“I tell ya Gwen, sometimes I feel like the Barney Fife of Vampire Land”. Jess Green, chief of the Clearview police department in Florida, rolled her eyes in the direction of her best friend; a smirking Gail Towne. “Oh, poor baby”. Gail pursed her lips, gifting her friend with a sharp nudge. “You get to…
Mumbai is not India. I know, I’ve been to other parts of it over the years, and even lived in Delhi as a young boy. Mumbai, in Maharashtra province, is a part of India trying to be something else, yet somehow cannot break free from its Indian roots (nor should it). It is barely 10…
Sonya calls in to work, and dials her five digit identification number. She waits to hear the recorded message telling her she’s now clocked into the service, before hanging up the phone up. Now, all she has to do was wait for it to ring. Sunday afternoons were usually very slow for her. Knowing it…
Drew was taking her out tonight, and she was really excited. They’d been invited to a party by a couple they’d met on vacation last year, who happened to live in their area. Sue and Dave had been great fun, if a little too open with their affections for each other sometimes. As Drew had…
“Damn it, Roddy!” Mel tore out of the back door of the cabin, across the small overgrown lawn, and into the woods after her Labrador. He was barking furiously and running at full speed, deeper and deeper into the forest. “Roddy, come HERE!” She gasped, tripping over tree roots and wincing as branches caught the…
The knight stood guard outside the chamber door. The halls of the castle, lit only by a last few guttering torches, echoed faintly. The witching hour was long past, and all but the final shift of guardsmen were asleep. Sir Aldred had been until recently a knight of very little consequence. Hailing from a remote…