"My fiancée shows me the upsides to being a girl."
I carefully place a branch of white blackberry flowers in his hair. “I am so sorry to have done this to you.” Tears flow freely from my eyes. They are not the sorrowful tears of a lost love, but tears...
"With my descision to stay in the underworld, life takes an unexpected turn."
This is the first night in a long time that I lay my eyes upon my lover. I have heard him several nights in a row, calling my name and wandering restlessly through the deep forest. My instincts tell me...
"I find my place in the underworld, and experience real satisfaction."
The third night with him is no less enjoyable than the previous. My instincts lead me, and he follows willingly and easily. I bring him to my secret glade, hours into the wilderness and we kiss. The summer is in...
"Magic of Love , really?"
Carol checked her hairdo one last time before pushing the door open of the Italian restaurant. She said to herself, “Why I am so tensed?” After all, it was her reunion party with her childhood friends Nicole and Martha after...
"A creature of the night recounts the beginning of her making."
“Be careful, boy. There are things in the forest that would scare any man out of his wits. I would not wish for you to experience everything I have been through. It may have been over a century ago, but...
"Two lonely people meet at Christmas and fulfill each other's needs."
The grandfather clock in Candice’s log cabin had just chimed out twelve musical ding dongs, followed by one loud peal; indicating the time was now 1:00AM on Christmas morning. The severe winter in Barrow, the most northern town in Alaska;...
"Sometimes wishes do come true..."
Daria Sitting alone in her cabin high in the Rocky Mountains Daria gazed at the dancing flames in her fireplace.She was absently stroking the fur of her favorite cat, Leo, and wishing she were not alone on tonight of all nights,...
"KEVIN!" Jane cried out, her eyes streaming.The heat from the flames was getting nearer, but her bonds were too tight for her make any progress on escape. The pounding noise on the other side of the thick steel door had...
"The goth club turns out to have more than just wannabe vampires."
The tequila burns going down my throat, making me grimace. I quickly bite the lemon to quell the taste in my mouth. “Aargh… that’s just horrible Cindy,“ I shout to my friend, battling to be heard over Prodigy’s ‘Breathe’ blaring...
The Miracle of Christmas Another sleepless night, another Christmas fraught with worry. There wouldn't be many packages to open for the kids this year. I've been telling them that Christmas is too commercial and we are starting a new tradition...
