Finola knew she should run.  Yank Broadsword down and drag him through the dried pine needles.  She didn’t.  Why she didn’t baffled her.  Instead, she allowed Broadsword to lead her to the grass like some sort of prized lamb. 
 
She planted her feet and didn’t move another inch.  The rope pulled against her waist, the rough […]

“You”re going to bake you a gingerbread man with a huge what?”
Rayne kept her face as serious as she possibly could–which was pretty hard considering the topic of discussion. “You heard me.”
Her best friend, Shelly, sent her a questioning look before turning her surprise into laughter. After a couple of minutes of uncontrollable mirth, she […]

It was a dark and stormy night…
Jack turned away from the window in disgust. Now he was thinking in clichés. Wasn’t his life crazier than any novelist could dream up? Okay, so the thunderstorms had lasted four days already, cooping him in the apartment with his lover, Aneurin. Normally, this would not be a bad […]

A wave of dizziness washed over me and I fought back the nausea, resisting the urge to throw up.  I reached out to brace myself to keep from falling and heard the sound of Alan’s voice explaining something to one of my fellow travelers. 
For a moment, his voice held me in this time and I […]

Rose placed the flower on her mother’s grave. Engrossed with making the sign of the cross, and offering up a small prayer, her lips moved in rhythm with the words as she stood and then took a step back. Failing to notice the three people attending the grave directly behind her, she stumbled into one […]