What's the worst thing that can happen? Tyrus said. The dungeons. That's not so bad. I heard they're relatively nice in the springtime. Not too cold. Not too damp. They'd be quiet and peaceful. Tyrus...
We’re home, I said. Well, not our home but… I leaned back into the cushions and let out a happy sigh. Close enough for now.Feels good, doesn’t it?Unbelievably good.I opened my eyes and glanced at him....
We’d gone about five kilometers when we rounded a bend to see a tiny roadside store with a gas bar.Yes! Corey said, pumping the air. We are now, officially, rescued.You think? Hayley said. I’m not see...
Well, either you have a compartment under this floor, containing a living person, or the property is infested by giant moles
We did as we were told, staying outdoors, and not bothering Jeremy and Peter. Yet that could bedone while sitting outside the study window, where we could listen to the conversation within.Kids who do...
There's one you don't see in the movies. Nothing says 'I love you' like 'I tracked down this guy for you to kill.
There wasn’t much there—just Macy’s school texts, various biology and anatomy and nursing tomes. Fascinating stuff, I’m sure. Especially the one on thanatochemistry, whatever the hell that was.
There are just as many bitches out there as bastards. Equal opportunity asshole-ism.
The upshot of her tirade was that I was the devil's spawn and should be locked up in a tower before I unleashed hordes of the living dead to slaughter them all in their sleep. Well, maybe that's an ex...
The teenage girl goes to the fortune-teller, whose gypsy grandmother says she’s cursed.Maybe that was it. Like one of those reality TV shows. You got pranked.In Nanaimo? Must be a low-budget Canadian...
The sliding back door to the house squealed. Daniel stepped onto the deck. Rafe and I were still in the woods, but we could see him, through the trees, and he could see us. He stopped dead. Kenjii rac...
The secretary moved in to block Simon as I followed Thierry into the office. As the door closed, I heard her whisper, I think it's very sweet, you sticking up for your brother like that.I'm not trying...
The mummy twitched. This time, both Ronan and Tyrus leaped on it, blades slashing. Ronan severed an arm. Tyrus cleaved the corpse clean in half, the legs falling free. Yet the thing was already in fli...
The first people who come for us will likely be the kidnappers. It’d be safer to get to a phone and call our parents.Everyone looked around. The mainland was a dark blob on the eastern horizon. To the...
The dreams started a few months ago, he said. Dreams of fields. Fields of grapes and olives, which is weird enough. I’m not even sure if I knew how olives grow, but in the dream, I knew that’s what th...
The cottage was a hunting lodge--a cabin lacking a single flourish that turned it from a functional building into a vacation residence. It was off-season, but these places often did double-duty as a g...
That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.
Suddenly he was right there, his mouth on mine, my arms around his neck. Then he stopped. He caught my arms and backed up, studying my face. Has anyone had access to your drinks recently? he said. Any...
Still sitting, he reached out and pulled me toward him. We stayed there, looking at each other, his hand still wrapped in my shirt hem, my heart hammering so hard I was sure he could hear it.when I in...
Sorry, I said, hurrying over to him. Are you--?As I bent, he tried to snag my leg and yank me down, but I danced back out of reach.Did you really think I’d fall for that? I said.Hoping.