LILITH I get coffee from the ancient but ever-full coffee pot, which is why the building smells of burnt coffee with an after taste of mildew. I wipe down everything with my handi-wipes and Lysol my headset, twice for good measure. The person before me left used tissues all over the floor. Can’t ...
Hades is glued to my side. He whimpers and licks at my face.“It’s okay, buddy. I’m back, I think,” I say to him aware that my throat feels like sandpaper. I need some of that wine from my rucksack.I try to get to my feet. Rolling over causes the edges of my vision to turn gray. I gingerly sit up,...
HANNAHAfter all the craziness of Manda disappearing and Diel’s long flight from Italy, we finally make it back to our bungalow and relative calm, at least as much as a Hell Hound can allow. Diel pulls me aside. I know he is holding something back and about to explode if he doesn’t tell me what. H...
The night clerk started to give me a hard time about the woofmeister not being on a leash but I flicked a little glamour his way and we were good to go. I browsed. “What do you like to eat, fur ball? You’re still a puppy so it says here that you should have the baby food...