R. L. Barrett's THRILLING Short Stories

R.L. Barrett's THRILLING Short Stories are all ficitonal stories, and the charcters in the stories are well grounded, but face situations that are not of the norm.NON-EXISTANCE: Federal Agents Rains, and Director Barnes, investigate a dead Hit Man who was retired from the C.I.A. The F.B.I discover that the government is working on a Top Secret Project that puts mankind in dangerMyth of the TWO: Mike, Jacob, and Adam are Ghost Chasers whom travel to Japan to investigate paranormal...
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R.L. Barrett's THRILLING Short Stories are all ficitonal stories, and the charcters in the stories are well grounded, but face situations that are not of the norm.NON-EXISTANCE: Federal Agents Rains, and Director Barnes, investigate a dead Hit Man who was retired from the C.I.A. The F.B.I discover that the government is working on a Top Secret Project that puts mankind in dangerMyth of the TWO: Mike, Jacob, and Adam are Ghost Chasers whom travel to Japan to investigate paranormal sightings that haunt the small village people of "Shiga". The Ghost Chasers learn of a myth that involves two unusual individuals that remain a secrecy, and the village people cannot confirm the sightings. The ghost chasers remain skeptical, until they start to experience the sighting's as well. CIRCLE of NUMBERS: Robotic Hit Men Scott Thomas and Jimmy Dale whom appear to be human, have had their share of assignments saving the world. Their next assignment is to find out where a terrorist hid a sophisticated, futuristic bomb that could blow up anywhere in the United States and destroy the world.INFORMANT DOWN: Betsy is a secret informant trying to stop a weapons deal from going down. Later, the police inform Jerry, Betsy's husband, that his wife was murdered. Shocked to hear about Betsy's job, Jerry goes to the police, to try to secretly follow up on any lead to his wife's killers. Once Jerry finds out who was involved, Jerry is shocked with what he has to face.HIDDEN: Sarah is a school teacher who just bought a house in the state of Tennessee, where she is close to her sister, Chelsea. When Sarah finds out that her house has worlds hidden within in it, Chelsea and Sarah have to face the paranormal and deal with strange occurances, and find out how to release the frightening spirits that have haunted the property of the house for many years.SECRECY: Jack, Melony, and young Timothy are a middle class family, and enjoying life. When Timothy explains to his mother that he is seeing evil people that disappear in a quick of a flash, Melony refuses to believe him and takes Timothy to a Psychiatrist. Timothy feels by himself in a world where he does see these dark people and doesn't know what to do. One night, Melony witnessed two gunman shoot her boyfriend, Jack, and the F.B.I explain to Melony that Jack is a fraud. As Melony learns that certain members of the law are corrupt, and that her dead boyfriend has placed Melony and her son in danger, she takes her son Timothy and runs for her life. Melony doesn't know what Jack was involved in, but must protect herself and her son from the corrupt law, and find help right away.THE CREATURE: Jenny, Michael, and Matt are three archaeologist who are in the Arizona desert, investigating sightings of an unusual creature that people from all around the world have claimed to have seen. The evidence is inconclusive, and Matt, and Michael feel that they are wasting their time, considering that investigating sighting's is not their normal job. Suddenly, the fierce creature shows itself in the desert, and attacks one of the archaeologist. The military get's involved, and Jenny is frightend to have learned that the creatures capabilties are powerful, deadly, and beyond a normal animals way of survival.