Mike tossed the issue of Variety on the small table beside him and looked at his watch. It was an old issue he'd read before, anyway. The casting agent seemed to have forgotten their appointment. He glanced at the bored receptionist, wondering what he should do next, when the door to the office opened. "Mike..." A thin, middle-aged man glanced at the photo...
From my earliest days, I have known that the horror would come for me. My mother whispered tales of it into the shell of my ear while I was in my very cradle, and as I grew my terror-filled imagination grew with me, my budding mind producing a being so real that it seemed it might slither from her stories and strangle me with its slime-slick, moss-covered te...
"So how long will you be gone?" he asked grudgingly, as he loaded her suitcase into the trunk of the car. "I don't know," she replied gently with a soft smile. "For as long as she needs me, I guess." He shoved his hands deep into his pockets and scowled at the ground. When he looked up again, she was watching him with an amused grin on her face. He raised...
Author's note: As always, I would like to thank the guild for their invaluable support, and give a special thank you to my editor JillieB. ********** Garek's dark penetrating eyes scanned the darkness as he led the way down the cobbled street. Every dark opening between the wooden shops, warehouses, and dwellings that lined the street seemed like a maw fro...
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006. If I had been lulled into a false sense of security by my wife's affair with Tommy resuming it's normal course following brother Jed's departure, I was certainly woken up by today's events. When we arrived at Tommy's he was standing on the drive waiting for us. "Don't get out, just drive to my instructions," he told me, climbi...
Moist soil gave way to tender blades of grass and a host of flowers. Kore waved her hand over the barren earth at the banks of a stream and bright green shoots appeared in its wake. A twirl of her fingers drew gentle buds up from the ground. "Larkspur, milady?" said Minthe, brushing her blonde hair behind one ear. "I doubt your mother would want even more...
I had watched the girl next door grow up without much notice until, well, she became noticeable. And then as a collage sophomore unmissable. To my surprise Cindy started turning up around my property out of the blue asking for help with something or other when her parents were away. Being fifty and long time married I was more than willing to lend a hand. Sh...
I'm a red-blooded American male... 26 years old... not great looking, but not too bad... six feet tall... college graduate with a steady, if somewhat dull job... lives in Los Angeles. So why was I having such a hard time getting laid? Oh, I have enough dates, but they haven't sparked enough interest in me to call them back after our first meeting. Let me e...
Disclaimer: All characters and events are fictional. ################# The news came as a shock to me. Due to recent changes in the company many employees were laid off. I was one of them. Apparently they were making huge losses. I tried to look for other job but my skills were so specific I could not find any. The rents were piling up. So my wife started...
Part I: Reunion She watched him slowly, her eyes going from pale green to emerald flecked with silver, Her slightly pointed ears tuning into his thoughts and his troubles. Poor Sean... He's forgotten everything. Including me. Byron Duncan walked with his sister and best friend on their way to a theater play. She whispered to the air, "Dreamscape take t...