The night calls to me, its breath alive with slippery temptations. I scan the shadows of the cobblestone alley for things that creep and crawl. They dive and dart past pools of light, cast by the flickering glow of midnight torches.
How I longed for the chase. I cursed the…
The Girl with Silver Hands
He came as most demons do, in the velvet black of the night and with a deal sweeter than honey-dipped berries. Maybe if father had known it was actually syrup sweetened absinthe he’d have thought a moment or two before agreeing to the devil’s terms.
All…
Jack and the Beanstalk
It had been many years since Jack had returned from the beanstalk. His skin had been weathered by time, his wrinkles a map of his long life. His dear wife, Ariella, had succumbed to her own old age only the week before, and now it was…
Rapunzel
Most people died of three causes: old age, disease, or murder. The first was preferable, of course. The second less so, but it was acceptable under the right set of circumstances.
No one wanted to fall victim to the last. Least of all the poor boys Marissa occasionally dragged bloodied…
The Little Mermaid
My eyes scanned the dim bar scene at The Sunken Ship through the hefty tobacco smoke clouding around the lights. That’s when I saw her, sitting at the bar like a peacock, showing off her goods. Her young bosom was zipped tightly in a leather tank-top with…
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Alice in Wonderland
She wouldn’t see it coming. No one would. How could they? He hadn’t even seen it coming until his eyes opened and that first breath entered his lungs. He hadn’t expected, didn’t understand. How could life find a way into a body that had none?
As he walked…
He knew it was crazy to look for her, but Eli couldn’t help himself. The city was filthy with demons these days and he suspected that Lily was among them. He’d heard the stories and read all the documents. She was special—an angel among the damned. But she didn’t…