"Assassins in the night."
The firelight from the encampment finally provided enough illumination for Mindblind to figure out what he was doing as he followed Raven, miming her movements.His knees ached from inching along in a crouch below the top of the waist-high grasses,...
"The ladies of the evening help in the only way they know how."
When the conversation about what to do next didn’t really go anywhere, Mindblind watched Yani leave the room, scratched the dark shadow of a beard on his chin, and then turned to Raven.“She’ll be fine,” Raven answered his unasked question...
"Facing a Draxnian, and Raven shares Kay."
Mindblind winced when one of the boards underfoot made a loud creak as he stepped out onto the porch of the inn. He slipped his sword from its sheath, his eyes and ears alert. The town was silent, save for...
"Running from a storm, and standing against assassins."
The journey started pleasantly enough. The ladies of negotiable virtue chatted and laughed, still relating to each other the tales of their latest adventures and clients before leaving town. Indigo whistled as he drove the wagon, and even Raven seemed...
"Raven breaks down, and the flight from Foxwood."
Mindblind stood staring at the wall, fist clenched tight around his sword hilt, and his vision red with rage. He tried to master his emotions, as he’d done all his life, but it was having no effect.After everything – even...
"Anna finds the answer to her question."
I walked slowly back through the fields, wondering what the farmer's wife had meant: "Coedwig doesn't reveal herself without getting something in return." The words churned round and round in my head. Coedwig had asked for nothing. She even said I have...
"Ashley's life with her older love begins to unfold."
A few days after I found her note; Ashley slipped me a small pink envelope with another message inside it. This told me one thing for sure before even opening it; she was enjoying the way we passed messages back-n-forth...
The Monday of the long weekend is finally here. Our fantasy is almost reality, and I am a bit anxious. Will you show up? Will I make you happy? Will we get caught? We’ve been having an online affair for...
"people reported being sexually fondled by a spirit and of hearing light sexual moaning late at night"
An Anniversary to Remember The harvest had given way to the last month of winter in San Francisco. A young couple walked along the old pier, a pier which is simply called the Muni pier by most locals. The fisherman...
"Back at Home"
On the way home she received a text message from the kids, asking if they could spend the night at a friend’s house. When she read the message aloud, her husband thought to himself that it was too unbelievable to...
