What's next? If there are vampires in there, they probably drink artificial blood plasma substitute.
We’re in this one. I pointed to the class shot. That’s me, and that’s Sam over there.I think that’s Bryan, Sam said.Is it? I squinted. Maybe…It was impossible to tell, really.
Well, no matter how dire the situation, if my dad offers you a new truck, don’t do it. There’s a serious string attached.Huh? he said.I told him what my dad had said. That got him laughing and as we p...
We walked about fifteen minutes before we heard an oncoming car. Corey stepped into the middle of the road. A pickup whipped around the curve. Corey waved his arms. The guy in the pickup laid on his h...
We lay there a moment, entwined around each other, panting. Then I lifted my head to look at the room. Two broken lamps. One ripped pillowcase. One damaged headboard. Not bad ... Oh, shit. Was that a...
We had to get him to a doctor and, until then, I could only presume it was heart failure and perform CPR if he stopped breathing.I unbuttoned the mayor’s shirt. When Nicole inched forward, the pilot s...
We got out. I glanced at Daniel.He sighed. Go on.You sound like you’re giving a five-year-old permission to play with an unsuitable friend.If the shoe fits…
We got out. I glanced at Daniel.He sighed. Go on.You sound like you're giving a five-year old permission to play with an unsuitable friend.If the shoe fits...I flipped off.Watch it or I won't marry yo...
We ditched the car in one of the big shopping plazas in Nanaimo’s north end. From there, we’d hop a city bus to the ferry. Before that, though, I found a pay phone. I put in my money and dialed my gra...
Was it a camp? Daniel asked. Sean nodded. A naturist camp.Maya will feel right at home, Corey said from his spot on a wooden lawn chair. Daniel sputtered a laugh and Sean tried to hide his.Naturist, n...
Walshes had been taking advantage of gullibility and stupidity ever since they conned their fellow cavemen out of their spears. Highwaymen, pirates, swindlers, and card sharks . . . their family histo...
Wake him up! Hayley shouted. Someone wake him up!Daniel and I shook the pilot. The helicopter dropped a couple of feet and we stumbled. Corey ran over.Help me get him out! he shouted to Daniel as he g...
Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea.Not really, I said. They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.
Too much of anything reduces the overall effect of happiness and satisfaction.
This was a doctor. Sworn to heal, not to judge. But judge she did, in the twist of her lips and the chill of her tone.
They’re trying to use the dog. It was Antone. But she’s not cooperating. She just lays down and growls at anyone who touches her.
They aren’t following us, Corey said. aren’t they following us?They know it won’t be hard to find four kids tearing through the woods, Rafe said. Daniel’s right. We need to split up. Better than that...
The muse is a fickle bitch. Woke me at five. You’re
The memo said they were leaving cleanup on Project Genesis to the St. Clouds, and they’d get involved later if it looked ‘profitable.’Cleanup? Daniel swore. Not liking the sound of that.Apparently the...
The intruder finished in the living room and went into the bedroom. More searching. Now Daniel was the one getting restless, fidgeting and shifting. When I tried to pull away to give him room, he jump...