Halloween, when ghosts and ghoulies abound Or Succubi and zombies prowl We drink and dance and sing Dress up as werewolves that howl A vampire in fishnets and heels Friend as a cop or a crook The eve of revelry and fun And if you’re lucky, a suck or a fuc...
It was possible that if it had been sixty seconds earlier, Mel wouldn’t have heard the familiar cackle/laugh of Vanessa through the open window. She had been somewhat distracted! She let the curtain fall closed and wondered. She hadn’t actually seen Vanes...
Nessie nibbled her bottom lip. She looked at me and then back at Kay. “He’s not blood,” she stated. The room was deadly silent. Each of us held our drinks in our hands and looked from one to the other and back again. I had a random thought of the final gu...
It was odd the way some things all at once were strange and familiar. Of course, it was simply that I hadn’t been back to my hometown all that much in the past two years and only the summers and Christmas for the three before that. I was on my way to beco...
Mel gripped my hand tightly as she whispered, “It’s big.” “It is a good size, fits very nicely,” I agreed. I knelt down, bringing her with me as we looked at the thing we needed. “Can we? Should we? Well, you can of course, I guess, but should I?” she ask...
“Anything?” she whispered before looking up at me, “You said I could ask anything?” “I did,” I answered simply. “Di… did you really mean that Allie?” she asked hesitantly. I nodded, “Yes, yes I did!” For the first time, I watched Mel’s tongue peek out bet...
It seems to me that life is simply about timing and decisions. There’s good and bad, and only in hindsight can you be sure which is which. Good can turn out bad, and sometimes what you thought was extremely bad can turn out good, and then much later on… *...
I pressed the intercom just after nine p.m. and within thirty seconds the gate slid back and I drove up the driveway. I knew of course that the camera above the intercom had clearly shown my face and my aunt was expecting me. What it didn’t show was how w...
Emma stood in front of the cafetière in a towelling robe waiting for the freshly ground beans to percolate through the hot water. Her face was stern as it usually was on Sunday mornings as she considered her husband. It was odd. When they had first met at...
“Cute”, how I hate that word! She always used it even though there were only fifteen months between us. Far better than my sister’s ‘squirt’. **** The evening when I had headed for the bathroom for a call of nature (which meant passing my sister’s bedroom...
I was so engrossed in the latest edition of Cosmo, I hadn’t realized Liz had returned to the room. Cosmopolitan, the “how-to” manual of being a Woman for my generation, even though in the back of my mind I realized the adverts generally outnumbered the ar...
It’s difficult being a single parent. Doubly so, as a man with a daughter though I suspect the same can be said of the opposite! I can’t blame my wife for leaving even if I did at first. I was the one who wanted kids and yet was a workaholic. I’d ignored...
I was shaking as I stood looking out the kitchen window, a freshly poured glass of wine in my hand as I heard the soft footsteps behind me. “Did you enjoy the show, Mrs T?” the quiet voice said as she entered the room. “Wh… what?” I stuttered as I turned...
She raised her head and looked up into her father’s eyes looking back at her. The confidence and manipulation she’d been exuding wavered for a moment even as she stepped forward, her left hand almost unconsciously slipping into her soaking underwear as th...
Jay stood there; drink in hand smiling broadly at all the faces turned towards him. “Just between us and not a word to anyone else but I am so glad that Anastasia is our only child!” He felt his left hand grasped by his daughter’s and her cheek pressed to...
