MONGREL: The notion 'Get some mongrel in you' means adding something to your persona to provide a harder edge. This supposes a touch of defiance or rebelliousness will make a difference; a significant difference especially to the downtrodden. In this instance the advice to 'get some mongrel' was given to a character who's perceived as being excessively too n...
Two notes and a recap. Daisy is a nickname for Siobhan. Siobhan is an Irish name pronounced Shivahn. Like his mother, Alistair is multilingual and has a facility for languages. Most dialogue in Mexico is in Spanish. Earlier in the story we learned that Alistair is the son of a Nephilim and, therefore the grandchild of an angel. He is aware of his parentage,...
Kaddish "Day O!" Mary wiped her hands on a dish towel and went to the front door. Hannah and Bonita were doing a clumsy dance on the porch, singing and clapping their hands together. "Come Mister Tappyman, tappy my banana," Hannah sang. "Daytimes come and I want to go home!" Bonita responded. They stopped and looked up when they heard Mary laugh. "Wher...
Chapter 3. "Devastation" -*- Friday, November 23, 2018 -*- -*- Crystal River, Missouri -*- "Remember last year? Lexi had me doing that juice detox thing, but the juice shots were so gross that I had to follow them up with Diet Mountain Dew just to get them down, so..." "Who'd have ever guessed that you'd have trouble swallowing? Not me." Her mouth agape...
"Oh, that's so romantic! Such a sweet present!" Amy's mum gushed. She put an arm around me and squeezed me against herself. I'd been agonising about what to get my girlfriend for her nineteenth birthday. I wanted to surprise Amy, but had I asked her, I was certain that she'd say that all she wanted was to spend the weekend alone with me, something we'd been...
I opened my eyes. The morning sky was lighting up with pre-dawn grey. Thick clouds were overhead, promising a storm. With consciousness came an awareness that Teresa was not well. She was in my mind. A kernel of sentience residing in a corner of my head. When she was aroused, I knew it. When she was cumming, I felt it. When she was hurt, I sensed it. I turne...
Growing up with my Aunt who was just a few older than me is something I will never forget. She was more like an older sister than anything else. As a result, in my teenage years, we had developed a close relationship. At sixteen years old she started working at the Dixie Dairy Bar a restaurant on the main drag in our hometown. It was a throwback to the old...
Saturday evening, Christmas Eve A squeal from the counter took the attention of them both, they turned as one to see the fat tea lady rush over to congratulate them. Romantic occasions such as this belonged to swanky restaurants under candlelight and the sound of violins, these moments were in short supply for dingy tea rooms next to a shabby commuter tube...
The Long Con Samuel Blackstone, aka Robert Hamilton, looked up from his computer at the woman lying on the hotel bed. "We need to watch our spending," he said in an irritated voice. "What are you talking about?" Emma Blackstone, aka Lorelei Hamilton, shot back. "You told me we had over a quarter of a million dollars in our account." "We do," he admitted,...
My initiation into this sect of my grandfathers was not exactly what I expected. I was pretty revved up with the oils and ‘herbs' that the oils contained. I remember Ann leaning in to kiss me before they removed me from the room. As they had been rubbing those oils onto my body, I had kept my eyes on Ann as much as I could. I even was able to shift a few t...