"The mystery of Claudia's beautiful new house on the shores of the Mediterranean deepens"
Hast thou heard the butterfliesWhat they say betwixt their wings?Or in stillest eveningsWith what voice the violet woosTo his heart the silver dews? - Tennyson, Adeline. Claudia awoke and saw that the sun was already well above the horizon. The view...
"Ruby and Ron get together one more time"
The phone rings and is answered. “Concierge, Hotel Royale, how may I help you?” The voice on the other end of the line is the Bell Captain. “He’s here.” “Are you sure?” asks the Concierge. “Think so. Gray brown hair...
"Claudia experiences more of the mysteries of her grandmother's house."
How oft we saw the sun retire,And burn the threshold of the night,Fall from his ocean lane of fire,And sleep beneath his pillar’d light!- Tennyson, The Voyage.Carlo stayed with Claudia at Tintamare for a week. Far from being an idle...
"Claudia is heir to her grandmother's house and all of its mysteries."
The ethereal power pursues souls to the sea, the sea spits them up onto the threshold of the earth, the earth into the light of the bright sun and the sun hurls them into the whirling ether.- Empedocles of Akragas...
"When a smart girl turns slutty . . ."
My friends had asked, how was it so, that I had passedFrom steadfast salutatorian to beingSuch a promiscuous slut(a redundancy of sorts, but not their words).But I answered so disingenuouslyAnd with so politely maintained a pretenseOf taking no offense at...
Robert was a modern bachelor in every sense. He had recently experienced the break up of a long term relationship and now spent most of his nights hopping from bars in LA, drinking bourbon and trying to find girls he...
"The continuing adventures of Kayla the sorceress in the land of the Darrakhai."
Weaving in her cloister, While the angry winds conspire; The spider takes no heed Of all their noise and mischief And their empty, sullen words. - The Canticle of Menkeret. A bead of sweat rolls down between my breasts. I...
"Inspirition returns with a storm"
The night was a stormy one, as dark as the bottom of a deep well. The only break in the black sky outside my window was the flashes of lightning that lit up the entire area. The wind was a...
"His wife has a little help starting his Dad's Day off right... but whose?"
I remember falling asleep the night before thinking how nice it would be to be lazy and pampered the next day, which was Father's Day, and looking forward to a few small gifts from my wife and my three daughters,...
"Kayla the Sorceress in the land of the Darrakhai."
Waking, I wonder; What raiment does the breeze wear On this first day of spring? A fine spun, fragrant mantle Borrowed from the swaying blooms! - The Canticle of Menkeret. Night. I lie in my pallet and, as is now...
