"Tamara leads the way to the secret of the flow"
Kitana and I lingered in the church until the congregation had cleared out. I thought it might be nice to walk back with Lira, and Kitana didn’t want to run into Eston in public so soon. The congregation slowly filtered...
"Time travel can bring one a headache"
September thirtieth, 2023. One a.m.xIt was on the occasion of Jessica Wright's nineteenth birthday when it happened. She had enjoyed the company of her parents and younger brother during the day as they visited her from the family home in...
"Where aliens appear and chairs get broken..."
The next day, with the crew well rested and cruising, Nancy received a priority message. Everyone was curious what that was about, but they didn't have to wait long."Girls, there's a sighting of a Thegonii ship," Nancy said.Jolene's jaw dropped....
"Boldly going where princes fear to touch"
Charmaine's caller ID appeared on my phone."Hi," I said."Hey, Dave. I hope I'm not calling at an inappropriate time," she apologized in advance."Not at all." I was already curious what this call was about."I'm so glad to hear that. Something's...
"Kitana experiments with a potential path"
The potter down by the river was a doddering old man, his arms smeared with clay to the elbows but his clothes somehow pristine. He took my order for a collection of differently-sized beads scaled from a quarter inch all...
"Kitana helps me sort out Lira's stay"
I woke up late the next day. Lira was gone from the bed. I thought she had fled back to Tamara, at least until I rolled over and saw breakfast waiting on the table for me. It wasn’t much, just...
"Mummy Monster hunts and fucks her young prey."
Earlier in the dayMy boy and I are lying in a meadow that overlooks a forest."That forest gives me the creeps," I say. "It's too dark and crowded."He laughs at me, knowing that while I can change form, my human...
"Meeting the witch's wife"
I spent the rest of the day working on my house. Getting four walls up was an accomplishment, but now I knew what I was doing. I wanted to expand my little home and turn it into a proper place...
"Kitana needs some help focusing at work"
Chapter 6 – Giving a Helping Hand The next day, I woke to find Ethel knocking. I opened the door and leaned against the jamb, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. “This is a bit early for a wakeup call, Ethel....
"The exclamation, "Oh my fucking god!" gets a whole new meaning."
The giant slept on her futon mattress, his feet hanging off the end onto the bamboo floor. He’d slept all through the night while Zarafa perched on a shipping crate, studying his face and body in the moonlight for hours....