, 21-year-old college . . . Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:55:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934398 Basil Sands 2007-03-17T17:55:40Z