2018 – Page 2 – Phil Cline

A King’s Trust

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

Chapters 38, 39, & 40 of “A King’s Trust” a novel I am publishing online Easley pulls something new out of his legal toolbox and Nadine gets away — or does she? Chapter 38 They were seated around the kitchen table in Florencio’s house. Four men. The lawyer, Easley, Lenny King, Florencio, […]

A Kings Trust continued

July 23, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 35, 36, & 37 of “A King’s Trust”, a novel I am publishing online. Please note some material in these chapters is adult in nature and describes violent encounters. Nadine Navigates some Difficulties. Chapter 35 When Nadine arrived at the office complex, she got off the elevator and strode right […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 32 ,33 ,& 34

July 21, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 32, 33, & 34 of “A King’s Trust”, a novel I am publishing online The King in a Foreign Land Considers his Return Chapter 32 “I went to San Diego with Marcy. You knew about that.” Dylan glanced up at Teresa. Lenny did too. Her expression never changed. “Everything was […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 29, 30, & 31

July 19, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 29, 30, and 31 of “A King’s Trust,” a novel I am publishing online A King finds where good is. Chapter 29 Lenny pulled out on the road and headed his car North. Off in the distance he could see the lights of a town. He knew it wasn’t directly ahead. […]

Cline on the Constitution – Universal Injunctions

July 19, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary

Just back from a few days at the coast, but in time for a new segment of Cline on the Constitution. In reading though some of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions, I came across an interesting issue which I’m sometimes asked about. Universal Injunctions. The situation is this. Congress passes a law or the […]

A King’s Trust Chapters 26, 27 & 28

July 17, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 26 ,27, & 28 of “A King’s Trust,” a novel I am publishing online “A King finds what low is.” Chapter 26 Dylan stood in the hallway with his back to Marcy and Lenny. He was looking in the direction of the closed elevator doors as if he could still see […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 22 though 25

July 15, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 22 “This judge is nobody’s fool. Not as bad as some. Not completely corrupt.” Standing in the hallway outside of court, away from the others, Lenny listened to his lawyer. He knew Easley was no courtroom litigator. And right now, he was headed into a court to do legal battle against someone who […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters, 19,20,21

July 12, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 19 “He’s gone.” Nadine was listening to her brother, Regan. She was seated behind a large, polished desk angled in the corner of an executive suite on the top floor of the King building. Her office had floor to ceiling windows and a panoramic view of the entire city. It was […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 16,17&18

July 11, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 16 The man who had been staring at Willets had been indirectly hired by Edmund Oswald, Nadine’s new attorney and now senior partner of Oswald and Associates, a Legal Corporation and the firm the Board of Directors had just approved as the new Corporate Counsel for King Enterprises. Nadine had, at first, […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 13, 14. & 15

July 9, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 13 Lenny felt tired. Extremely tired. But it was the middle of the day. He didn’t take naps. He had never taken naps. He was too busy. He was too important. But today he felt like curling up somewhere quiet and dark. He needed to refresh, re-energize, recharge, get strong again. He needed to […]

Year: 2018