"Your Grace, Grand Master Sura is without and kindly requests a moment of your time," Eve said, bowing. "Of course. Send her in," Evelyn replied. She placed the book A Study of Magi and Their Role in Society on the table, marked the page she was reading, and rose smoothly from the chair by her windows. Eve returned a moment later with Sura following behind...
**** This story takes place amid the gathering clouds of the period leading up to the War of 1812-14 and a little beyond that, ending about 1815, though this won't encompass all of that. I'll only focus on a few individuals and events. I've tried hard to get it right, but I can't guarantee anything. Some of the characters lived at the time, and as far as t...
Author's note: the following story is purely a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. The author wishes to express his gratitude to Angel Love for her editing to make this a better story. * I stood on the ground at the bottom of three steps leading to the long, wide veranda of the main ranch house and called, "...
Chapter 1: It was the worst luck they'd had yet. A freak blizzard had stranded them in their latest safehouse and they had missed their scheduled flight out of the country. Red had been in contact with Dembe to let him know that they would not be able to make it to the airstrip where his private jet was on standby, waiting to spirit them away overseas. T...
Author Note: This story was a collaboration between myself and another. He started the story, and then we switched off, the asteriks noting our switches. It's a bit slow in the beginning, it was our first combined effort story, so we didn't really know where we were taking it at first. * * * A cold, stiff wind was blowing down the dark subu...
The chronological order of my stories is as follows: Todd & Melina series, Interludes 1-5, Sperm Wars series, Russian Roulette series, Case of the Murdered Lovers series, Case of the Murdered Chessplayer series, The Swap series, Interludes 6-10, The Murdered Football Player Series, Case of the Black Widow series, Teresa's Christmas Story, The Case of the Bl...
"Mein Gott!" "Lord Kraus! Wilhelm, help me!" "Bernhardt, no!" Wilhelm Kraus spun in the saddle, trying to keep a grip on his man's hand. The vines that had encircled Bernhardt and his other men-at-arms were grotesque and clinging. Diseased-looking, green flesh with thorns as long as Wilhelm's little finger were twining swiftly around their limbs. He watch...
As I sit alone in the room I suddenly think back to how this all started ten months ago... At 5:00PM I got the call that my dinner meeting that night was canceled. As important as this meeting was for me I was glad that it was canceled because it would give me a chance to spend the evening with my wife. It seemed that lately I was always working late or goi...
Welcome back! There's a place in this chapter that feels like there should have been a fist bump... For those of you reading The Runesmith Chronicles for the first time I recommend going back and starting at Chapter One. Mostly so you have a better understanding of how things like the magic system works and what's going on as I often reference earlier chap...
Heather and I drove anxiously toward town. It was nearly dark and the last bits of sunlight emitted a fading pink glow on the horizon. The 25-minute trip from our house to the bar was plagued by silence. Nerves and excitement played a role in that, but I guess it was starting to dawn on us that this may be the point of no return. See, this moment had been a...