********* Just who ARE the strangers in town? Meanwhile, back in the Beechcraft, Emmy finds other things to love. 0_o ********** Bea's Café, 6:35PM, Cascade. Idaho They walked into the café and it was packed with many of the people that they all knew, so it turned into a bit of a party where nobody could get anything because Marjorie and Rebecca woul...
Siren Song, Part 1 — Home By The Sea by Paul Gerard (a pen name) Four parts, an epilogue and a bonus story. At least that's the plan. No promises, though. Also, it's a slow start. No need to go looking for the mermaid in this part yet. ~ A word of warning, before you even start reading: A lot of what happens in this story focuses on the rather weird fe...
"I'll get the house, you get the shed," Lars sent back. I stood and pulled off my Ghillie suit, then ran naked down the hillside with my pistol in my hand. I went straight to the dead men, watching the house as I rifled their pockets. The big man had a key ring, I grabbed that and went to the door of the shed. The padlock was a Masterlock, I saw a key with...
Even with the djinni sultana absent, Jumishat's mealtime festivities continued well into the night, the guests having themselves such an enjoyable time to the extent that most did not even notice that their host had long since left them until it reached its end. Gradually, each of the guests would take their leave, either to return to their homes or enjoy th...
~~Beatrice~~ This was going to be interesting. And dangerous. And scary. And exciting. Jacob guided them back down into the chamber beneath Three Kings Cemetery. Guess he didn't care if Julias found out where this ritual chamber was. The dragons knew, so, it couldn't have been his most secret, most important, most diabolical location. And considering the a...
I'm not the type of man who does things by half measures. If I'm going to spend any amount of time on something, I'm all in. I've always been that way. When I was a kid, I monitored the tips on my paper route carefully. The best tippers were invariably older people, likely those who missed their grandchildren. I immediately found a local seniors living commu...
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**Note to readers: This chapter occurs at the same time as some others and it moves around, since some parts of it are the recollections of one character over a period of about 6 months. To make it easier to understand, let's just say that at the beginning of it, Stormfeather hasn't arrived at the farm for the first time yet, and by the end of it, he and Amy...
They walked down the hill back to the house in the dark and Amy looked at Stormfeather a little now and then. "What went on back there, exactly?" she asked, "Why aren't we going to help those others?" He walked a few steps in silence, but then she saw him turn to her for a moment. "In your life, Sheena, how many travelers have you seen before tonight?" "W...