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Dark Father

05Nov15

A cloud crossed the watery full moon turning the bright night a shade dimmer for a second until it cleared. Dark houses, merely silhouettes to mortal eyes, stood like hollow-eyed sentinels overlooking the suburban avenue. Not that there was much to see. The rain had cleared the streets a little now and only a few […]


“How come only the kids get candy on Halloween,” Stacey moaned. Caroline rolled her eyes and prepared to repel borders. She knew when Stacey was about to sound off with another of her kooky ideas. “Why don’t we doll up all sexy like and hit the homesteads around town. I bet if we played it […]


Father Severest

06Nov12

The wind chose that moment to rise, sending a sudden rushing sound through the surrounding trees silhouetted against a slate-grey sky. It was a transient violence that passed as quickly as it had come so that the graveyard once was again as quiet as before. Anya paused to listen, her senses acute to the merest […]