Magic Circle

Elijah was sure a maker of magic must live in some dark, secluded place. The edge of the city, where the rows of houses snap into ever-marching prairie. Some small forest or collection of trees, dark and gloomy from thick branches even in the middle of the day. Perhaps somewhere in the city, but underContinue reading “Magic Circle”

Three Ghosts on Christmas Eve

Keith got woken up at exactly midnight by some sound or another in his bedroom and he was immediately up, standing next to the bed, the baseball bat he kept underneath already in his hands. “Don’t be afraid!” said a voice. “For I am the ghost-” Keith swung the baseball bat in the direction ofContinue reading “Three Ghosts on Christmas Eve”

Nature, Nurture

The Bloodiest Girls’ Night “Absolutely not.” It’s what Shaun had said to Honey, roughly an hour ago. Specifically, they were absolutely not taking the hunter back to the apartment they were technically, sort-of, not really renting from a dead woman named Shirley Hagle. Strictly speaking Shirley was still renting the apartment from the Happy HomesContinue reading “Nature, Nurture”

The Bloodiest Girls’ Night

Outside the Sundae Fundae The thing about vampires and vampire hunters is they both believed themselves to be better hunters than they were. The vampires were first, walking down the street in a raucous and outrageously dressed group of four. Women out on a girl’s night, looking to make bad decisions. Except all of theirContinue reading “The Bloodiest Girls’ Night”