In the halls of Hogwarts, many recently matured witches and wizards find themselves in the prime position of being surrounded by those who arouse them, while having nearly unlimited access to the best of the world’s magical knowledge at their fingertips. Who would blame these miscreant students for trying a curse or a charm to improve their love life? Even p...
All characters in this story are at least 18 years old. The sun had disappeared below the horizon and the moon threw cold light onto the graveyard. Ground fog hung between the graves as a person, wearing a dark coat, the hood pulled deep into his face. Then a second person, dressed the same, appeared from behind a grave. Both raised their wands, pointing at...
The sharp clacking sound of her cadencing stilettos grows louder with each step. It pierces my ears and all else is fading to white noise. Clack..clock..clack..clock. The waves stir the sleeping monster bedded in my loins. My imagination waits patiently for the revealing sight of the promising clad above the clacks. Then, she suddenly steps into view and rev...
EPILOGUE In the summer, two and a half years after finding irrefutable evidence that Sergeant Tom was the founder of Palin, Gina Lott, heavily pregnant and wearing her ceremonial chain with the symbolic key to the city, sat alongside the Governor on the dais on The Balcony on Gina's modernized Youngerman Building (formerly known as the Gaynor Building). Tub...
She was sitting down having her coffee. It was warm and she felt relaxed, breathing in the first air of spring. She could see him a few tables further. He wasn't particularly handsome but he seemed quite tall and he had a certain playfulness in his smile. She smiled back and went back in her thoughts. He dropped his newspaper. As he bend down to pick it up,...
Colloquial English can be colourful if a little confusing for the non UK resident. In this short story I have attempted, in I hope a humorous way, to enlighten those readers who may have been having problems understanding some stories, movies, or TV programmes made by us Brits. Cheers (Good luck) * Tom and Alec made their way up the street towards the bo...
Tom's head was in the clouds. He wasn't quite sure where he was or why he was there. His muddled brain wouldn't allow him to focus on such trivial concerns. Soft, powdery earth cushioned his back, sweat cooled on his skin and Tom felt none of it. His thoughts floated listlessly, focusing on nothing and everything at once. His eyes however, were opened wide,...
During the few minutes interruption while the twins were cleaning their hands, a distinct commotion was heard from somewhere in the deeper ranks of the crowd. As the two sisters resumed their place on the stage, it was apparent that something peculiar was happening. From their vantage point on the stage Mary Kate and Ashley soon found themselves laughing he...
Tommy was feeling stumped. He admittedly felt that way most of the time but tonight he was feeling particularly vexed. Four things were currently indecipherable in his brain: 1) Black Canary had been cold & distant ever since that night in Ra's Al Ghul's lair. Tommy had tried to engage her both verbally and physically and she had rejected him. Tommy didn't...
Copyright PennameWombat April 2019 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual e...