"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Logan and Beauty sat cross-legged around the fire, sharing the meat of the animal she had caught and presented to him. It was, in his humble opinion, a great improvement from rat meat. He took a sip of flat, bitter-tasting,...
"Logan is banished to hell and meets an unlikely ally."
Logan huddled in the shelter of a large rock and listened to the wind moaning around him. Bitter anger at Queen Maeve's treachery still burned in his gut, but that would have to wait. At the moment, he had more...
"Things were moving faster for her now but..."
Jayne opened her eyes; she had not had a great sleep. Her mind kept wandering to the sight of her parents and what they were doing.Her pillows were damp with sweat and there was a large damp patch on the...
"Vampire Birthday"
Happy Birthday, Dear Wampyr... (Part I) The Dark Lord Stefan celebrates Her birthday..."369, The Goose Drank Wine, The Monkey Chewed Tobacco On The Streetcar line..."It was her birthday. The Dark Lord rose, the old rhyme humming in his head as he...
"Helll hath no fury like a woman scorned."
“Where am I?”He looked out at tall trees and knee-high grass of emerald green. Birds trilled in the high branches. A summer sun blazed golden in a pale, blue sky.Another thought followed. One that left a cold drip of fear...
"The last of the Earl's lovers"
Collecting the keys of the car from the rental company’s underground offices, he headed west out of the airport. He tapped in the hotel’s post code on the Sat Nav, to be informed that he would reach his destination in...
"An ancient being seeks a mate; a lonely woman finds a lover; magic is afoot in the mountains"
Sonja stepped outside the lodge and took a lungful of cold mountain air. Behind her, the party raged on, seemingly oblivious to her absence. The haze of pot smoke inside was bothering her. It made her feel a bit dopey,...
"She meets the actual Mother Nature, who teaches her a few things"
She stood at the corner of the patio, where the rising sun was just catching her sable hair. That’s what caught my eye, the sun glancing off her shiny hair. She wore a long purple coat that nearly reached the...
"A VAMPIRE meets an old flame..."
The Vampire Lord Flashman arose from the brass handled, walnut box and, tossing his long hair over his shoulders, raised his face to taste the night's air. He could smell moths, musk and moonlight but also something else. Something sweet,...
"The Gossamer Thread"
Amber no longer felt scared. She had moved past the adrenaline-filled, heart-pumping feelings associated with being scared. Terrorized was more accurate.Terror was opening up a mindset she had tried so hard as a child to shut out; thoughts and senses,...