We walk down the rolling swell of sidewalk toward the Pacific. Ahead of us a respective 6 feet, a pair of surfers stroll barefoot, surfboards tucked under arms, towels slung around necks.Behind us and across the street, more of the same.We have one of the only beaches still open from L.A. to San …
writer valerie heidt
The RED Eye Series: Russia VI
chapter 6 Diffused light tinged with red filtered into the narrow passage, hazy with smoke, setting the scene for what would forever be known to us as The Red Den of Sin– The doorway to everything and nothing I'd expected. There was no decor save the bodies snaked with tattoos and little …
The RED Eye Series: Russia
PROLOGUE Much like a book or a movie begins with individual storylines which eventually draw together, so every experience I've shared has laid the invisible rails to bring you here: Russia. What I'm about to share with you has waited a fair amount of time; not because it needed to gain flavor …