Wunderkind

“She’s the child music prodigy you all know and love! Please, welcome to the stage… Open Markle!” The thunderous din from their clapping hands and the incredible brilliance of the bright stage lights tore at her nerves. As her anxiety began to rise, she felt a hand on her shoulder.

There Be Pirates

With an imperceptible flick of her wrist, she produced a stunning amethyst-encrusted spyglass. Raising the device to her eye, she gazed intently through the lens. Reese’s panicked shout alerted her; almost immediately, Giselle dropped the spyglass and spun around. They’d been boarded!

The KISS Killer

His finger squeezed the trigger. The feeling was at once familiar and alien. It had been so long, but not long enough to affect his aim. The shot rang true, as evidenced by the sound of ripping flesh and the iron-like scent of hot, fresh blood. A psychotic grin warped his weathered face. Time to…

Abducted – pt 4

Continued from Abducted - pt 3. Read it here! ***Trigger Warning!*** Rick walked in carrying a brown paper grocery bag. Without even acknowledging me, he strolled into the kitchen. I’d been lying in the fetal position for the past few hours and slowly unfurled my legs and sat up. When he came back, Rick was…

Mini-Series: Abducted – pt 1

I was never afraid of the dark, but the night creeped me out. I was all too familiar with the sort of people who were active in the midnight hours, and I wanted nothing to do with them. Still, when you work until nine P.M., it’s unavoidable to be out at night. When the clock…

Just an Experiment…

Behind the red brick walls of a nondescript building, gathers a covert organization. Through the hallowed halls, under the gilded ceiling, sit the powers of the nation. There, they plot and plan, leaving the doors wide open for their cunning middleman to prove his devotion. It wasn't without hesitation, that I snuck onto the premises.…

Hekate’s 9th Key

Rose-colored curtains fluttered in the breeze. The open window faced a bright green lawn, split by a curved, stone walkway. The path led up to the front porch, where a mahogany double-door gleamed in the early morning light. Lying there, in the grass near the door, was a woman. She looked to be sleeping peacefully,…

Napoleon Dreams

'If you sit on a voodoo doll of yourself, would you ever be able to stand up?' This was the fourth random thought I’d had in about as many minutes. I couldn’t stand it any longer. Grumbling under my breath, I tossed the covers aside and slid out of bed. “Where you goin’?” my husband…

Grandma’s Crown

This hybrid lived for three hundred years, before passing the golden crown to his own child. Thus continued the line of succession until modern history. Once the line was muddied and forgotten, it became nothing more than another ancient legend of mythological Gods and Goddesses. But, it is much more than that.

Mattoon’s Bench ~ Part Two

Continued from Mattoon's Bench The loss of her husband, Henry, left Rosetta’s heart in utter turmoil. It had been only three days since he’d suddenly vanished, and the entire town was desperate to find him. He’d been the Mattoon postmaster for as long as anyone could remember, delivering the mail in a timely manner, every…

Mattoon’s Bench

The delivery date was surely a mistake. He tried to ask the man if he’d meant to write a different year, but the response he received was just as baffling as the contents of the note.

The Pride of a Scotsman

My #GSWP1 entry. As always, my submission is ineligible to be a Gold Star Writing Prompt Winner. His bagpipes were old and worn, but they were over two hundred years old. Made from the hide of a goat owned by his great-great-grandfather, they’d been carefully handcrafted for the large, burly man. Leith placed the instrument…

Remnants

She knew for sure they were not the same man… a woman can feel such details, even if she is blinded and bound.

Destination: DNA

Lindsey eyed her mother, her eyebrows furrowing with concern, “I don’t know, Mom. Are you ready?” 

With the engine running, Sherri’s hand hovered over the gearstick. “Probably not,” she admitted after a moment, “but, what the hell. Shall we?”

Humanity’s Last Lesson- Rebelieve

Saving two percent is better than letting them rot the entire thing. This solar system is our home, too.

Nixie’s Brothel

The scenes play out before my eyes, as if time were merely a thinly veiled curtain.

Undermuck

The grainy tides ebb and flow, rising and falling as the breath of a sleeping dragon, hoarding his trinkets and gold.

Odette’s Return

Looking up, he saw a brilliant white light shuddering through the old, creaky building. In slow motion, the steeple began to cave in, and the walls warped in and out of shape.

Charles Ashton Thomas III Gets Revenge

His dark coat made him look mysterious, and he stopped every so often to ensure it was well in place.

The Hollow Children

“Nico Phillip Demaray! You’ve been in the woods again, haven’t you?” Paulette was furious. “You know how dangerous it is to wander out there alone. How many times do I have to tell you to stay away?!”

The Hollow Children – Annmarie’s Folly

“‘Twas something in the gardens, m’Lord. I found Mistress Winifred lying on the ground - asleep-like. I knew something bad must’ve happened. When she woke, she started running to the bushes, shouting for Annmarie.”