The Rite of Cleansing

"The wanderer aids the sisterhood"

Her eyes are losing focus. The muscles in their lids are slowly succumbing to the speaker's basso mosquito drone that's painting the hall in warm molasses. Her chin begins its steady descent, as her mind curls away, searching for the...

Embracing the Goddess

"The wind rises, bringing forth the Goddess."

It is a quiet night, but for the wind. The Santa Anas' have begun blowing, fanning the inevitable brush fires, leaving the air scented with smoke and desert sage. The last glow of sunlight is fading away and the half...

The Newest Ladies of the Order of Delta Omicron Mu

"The new initiates of a secret society must receive a paddling to prove their worthiness"

The Order of Delta Omicron Mu was a secret society, 152 years in age and only present here, at Vinewood University.  As the premier society at an elite private school, many alums of ΔOM were senators, business executives and highly renowned writers....

Ritual Offerings: The Interview

"Looking for his big break, a paranormal investigator gets more than he bargained for."

September 22nd, 1:30 p.m. I arrived at the Rosemary Psychiatric Institution, where I’ve been promised an interview with a patient who was admitted over two years ago, and whose mental condition remains unchanged. It’s my hope to learn more about...

One day afterYou had leftMy mind still blackAnd blueI stood beneath the shower sprayErasing thoughts of you Circling now Just waitingTo try to slip back in Block itStop itMake it drownAgainAgainAgain The stall is thickWith shampoo steamFragrant cloying heat My...