My Very First Kiss
"Absense makes her heart grow fonder..."
I met her on Christmas day, hours after I had been run out of the church. I don’t remember how I found her home, it’s not the sort of place you find when you look for it. I was eight...
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A Witch, A Slasher, And A New Beginning
"A killer's spring break triggers something he never expected."
While the destination of my diatribe is delightfully demonstrable, the debut is devilishly difficult to discern. I shall however, endeavor to begin, after all, if I do decide to begin elsewhere, I can kill everyone who read it out of...
Sex On Fire
"The burning love of a witch."
Ursula could smell the stench of hypocrisy on Lord Lister as he leered over her. Or maybe it was just the standard stink of the lower aristocracy nearing their weekly bathing day.“Don’t you wash before important occasions?” she asked him,...
A Day in the Life of a Witch: Part 2 of 2
"Melanie has turned Cass into a chair and invited their friend Ash over, who is about to take a seat on Cass the chair."
Ash gently settles down onto me. She strokes my sides in appreciation, sending a shiver down me.Melanie hands Ash a cup of tea.“Here you are. I really like this new mint blend that Cass has started to make these days.”“Thank...
My Encounter with a Witch
"I was raised a devout Christian. I'm starting to see the light."
Four years ago, I made a huge mistake. I turned eighteen and married my childhood sweetheart, which sounds very romantic until you know the details. My wife and I were both raised in fundamentalist religious families. We were only allowed...
A Familiar Caress
"On Halloween night, a young woman meets a black cat who is more than he seems."
“And now, just to add the eyes of some children!”I cackled as I dropped the peeled grapes into the bubbling concoction. As the fruit hit the top of the dark, gooey liquid, the fog machine beneath the table bubbled to...
The virginal maiden threw open the gnarled door."Witch of the Wood! Help me!""Speak.""I'm to be wed, but when I look upon him it leaves me cold.""No flush, no quivering quim?""Nothing!"The sorceress stood, hood pulled back, robes spread wide. The girl...
Burn The Witch
"He spent years loving the witch, and now he needs to burn her."
In the middle of the forest, there was a wood cabin, circled with willow trees and lit by the reflection of the moon, with a crooked oak door and a twisted chimney; it was the witch’s cabin, and Dave knew...
The Whims Of Witches
"A young professor is troubled by vivid dreams of his favorite student."
It’s not even true winter yet, and my studio apartment is hopelessly chilly as if the street lamp outside the paper-thin window is the source of all the world’s cold. Researching my graduate thesis in Magical Realism, reading the lush...
The Lovers Of The Forest
"If Disney made a horror story"
Sara raises her gloved hands to her mouth, warming them through with her breath. Winter will soon be upon them, and desperately she walks through the forest, using the final moments of the fading sun to gather enough herbs to...