That’s a well-thought out layout, Caldenia said. But why pink marble? She waved at the ceiling. Pink marble, white ceiling, golden accents… With the electric lighting it will turn into this ghastly or...
You see, the mailman saw your husband during one of his walks. He’s my fiancé, I told her. We are living in sin. Heather blinked, momentarily knocked off her stride, but recovered. Oh, that’s nice. It...
The pervert.He prefers to think of himself as sexual deviant.Semantics.
That’s the problem. People, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It’s easy to be a cog in a machine: yo...
The Beast Lord walked out of the warehouse. The screen went dark.My knight in furry armor.Saiman opened his mouth. This is why I didn't. Personally, I think your smile is inappropriate.
The Beast Lord way: often wrong but never in doubt.
The Dude just pounded his way in a straight line, convinced that the lion was a figment of his imagination and that the vampire ahead of him was just Grendel's deformed mutant brother.
The Khanum? Arland coughed. The last sip of tea must’ve gone wrong.Are you unwell? Dagorkun inquired.Healthy as a krahr, Arland said.That’s such a relief. I would hate for some illness to interfere an...
The Order of Merciful Aid provided merciful aid, usually on the edge of a blade or the burn of a bullet.
The Scourge of Mexico and the most terrifying Prime in Houston unhinged his manly jaws and said the only thing he could, Yes, Mother.
The beasties dashed left, rounded the corner, and stopped before a square foot-wide vent secured by a metal grate. Use the small tooth, Cornelius intoned. Open the burrow. I’m in a Disney movie, Augus...
The boy wonder didn’t melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena’s chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy.
Yes, I'm a hermit. Mostly I brood, Mad Rogan said. Also, I'm very good at wallowing in self-pity. I spend my days steeped in melancholy, looking out the window. Occasionally a single tear quietly roll...
We live in Houston, Texas! Grandma wiped her hands with a rag. You’d get heat stroke.
The degenerate is at the Guild, Curran said. Regenerating.
When unsure of the stranger’s intentions, the best policy is to open a meaningful dialogue. Hey, dickhead! Who taught you to shoot, Louis Braille? That arrow missed me by a mile.
Too much excitement, Your Majesty? I asked.He was standing too close.He was asking about Andrea.Too close. I didn’t like it. Curran wrapped his arm around my shoulders and started walking,steering me...
The dusk had arrived on the wings of a night moth, silent and soft. The sky above me darkened to a deep, beautiful purple. Stars glowed high above, and below them, as if inspired by their light, tiny...
The endars were peaceful creatures. The green fur wasn’t fur at all; it was moss that grew from their skin. They lived underneath old oaks, rooted to the big trees in a state of quiet hibernation, abs...
The first magic wave kicked the world in the face.
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