Nadia hid behind the blinds in her dark room, peering out her second-floor bedroom window, watching all the kids who were trick-or-treating in their costumes. It was Halloween and while almost everyone else celebrated the day, she spent it at home wonderi...
“Clap these cheeks. Clap these cheeks. Clap these cheeks.” The dark-skinned, ponytailed beauty stared into her bathroom mirror and shook her head in an “I knew this bullshit wouldn’t work” motion. It probably served her right for buying into nonsensical u...
The sound echoed through the forest. A shrill scream that raised my hackles, the little hairs on the back of my neck tingling a fearful warning. Wisps of red were disappearing into the dense spruce and thin, towering poplars as the sun sunk below the tree...
Samantha tossed and turned in her bed for what seemed like forever. She had gone to bed early that night because she had an important business meeting early the following day. Unfortunately for her, that plan wasn’t working out as well as she had hoped. W...
Russian Roulette is an Immortal’s Game. Anyone who tells you otherwise either has a death wish or is just flat-out fucking stupid. I’ve been both, I know the type. So, when this bitch with beady eyes and greasy blonde hair came into the warehouse, everyon...
Akasha… The sound of my name being called as if being carried by the wind wakes me from sleep. I rub my eyes, looking around to where the sound is coming from. I am awake, but not really. As expected, two glowing eyes are in the far corner of my darkened...
After hours of walking, my dry throat screamed for water. Then, a hundred feet downhill I saw a stream, ran to it, drank a handful of fresh water and felt instantly energized. Suddenly, the hottest, sexiest woman I've ever seen materialized from the river...
There is substance and there is shadow; of this, I am certain. While we envision ourselves as children of the light, the essence of the divine, our view of the multiverse may very well be askew. It is entirely possible that we, so self-absorbed in the mun...
I looked at the paper… Some words written on it were like this … Name - Tanya, Age – 20, Occupation – Student, Sex – With You! What the heck?! Holding the paper in my hand firmly, I looked at her. “Tanya, what is this?” She smiled, coyly and moved two ste...
1437 1 The heavy, black glass vial at the back of a cellar shelf of the antiques store in Stockholm’s old town district caught my eye only on second glance. It looked voluptuous in a suggestive sort of way that almost reminded me of the Venus of Willendor...
Monica Reyes sighed with relief as she closed the apartment door behind her and laid her back against it, dropping her Delta Airlines branded luggage to the floor. It had been a long, hard leg of flights and shifting schedules this week, but she was final...
Backstory: Samarth is a half-serpent and half-man (formerly called a Lamia) who keeps to himself in his forest until an audacious human named Leroy caught his attention. As any Lamia would think upon encountering a human--it was just a meal. Nothing more....
“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 life at the prompt of a hidden pedal,...
For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost. For want of the key, the doors remained locked. Try as I might, on the following day, the next, and the next, until the days became weeks, book two of Aunt Grace’s grimoire was pure gibberish. The cosmic carrot da...
His shaded eyes linger on her, unaware of her observer hidden in darkness and secrets. In the shadow of the abandoned church, she sings a soft song. She is here later than usual, past the hours of daylight and into the early reaches of evening. The full m...
