Note: All characters portrayed are over the age of 18. In fact Austos is 20, Betha is the same age and Marenda stopped counting a fair while back. "Let me go." demanded Austos, straining against his bonds. Marenda twirled a blonde lock lazily, "And why would I want to do that, sweetie?" "You have taken what you wanted. There's no reason to keep me her...
Maybe five minutes later, though it seemed an eternity, I stopped at the edge of the woods. Still struggling to come to my senses, I realised only then that I had left my handbag behind along with all the clothes that had been torn from me - and while I didn't especially care about the bag itself, I did care about my purse and phone and, most importantly, my...
Lori, dressed in black except for her red skirt and that pink streak in her hair, was the one who had dared them to come visit this place after school on Halloween. Samantha, bright in her blondeness and her white coat, was game. Beth and Tameika, on the other hand, didn't like it. It was cold and eerie and getting dark too soon. The house looked old and...
It had been 50 years since the vile witch Morgana usurped the throne and the kingdom from the rightful king, masterminding a reign of terror and madness that had not been equaled since King Arthur waged war with his own mad son. As her power and treachery poisoned the land, so too did hope and defiance bloom in equal measure. Like all blooms, however bright,...
Joseph ran down the dirt street trying to get into any door that he could but none of them would open. Every house and business was locked knowing what was out there and knowing what he was running from as people hid hoping to spare themselves the same fate as him. He banged on every wooden door praying someone would open it but it was no use. He was too af...
My name is Matilda, and I used to be a fairy. A long time ago my people were many. We were small, beautiful, full of magic, and generally good people. But not all of us were good. Not all of us were fairies. Some of us changed when we became angry. It took a lot of anger for it to happen, but if we became angry enough a fairy would transform into an ugly rag...
"Ouch!" Little Bell licked the torn skin on her knuckle and frowned when she tasted the blood. The tin soldier's ambush had been a success. She glared at her baby brother. "You play fair," she told him in a stern voice, "or by yourself." The boy only giggled at her, undoubtedly relishing his victory. Bell's hands balled into fists. If her father hadn't ma...
It all started with an innocent text one Saturday morning. Halloween morning, as it so happened. I had gone into the office for a couple of hours in the late morning, to perform some filing and record keeping that I had fallen behind on. Then the text from my wife had arrived, "Can you come home? Problems here." I immediately responded, asking "Problems?"...
The clear blue waters lapped gently at her feet as she walked along the sand. The night sky shone with stars above her. Moonlight glancing off of her waist length black hair. He watched silently as she approached him. Her green eyes glittering with an inner fire, full red lips bending into a slight smile. She was his… He floated across the water, and took h...
EDIT 8/2016 1. If the rumors were true, the woman was over a century old. She looked no more than twenty. Less, at the moment. Far less. No doubt due to the vulnerability of her present position. Her arms were chained over her head, high and tight as they could be forced to stretch. It must be painful for her. She'd dangled there for hours. Of course she w...