Despite the shortness of the story, it literally took me less than 15 minutes to read, I really enjoyed Retro Demonology. I think the book offers a really good window into Riley's world and into her mind as well. I love the "retro" fad that is sweeping her city. People completely immersing them...
In fact, this wasn’t like any place she’d ever seen. In the distance was a wall of flames, undulating crimson and yellow and a smell hung in the air, sharply caustic. Sulphur. This was Hell. ‘Why are we here?’ she demanded. She wasn’t dead, or at le...
She wasn’t boiling hot now. That was good. Her mind felt hazy from the fever, and all her muscles ached like she’d run a marathon. It took a while to realize she was in her own bed. There was a creak of wood; someone was sitting in the chair, reading by the light of a dim lamp. “Dad?” “No honey, ...
Riley grumbled as she drove past the Oakland Cemetery and then cut down one of the side streets in search of a parking place. “Why do I spend most of my life here?” The universe had no answer for her, so she kept driving up and down the streets. This field trip would be her first day back in clas...
‘What the hell is Harper thinkin’?’ he asked, giving her a stern look. ‘Ya shouldn’t be on this run. I’ve been inside this buildin’ before and it’s brutal.’ It’s no damned place for a girl. ‘According to my master I need the experience,’ she replied. ‘Speaking of which, how’s your head and your s...
She rolled over and fought down a groan. Her arm was aching, as was most her body; she had to be one massive bruise. Riley kicked off the covers, too warm from the toxins the demon wounds had set loose. At least this time she wasn’t as sick as when she’d tangled with a Grade Three demon and nearl...
Joshua was down here somewhere. Had they hurt him? Tortured him? Please, not that. She’d seen the haunted look in his eyes when they’d been separated. The helplessness. The fear. Maybe even regret. When she and the guards rea...