Bree sat on the padded bench attached to the bay window, staring out as she wondered how long she would be at the wheel. It had already been two days. She hadn’t been at the wheel this long since Oliva was diagnosed and started going to therapy. Her therapist was going to love this. Bree…… Continue reading Parts
In A Fantasy Word, Everything Is Trying to Eat You
We open on a dark, empty cavern, illuminated by a bright, white-sih blue eternal-looking light. We can see a young woman creeping down the tunnel. We can see the young woman looks like, for lack of a better word, that she had gone through the ringer. She is barefoot, in a tattered powder-blue robe smeared…… Continue reading In A Fantasy Word, Everything Is Trying to Eat You
She’s A Beauty
The lights and sounds of the midway were almost overwhelming as Body was drug by a very enthusiastic auburn-haired seven-year-old chanting, “Come on, come Brody!” “Okay, okay,” Brody couldn’t help but laugh, “Can I stop to take a few pictures, at least? One of us has a job to do here.” He had known that…… Continue reading She’s A Beauty
The Stowaway
It was the farthest north they had even been. Past England, past the highlands, into the thick of Irish territory. As Captain Palmer walked across the sturdy wood, the cold air ran through her, sending short strands of short dark blonde hair and causing her to pull the dark blue jacket of her uniform tighter…… Continue reading The Stowaway
Blue Mane
Long ago, in a remote French village, there lived an unusually powerful and infamous countess known only as Blue Mane. Her bright sapphire-hued hair was a bewitching trait in and of itself. Moreover, she had an unusual habit of proposing to the men she married, something unthinkable at the time. However, she found security in…… Continue reading Blue Mane
The Changeling
“How did your walk go?” Fae turned from where she was undoing the ombre pastel wrap she had their six-month-old daughter in, holding the babe close to her chest, to look at her husband standing in their kitchen. He looked like something out of a cheesy romance cover with his thick coffee-colored hair and red…… Continue reading The Changeling
Collared
The minute Scarlet saw the boy on the ground and the man standing over him with a whip, she knew her trading trip wasn’t going to go as planned. He wasn’t a small man either; he was tall and thick and broad shouldered, with a black wide-brimmed hat and a neat stone-colored beard on his…… Continue reading Collared
Consider the Lobster Man
It had been another long day for Dave Talbot, better known to the patrons of Lady Arminta‘s House Of Oddities And Wonders, as the Lobster Man. He had spent the whole day showing off his claw-like hands, letting people test his strength. Being around a thousand people, but never really being part of their lives. It…… Continue reading Consider the Lobster Man
The Little Matchstick Girl And The Angry Mob
The story starts off very much like it’s been told. With a little girl, barefooted with tangled yellow- blonde hair, using the ratty apron to carry homemade matches, more matches in her hand, desperately trying to sell them in the fading light of the day, trudging through the cold as snow fell into her tangled…… Continue reading The Little Matchstick Girl And The Angry Mob
Let Us In: A Story Of The Black-Eyed Children
AUTHOR’S NOTE: In 1990s, stories began to circulate online telling of children, or perhaps creatures resembling children, usually boys, thought girls are not unheard of, six to sixteen years of age, though reports vary, with completely black eyes, including the sclera and iris. Their modus operandi usually involves approaching people’s homes or cars, asking to…… Continue reading Let Us In: A Story Of The Black-Eyed Children