As he buttoned up his shirt he imagined buttoning up his emotions. His skin tingled where Starr had bit and sucked on him. By the feel of it there were a lot of marks on his body. He cursed beneath his breath. If Jake caught sight of the hickies everything would hit the fan. There was no way his ...
"Pain in my ass," I groaned, rolling away from the statue. "The dead are calling, Anne Moody…" "Your fate is sealed…" "…doom for Anne Moody!" "Doom and death! Death and doom!" "Just shut up!" I shouted hoarsely at the cameos. If Celestina heard me n...
"I think the fact that you think it's so bad is exactly why it's the perfect decision." "Ugh, I knew you'd say that, Anne!" We were a few blocks from Moonlight, in downtown. The Fremont Street Experience, as it was called, was a five block pedestrian mall that was covered by a 1500 foot long LED...
I closed out the map program and checked to see if I'd somehow turned on the call feature or accessed my voice mail. The answer was no for both. My phone shouldn't have spoken to me in that flat, featureless voice and it sure as hell shouldn't have threatened me. "This might be a problem," I muse...
There was Tomes, the occult bookstore and rites venue that Orlaton ran, as well as the Gallery of Veritatis, run by a goblin. It featured cursed artwork and shapeshifter portraits, among other services it provided. In the nearby vicinity there was yet another business: the...
Even though she speeded, it took us way longer than I felt comfortable with. Sunrise was racing toward us faster than a Californian driving into Vegas for a weekend of hookers and blow. Back on my street, the houses and businesses were quiet as usual, with the usual suspec...