I’m not really that evil, you know. I just get a bad rap. I know, I know, right now you’re thinking, “but you forced a couple to give you their baby, locked a little girl in a tower, and then when she got a boyfriend you abandoned her to the wilderness to die and blinded…… Continue reading My Side Of The Story
Season Of The Witch Huntress
All the lawns on Metone Avenue are mowed on Wednesday. These lawns are all perfectly manicured, the same size, nearly identical except for personal choices in plants and ornaments. All the white painted, two-story houses are pratically identical as well. Children played. Neighbors had stylish lawn parties. You could say it was perfect. Especially…… Continue reading Season Of The Witch Huntress
Beware Of Thorns
It was the coldest day of the year when Adam first saw her. He was making his way back to his dorm when he saw a figure dressed in all black skidding down the sidewalk a few feet away. Acting on instinct, he reached out to stop her descent before she could seriously hurt herself…… Continue reading Beware Of Thorns
Evie’s Run , Or Who Wants To Live Forever Anyway?
As Evie slowly opened her eyes, she had the awful thought that whoever decided to design her sleep cycle for twelve-minute intervals should be shot. She was rested enough, she just hated waking up to the dank, grimy world around her. The windows of the gas station were either shattered or covered with so much…… Continue reading Evie’s Run , Or Who Wants To Live Forever Anyway?
Homecoming
Eden was lying awake, the bed too empty for her to sleep, listening to the thunder. Her ears were also tuned to the sound of Greyson calling for her. The boy was terrified of thunder. Maybe he’d sleep through it, and she wouldn’t have to worry. The war was over. The news had reached the…… Continue reading Homecoming
Beauty Is the Beast
Price Edwin watched as the black and gold carriage carrying his executioner pulled up to the castle. She wasn’t his executioner in an official sense; he had been told she was his betrothed, finally engaged after years of negotiations. However, even if his mother, may she rest in peace, hadn’t taught him to read Father’s…… Continue reading Beauty Is the Beast
Draco Night
When he died, Grant and Jason’s father had two requests. First, to always stay in each other’s lives. Second, bring an end to his worst mistake: Draco Night. Unfortunately, the brothers’ differences on how to accomplish number 2, greatly impaired number 1. Grant had become a senator like their father, striving to end the “holiday”…… Continue reading Draco Night
Old Souls
Thomas hadn’t expected to be alive when the town’s time capsule was opened. He had no reason to. He had been a teenager when it was buried back in 1921. And yet here he stood, hiding in the crowd, looking pretty good for over a hundred if he did say so himself: Lean and fit,…… Continue reading Old Souls
Humans Make Terrible Pets
It all began simply enough, a family of three sentient bears came home to find that while they were away, someone had taken advantage of the fact that they never thought to invest in a lock. “Somebody’s been eating my porridge.” The Papa Bear declared, looking down at bowel with a spoonful out of it.…… Continue reading Humans Make Terrible Pets
Mourning Jewelry
Lily unlocked the back door of the thrift store using a key that didn’t belong to her. Double checking to make sure she wasn’t being followed, that there were no cameras, she pushed opened the door with a leather gloved hand and stepped inside, shutting the door behind her. She had won the key in…… Continue reading Mourning Jewelry