Month: October 2021

That’s how it is supposed to work. But this year something weird(er) happened. When I opened the folder to work on my final four, there was an extra story in the folder that I didn’t write. Well, at least I didn’t remember writing it. I write a lot of my stories at two or three in the morning and I […]

It was a normal suburban cul-de-sac. A mix of houses, detached and semis, lined most of the road. The exception was towards the far end, where a play area stood in front of a patch of woodland. Most had lived there since the road had been built, some twenty or so years back, tending to their picture-postcard front gardens. If […]

Doug, Jeremy and I joined the queue outside for Goth Night at Ghosts, a large old two-storey house converted into a nightclub. A shapely mannequin stood covered by a white sheet near us in the queue. Doug reached over and caressed her round, inviting bottom. Three gothic women lined up behind us and scowled at Doug, not that he cared. […]

I was back at work after a wild night of sex with Sarah, her sister Jordan, and Samantha. I was grinding through meetings with my sales and marketing teams. We were launching a new product next week, that would make us a much larger player in the aerospace industry. As head of sales, I was leading the charge with customers. […]

Marcy was fumbling with her car keys when she first saw the women in silver. It had been a long day at the office, with little chance for fun. She had considered at least doing a simple Halloween costume for work, perhaps an Alice in Wonderland thing to suit her blond hair and blue eyes, but a dull morning meeting […]

The ancient iron gate groaned as Tanith pushed it open with one hand, while the other held a silver thurible, billowing a heady incense of deep, carnal oud, funereal flowers and dark musks. The moon shown high and bright as she stepped onto unhallowed ground. Tanith felt the presence of the dead pressing in already, their hands reaching out to […]

Sarah sat down in her Professor’s office. His easy chair was soft and comfortable. She trusted him, but she knew she had some bad grades to explain for. “What brings you here today?” asked Professor Williams. “It’s been a hard couple of weeks.” Sarah admitted. “I just can’t concentrate on my work lately. I sit down to do a problem […]

“Oh fuck my head hurts!” I awoke and immediately regretted swallowing that stupid (mezcal) worm during last night’s traditional golf weekend eve with the guys. I struggled to sit on the edge of the hotel bed; head in hand and stomach churning. “Geez! Gere, you look like shit!” Terry chuckled. “You’re paying for swallowing those worms last night!” “Worm? How […]

“You have a destiny.” Elshana absorbed the words of her master. She had known it for all her life, but to hear him speak those words was the final culmination of all her effort. Elshana had spent the last ten years proving herself and preparing herself for this day, for her master’s final acknowledgement of her purpose. Master Morgan looked […]

The sun was almost touching the horizon when the supplicant arrived for her latest attempt. She climbed over the wrought-iron fence that separated the estate from the outside world, finding handholds and footholds with practiced ease before hopping over the spikes and down onto the ground. She could still remember the week she spent waiting outside the gates, spending night […]