"A deadly encounter at a bar."
"Look..." the woman said with a sigh.I could see just the faintest hint of irritation flashing behind her dark eyes. She gently placed her hands on the table between us. All ten of her long crimson fingernails pointed directly at...
"Urban fantasy romance. A man meets an odd artist hippie girl in Barcelona. Then things get stranger."
On Tuesday morning, June 20th, I left the abba Rambla hotel and, after a brief moment of hesitation, turned right. It made no difference either way. I had an extra day left of my business trip, and my flight wasn't...
"She gets a surprise visit just before Christmas."
It had been a long day. Paul had gone to bed, and I was sitting on the sofa in my dressing gown, drinking another sherry. I wasn't entirely sure how many I had drunk, but there was a distinct sway...
"Sometimes the best gifts are those we don't expect."
Aidan Klaus was waiting for LaMeeka to finish getting dressed. He looked at his watch, tapping his foot. “You know my parents will be more pissed off that we’re late than if your shoes match your cardigan or not, right?”...
"Sven finds out Christmas can be about more than just family"
Sven sat close to the fire. It crackled and popped, sending sparks into the chimney in front of him. The wash of heat was a welcome relief from the howling wind and snow outside the small shack. Night had fallen,...
"Two angels become human and take radically different paths."
"Whoever else you have here," the two angels, Malkiel and Lufiel, told Lot, "sons-in-law, your sons and daughters, whoever you have in Sodom, bring them out of here for we will destroy this place. Its cry is very great before...
"Justice delayed is not justice denied"
The vision came as usual, with one exception: it started as a dream this time. A lush and green forest, secluded from prying eyes, stretched before me, its allure both foreboding and inviting. The boy, youthful but street-wise, pierced my...
"Two men, similar desires, and one magical, enchanted room"
“And don’t make bad choices.” Chase’s wife yelled out the door as he climbed into the Uber heading for the airport. Chase smiled as he left to meet his friend Marcus at the airport. The Vegas wedding of his friend...
"This wasn't surrender. It was sacrament."
TWOHer chest rose and fell in that broken, uneven way all mortals did, after they’d come hard enough to leave their soul behind.Silence pressed against her ears — sharp, unyielding. The room itself bore witness and waited.Vision bled back into...
"She summoned him with breathless want and a circle drawn in salt. He answered with teeth, tongue, and unrelenting thrusts."
OneIt was a little black book. Innocuous. Unremarkable. But it was the promise of it that held her still.She should’ve turned. Walked out. Forgotten the whole thing.But the bed was already made. Her panties already stripped from beneath her skirt.All...