It's late, but not a long walk to your apartment. It's not a familiar part of town to you, but the GPS has yet to steer you wrong, and it's still moderately light out, in spite of the hour. A left turn here, crossing the street, and then it should just be a few more blocks until you're home and able to kick back and relax. You're dressed in normal attire, a...
Work clothes I look around the room in amazement. It is very well appointed, beautiful, feminine. Lovely colorful antique furniture, flowers in vases everywhere, velvet draperies, marble statues... it's gorgeous, elegant. The scent of lilac wafts through the room. Love songs play on a stereo softly in the background. I expected dark mahogany or dreary gray...
***AUTHOR'S NOTE - Sorry to anyone expecting another Garden/Sinspawn chapter. I am still working on them, but this just popped into my head one day and so I thought I'd better jot it down. Normal service will resume soon! Dirk Longstaff bowed his head as he hung back in the shadows. In the glow of the streetlights, a lone figure in a loose fitting shirt whi...
Thursday dawned cloudy damp and rather cold with a chill of winter in the New England air. As I sipped my morning coffee I wondered if Bill would contact me today. I wanted to see him; actually I needed to see him because I wanted him so much. After a quick shower I surveyed my wardrobe deciding on a pair of tailored black slacks a white sleeveless silk bl...
I had first met Bing some two years earlier. She was a co-worker and friend of my wife's and they both being Thai, had much in common. My wife left her position at that workplace and her relationship with Bing faded over the months, but I saw her pretty much every week. You see, Bing's main job and source of income was acting as a human billboard for a Thai...
Chapter 10: THE DOLL It all began with what might in retrospect be seen as what was no more than a rather tasteless joke. I was best man for a good friend's upcoming wedding and was in the process of making the final arrangements, including of course his stag-night. I had booked a private room at our favourite pub, organised enough food to make sure we wer...
"It must be like puppy Christmas," said Alex, looking over all the packages. "Bark!" Bubbles agreed. "Let's see what we've got," said Alex. First he opened the large box, which contained all the new puppysuits. This was good; Bubbles' current one was starting to get damaged from the constant wear. Alex figured they would just throw it out now that they ha...
"We've got to get you dressed up. The inspector is coming today," Paul said. "You wouldn't believe the look my boss gave me when I asked for the day off, but don't worry. We'll make a day of it." Maddy had been with Paul for so long that she had lost track of time. Each day blended with the rest: long stretches alone and at home while Paul worked at the sup...
Part 1 I want you to know up front that I'm telling you this first story so that I can tell you a better one later. My husband had warned me that this next session was going to be a special one. Normally when he says something like this I just assume that it's going to be a new adventure only slightly out of the ordinary, but this time there was something m...
He was dreaming something sweet. He was home again, the terrifying streets of his old neighborhood cut out in cardboard frames, waiting for him to step right up and bulldoze them down. The Murray's living across the street, the Fishman's down the way to the right . . . all empty homes like skulls without eyes in them. And little Cathy of those yesteryears...