This story is the twenty-first in a series. While this story can, hopefully, be read enjoyably by itself, the earlier installments provide context and character background. My characters are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to any real person is unintended and coincidental. Please do not rely on these stories for any legal advice. _______________________...
Chapter 1. The package came by messenger, just before 6:00 pm.. Susan threw a robe on over her t-shirt and panties to answer the door. She was not expecting a delivery. She signed for it and carried it to the kitchen counter to open it. She looked it over, wondering who had sent it. There was no return address and no markings to tell her what it was. It was...
**I just couldn't get it all to fit. It ought to read, "5 demonesses, 2 demonlords, one furry Zele but no partridge in a pear tree." Yeah well, it's not like I get Christmassy all that often. I'd also like to apologize for what I'm doing as I struggle really hard to get a lovely Scots accent to come through in print. I originally wrote it straight, but the...
Chapter 14 "I'd like you to meet a friend of mine." "Mm?" Don turned to look at them - his daughter and the girl standing beside her. They lived in a small town bordering the fringe, where everyone knew each other, yet hers was a face he'd never seen before. "This is Gaia." "Hello, Gaia," he said. He bent forward to dig his finger into one of his shoes a...
This is the fifth installment in a series under this title. This chapter picks up where the fourth chapter stopped and concludes this series. This story is a work of fiction. While the story has some basis in reality, any similarities to any real person or entity are entirely coincidental and unintended. _________ The school year after the trip on which we...
The Two Angels Mary pulled into the drive through window at Dunkin Donuts and bought a dozen assorted and a large iced coffee. There was something comforting about the strip of chain stores and fast food restaurants that lined the main highway on the outskirts of town. As much as she loved Londonderry, with it's antique New England charm, the businesses alo...
My thanks to Todger65 for helping edit and Nthusiastic for beta reading and asking good questions! ***** "My Duchess used to rub my head..." King Orgath exhaled and closed his eyes as Isonei tilted his head back, beginning at his temples and then drawing her nails over his scalp to the crown. "I learned to do this for my brother Geroth, he gets headaches....
Harry's notes: More on the short introduction of Ad Primus Rem. New characters. Some answers. Enjoy, and please talk to me; am I amusing you? Harry let his body fall to the ground when it reached his position, centered above the spot where the crackling paths of connection met and writhed around his mind; his body curled into a fetal shape, discarded bel...
Our story begins in an affluent community of Connecticut. A town of upper middle class families whose husbands earned salaries that allowed wives to remain at home often with too much time on their hands. Dominic and Theresa Scalia had moved to the area from California three years ago. Dominic had purchased the major banking institution in town and was opera...
The morning came much too early for Rafe. The first pink rays of dawn were spreading across the sky when two guards came to release him from his bonds. Rafe nearly snarled with foul temper as he waited impatiently while one of the guards untied him from the bed. He had managed only to nap fitfully during the night, waking frequently from his lustful dreams....