Month: October 2021

The nightlife at the resort is in full swing. Families are enjoying the beach and restaurant area. There are public games as well. In a nearby bungalow, a woman named Elizabeth is standing alone. Moments ago she texted her husband to come over, but that will take a while. It’s a wedding party. Her younger sister got married and the […]

I awoke in a fog. Loose dirt clung to my face. I was drooling. Through the haze I could see a line of guys in “security” shirts blocking the way back to the island. Behind me was the ferry. “Time to get up, man,” grunted one of the oversized, testosterone filled oafs. He pushed me towards the gate of the […]

Chapter 1 “What did you think?” Glenn asked as Sheryl and he walked out of the Psych building into the frigid winter air. Sheryl pulled her inadequate hoodie tight around her and shivered as the cold air enveloped her. A winter coat capable of protecting her from a Michigan January had been beyond her financial reach. She never complained about […]

Kev flinched at the sound of the knock on the door. Not just any old knock-he was used to greeting people at odd hours, people who maybe had a little bit of what you might call an urgency to their presence at his old town house in the middle of the night. Kev opened the door for people like that […]

It all started when Hope got off the bus at the wrong stop. Normally, she rode all the way through downtown and changed at the depot at Miller Circle, but today she pulled the cord to indicate that she needed to get out right in the middle of the business district. She didn’t know why she did it; her hand […]

Epiphany placed her hands carefully on the table, one in each of the twin recesses decorated with mystic sigils. She could feel the connection opening, her spirit flowing into the line of pure magical energy that extended the length of the pentagram to Veena’s spot. At the same time, Veena connected to Doctor Magick, who connected to the Dilettante, who […]

“I know, I know already!” Tori snapped at the sound of the knock on her door frame behind her. Probably totally unfairly, but with midterms coming up, she was more than a little stressed out and it wasn’t like this paper on ‘Class Structure in Elizabethan England’ was going to write itself when she was off training. It was absolutely […]

Lamar and his body guard escorted their new associate into the recording studio’s control room. “You’re telling me all you have to do is tell a girl this story and she’ll suddenly become an obedient fuck toy?” “It’s not really that simple. The stories are told with special language and speech patterns that engage the brain’s mirror neurons.” “Mirror … […]

I realize the mistake I made as soon as I walk inside. Miss Sharice’s house is warm, almost uncomfortably so, and there’s a thick smell of incense hanging like a haze in every room. It feels like just breathing in here is probably illegal in seventeen states. I hesitate as I cross the threshold, the feeling of righteous fury that […]

Lisa blinked at the bright light shining down on her and raised her hand to block it, or at least tried to as her hand refused to move as she pulled against the strap that held her wrist to the bed. “What the fuck…” she said as she realized it wasn’t just her wrists that were restrained, but her ankles, […]