Amelia Frost never knew her father, except as a concept of myth and legend. At 19, she’s not even sure she believes the myth herself. Until Nature shows up, ready with with a proposition. “Come with me and you’ll be able to see your father.” Should she give up her mortal life to see her fathe...
I'm thinking she cracked him in the head before they even got to her room," Maureen said as the book illuminated the beach around it. Golden light poured out in beams like those found in a meadow of a children's tale. The previously dark hole Maureen had torn in the page was so brightly lit it hu...
I made sure I was still incorporeal as I slipped through the front door and stood just inside. Geist appeared beside me, still wearing the Barry-suit. The inside of the house did not match the outside. The yard looked trim in the dark, with manicured shrubs, a sidewalk swept clean of dead leaves,...
Alice and Maureen materialized, both dressed in their full Familiar regalia (which was basically Valkyrie anime strategic armor). Alice’s light was white, Maureen’s a deep red. Alice crouched and looked at me. I smiled and waved. She then turned to see Dags on the bed and hissed. Immediately, the...
Was it a good meeting? Accidental? Or was it a match made in heaven—at first. Were the signs always there? DEAD CORSE tells the story of how the not-yet Wraith Zoë Martinique and not-yet Sorceress Rhonda Orly met and began what they believed would be a long and loyal friendship. Will it last? Onl...
I was still too rattled from G-Men taking Ivan. I mean come on…whose life is like this besides mine? I didn't mean to sound like I'm whining, even though I am, but…damn. I couldn't catch a break lately. Grey knew I was wiped both mentally and physically at this point and kept her head on my...
He was up on his own feet, dressed in soft white pants and a blood soaked bandage wrapped tightly around his chest. With one hand on the wall he was trying to walk—to force himself better. He'd had cold iron poison before. He glanced at the fading scar around his wrist where Oberon had held him i...
I'd also daydreamed over the million different ways I could rend her flesh from her bones. She'd kept the hell away from me—and with good reason. I damn near killed her the last time I saw her. I wanted to choke her—I wanted— I wanted… I wanted her to give him back to me. But that wasn't going to...
She is a wonderkind of modern conveniences. A phone sits bracketed to the dash, a small laptop in a similar, larger bracket beneath it. She drives with her left hand as her right hand types on the keyboard. She listens to speed metal. There is a God. I try engaging in conversation, but she doesn'...
It had a voice now that it didn't have before. A small, niggling ghost in the back of my mind. It came to me when I made that house and the bodies vanish. It came to me when I destroyed what had been left of Ronald Kennett. I could hear it now, telling me Crwys was wrong, that the Elementals ...
2007 BACK DOOR MAGIC Phaedra Weldon The fire spark blew her a raspberry before vanishing in a black puff of sooty smoke. Brenda blinked a few times in the abrupt darkness before grabbing up at the flashlight perched handle up on the table. Since when did elementals have a sense of humor? Th...
It was dirt the consistency of ash mixed with pieces of broken stone. It looked like a long-dead battlefield. But where in the hell was there a battlefield like this? Especially one as devoid of life as this one? The moon? I had a decision in front of me. The voice sounded like Stella's, but know...
To the Witch and the Angel. She could hear and see through him, as she'd done since becoming his Familiar. He simply didn't have control of his body anymore. But he could think. And he could hear her. All three of them could. Even Maureen. Alice realized immediately what had happened after Mauree...
I know this is an unconventional way to contact you, but I'm afraid I don't have your most recent phone number. It's of an utmost urgent manner that I talk to you. Sincerely, Arden Vervain — Arden, I must say I was surprised to hear from you. Especially since the last time...
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The momentum of their move catapulted them over my left shoulder. And because I didn't let go of their wrist I was able to twist it hard as my attacker landed on his ass. He lost the rag but grabbed a hunk of my hair and pulled it hard, bringing me down to the ground with him. He yelled out as I...
"You make her right." "Is that your trade, mortal? You want the life of your girlfriend for returning to me what is rightfully mine?" She straightened her back and as she crossed her arms over her chest. She grew in size until she was taller than any of her guests. "Is that your trade?" Mike glan...
He's three years older than me. And he's graduating soon from Georgia State! His degree's in economics and he's already got a job lined up with some company downtown. I know I sound like a school girl…but this is the first time a guy's shown interest in me. All through school I was the one sittin...