After the kitsune scare, the rest of the dinner with Mei’s family proceeded without incident. Shin the flirt proceeded to flatter Mei at every turn—saying she was “so nice,” “so smart,” “so pretty,” and so on and so forth. All the nose wrinkling and retching faces made by her younger brother didn’t deter Shin in
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 50
Felicia fidgeted with her cigarette, flicking ash onto the marble floor. “Would you like something to drink?” Fernando inclined his head. She led him from the room, putting out her cigarette on the silk arm of a settee as she went. They walked across a cool foyer, then out onto a clay-tiled patio, bedecked with
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 175
Kagome could hardly believe her eyes, the place was so changed. But there was the village well, its crumbling old stones remortared and its rotting beams replaced. There was the scattering of dilapidated shacks which ringed it—although dilapidated no more. All the wood and thatching was bright, whole and fresh. In front of and around
Office Glory (Teaser, Explicit)
Once, Monica worked as an office aide. It was a mindless, paper-pushing job that bored her to tears. Her boredom was made even worse by the fact that her supervisor had relegated her to a lonely little cubicle in a back corner wing of the office. Her cubicle was located across the hall from the
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 49
Twenty miles northwest of Saguero lay the resort town of Antigua, nestled in the tree-studded, waterfall-laced slopes of the Paisa. With its alpine air and lofty elevation, Antigua afforded both wealthy residents and tourists alike a picturesque vantage from which to peer down on the mist-shrouded world below. Beautiful estates and resorts gleamed from the
Traveling this week
Hey y’all, just a quick announcement that I’ll be traveling to visit with family this week for the holidays, so I probably won’t be posting any updates to the blog until I get back home next week. Regular scheduled updates of my original fiction will still be posting to Patreon MWF, of course, so check
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 48
Emmanuella slumped back in her chair. She seemed winded by what Fernando could only assume were many long years of unvoiced discontent. The worry lines in her face etched deeper with obvious distress at what she’d said. What Fernando had pressed her to say. It was like lancing into an old wound, delving into the
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 174
“What happened to Jakken?” Shin asked, pulling back from Kagome’s embrace. “I sent him flying,” she replied, glancing west. Shin squinted in that direction. “How far?” “Not far enough,” Kagome said dryly. Shin grinned toothily. “Listen, Kaa-san: I know a way we can leave him in our dust.” Kagome laughed, ruffling his black hair and
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 173
“Now look what you’ve done!” Kagome and Jakken blurted at one another. Kagome froze. Then, she punted Jakken as far away as she could in the opposite direction, and she went off the road into the woods, on the trail of her sulking son. As she drew closer, she saw something blue and shimmery on