If you didn't look down, the powder almost felt like you were walking through snow. But it wasn't cold. It had a soft, silky feeling similar to when a cat rubbed your leg. Holding the cloth tight to my face to keep out the dust, I made my way through the darkening afternoon towards the old truck sitting beside the tall wagon it towed. Colored like a circus...
Drifting upstream through the mist our Lady feels the coolness of the shadows upon her body. Only as the sun flickers through the treetops a halo of light surrounds the lady with warmth. Our lady smiles with the warmth of the surrounds as distant echoes of falling water intermingled with her feathered friends playing their tunes of Pan, tunes to encourage, t...
The moon was round and bright through the trees, the sky a deep blue velvet drape speckled with stars. The gentle wind kissed her bare skin, and the earth was soft beneath her. Her hair, a glorious bounty the colour of wheat, spread around her head like a halo of sunlight. She waited patiently on the ground where she lay, waited for the rite to begin, for th...
In a cathedral overlooking most of the town of Raegustus, a man in a silver-embroidered black cloak stood watch over the quiet scape below. He smiled to himself, looking up at the waxing gibbous moon... tomorrow it would be full, and the ceremony could take place. All that was left was the sacrifice... and his assistants were taking care of that matter as he...
Brett was an attractive boy with a swimmer's build in his late twenties with short dirty blonde hair, clean cut in appearance with soft features and a chiseled, toned but slender body. He had been busting his ass since high school trying to make a name for himself as a musician, but as more time had passed without landing that elusive record deal, he began t...
I'm not Catholic, nor can I comprehend why some may feel it's necessary to purge themselves to a nondescript person who hides behind a little black curtain. My desire to confess stems merely from a need to sift through the ashes and a morbid fascination to record one of the biggest mistakes of my life. By doing so, I lessen the chance of this ever happening...
From her balcony, High Priestess looked over the line of acolytes. They avoided her eye, hoping to escape selection. The priestess sympathized, but she had no choice. These young women had a stature and authority seldom possessed by females. Soldiers and kings had to bow their heads when the servants of the God Edes spoke. Edes spoke only to His High Pries...
April gave me a few minutes to catch my breath and for my tears to subside. When I had finally stopped sobbing, she held up a handcuff key where I could see it and said, "For your second punishment, I need you to turn around and face me. If I unchain you from the wall, will you turn around and allow me to chain your wrists to the wall again?" What an impos...
+ + + + + Weblink: Nestled in the Berkshires, "The Virgin and the Unicorn" Bed and Breakfast sports some of the most beautiful scenery of the Northeast. As featured in "Haunted America" tours, perhaps as you sip apple cider this Halloween, you will be visited by the couple reputed to haunt the grounds. Local folklore holds that this working farm and manor...
The summer's evening was warm enough for everyone's appreciation. Though summer it was not unknown for it to rain and be generally miserable but tonight it promised to be one of those magical evenings that would be perfect. The week had been full of preparations for the Earl of L---------'s Masque and Ball. Those happy few with invitations remembered other a...