June 2018 – Phil Cline

A King’s Trust, Chapters 3 and 4

June 28, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 3 Regan was waiting at the bar. Nadine would be arriving soon enough. She had said she would meet him there soon as she could get away. The bartender had left a glass of whiskey in front of him and moved down to the other side of the waitress station. He was […]

A Tide Barely Felt

June 26, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

The Tide Barely Felt Time, the tide barely felt, Sweeps us Away. Its low waves rush across the shore And withdraw, The clicking sounds of tiny rocks colliding, Raking over their fellows, And With each arrival, each delivery, each departure Less force, less vigor, less wash. Random faces float top shallow pools, […]

A King’s Trust, Chapter Two

June 26, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

A King’s Trust Chapter 2 The crowd was gone. The lawyer still sat at his desk. Mr. King had got up from his chair after the others had left and wandered over to the window that looked out on the street and the passing traffic. The paralegal still sat in her chair making notes. She […]

A King’s Trust, a novel by Phil Cline

June 26, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

This novel will be published in serial form, a chapter or two per week. any comments, criticisms etc. are welcome. Enjoy A King’s Trust Trust—“A right of property, real or personal, held by one party for the benefit of the other.” Black’s Law Dictionary Trust—“an assured reliance on the character, ability, strength […]

Executive Discretion

June 20, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Presidency

I took a little hiatus from Cline on the Constitution to recharge the old batteries. Lots happening at Supreme Court and elsewhere. Will try to catch my readers up over the next few weeks. Executive Power Out of the overheated debates on the situation at the border, lost among the shrieking and gnashing of […]

Month: June 2018

A King’s Trust, Chapters 3 and 4

A Tide Barely Felt

A King’s Trust, Chapter Two

A King’s Trust, a novel by Phil Cline

Executive Discretion