(Author's Note: The Wizard of Oz is a fixture of western culture. A story of innocence, strength and hope, of good family values and perseverance against all odds. But it also makes for the basis of a damn good fantasy. Which is what this tale is all about. This is the story of a sweet young country girl -- of legal age, of course -- who gets swept up in an...
This story is for my good friend.. Lorri, Happy Birthday! Life leads us in many different directions. We meet many kinds of people along the road we take. Some are friends for awhile, some are friendships that last a lifetime if we're lucky. Then of course, there are those that are one night stands. Remembered fondly if worth remembering at all. Lorri was...
06. The Tin Man "I don't think that we're ever going to get out of this forest," Dorothy said as she walked down the yellow brick road, carrying Toto under her arm. Tall, old trees lined either side of the path and the leaves above them completely blocked out the sky. Without being able to see the sun, there was no way to tell what time it was or how long t...
Dorothy woke to the sound of katydids and the discovery that the sun hadn't moved in the sky. What is this place? she wondered, getting to her feet, remembering the incredible sex she had just had with a man who was not quite real. Her body however, reminded her how real it had been, for her legs wobbled and her head swam. Exiting the corn field, she found...
I am a third year lawyer with a big firm in Dallas. Each year there is a large Halloween Party at the firm and everybody gets really dressed up for it. It has been a tradition for some of the senior partners to ask one of the younger lawyers and their wife to join them in going as a group of characters out of some movie. This year the theme was the Wizard o...
Abstract: Every few decades every imaginable trope of All Hallows' Eve gather at a special haunted house for one and only one mysterious purpose, but first the staff must be assembled. ***** THE WRETCHED ACOLYTES Seemingly lost in a void of fog, a tall slender woman wrapped snuggly in a long black gown ventured across a dead grassy meadow. The mist choke...
(Musical credit to: Ace of Base, "Don't Turn Around," written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren.) Henry got out of Al's truck, taking care not to damage his 'Tin-Man' costume. He put his tin funnel back on his head and turned to see Charlie standing by his side dressed as the Scarecrow. After a moment, Al sullenly came stumping around the front of the t...
Let’s see, Katnipper brings everyone up to date on what’s happened up until now in this little space after the title. Why doesn’t she just tell everyone to read the first four chapters before starting on number five? The heck with all that recapping stuff, the important thing is that I’m Dorothy, and I’ve taken over the writing of this story. Kat is stuck in...
Tracy asked "Gloria are you going to Sally's Halloween party next week?" "No afraid not, my husband refuses to dress up and won't g," I answered. "My husband won't go ether, so why don't we go together and leave the two stick in the muds home." I didn't have to think twice about it "okay Trace it's a date. Now what are we going to wear?" "We're sitting h...
"Take off my dress," Elise tells herself, "okay, right." But it feels weird to do that here, in the dining room of this woman's house, and with that other girl, Mule, around. Elise has always been shy about showing herself off and especially in front of strangers. A large grandfather clock stands in the corner beside the archway to the kitchen beyond. The...