Cocked & Loaded
My eyes ached as I opened them and even then, there wasn't much to see. Ahead there was something wooden and a white plaster brick wall beyond that. Beyond that, with my poor vision, I was at a loss. I tried to move but immediately found myself in a...
Try Not To Be A Dog
It was a bright and beautiful July afternoon, on a Saturday, where in an upscale strip mall outside of a froyo shop sat a woman enjoying a copiously topped treat. With a spoonful that contained three different frogurt flavors, sprinkles, melted...
Regretfully Yours
Stillness surrounded the massively extravagant Georgian style mansion in the dead dark of cloudy night. A few distant rumbles of thunder barely broke the silence. Then there was a shattering of glass when an antique wooden chair came crashing through a...
So You Want To Be Wolves
"Wolves, huh? Sure, I can do wolves. It's more of a question of how do you want to do wolves?" replied the shopkeeper thoughtfully. The unexpected question confused Matt for a moment. "How? I guess through,...
A Bargain For Fate
Gale had been looking forward to this convention as soon as it popped up on the event calendar. Living out in the sticks like she was, it was the one time a year that she could attend one of this size so it was rightfully a very big deal to her. Held...
When The Upper Hand Has You
Taking a deep breath the wizard's apprentice, Vasily steeled his temperament for the likely confrontation to come. He made the long walk from the regal manor house out the large barn where his master's laboratory was, all the while...
Tead Off
"Don't be fooled by the décor. It's actually a very magical place," Trey said to his friends Iris and Avery as they entered what had the appearance of an unremarkable junk shop. "You weren't talking about...
Seeing Her Man About A Dog
"Big dog when it comes to sales again. Congrats are in order, Justin," Greg toasted his fellow executive with champagne in hand. Sitting in the lounge chair beside Greg was Thomas, another executive at the company who had just...
Mare-do-well
A friend's birthday party was the reason for John's late, drunken night out. He got home late, barely able to keep his feet under him, and managed to go to the bathroom before passing out in bed on top of the covers. The abiding slumber would have...
Heather's Cock and Bull Story
"Has anyone seen Heather?" Laura asked as she exited the barn to her coworkers chatting out front by some hay bales. The two women, Vanessa and Gisela, gave a mutual perplexed shrug. Vanessa, Heather's best...
Tina's Big Mess
Tina Martin's day started early and in a very unusual place for the preppy, green eyed buxom redhead. She was at a farm for the first time in her life trying to sneak into the stable. The elderly owner of the...
Disapproval Breeds Disaster
The location wasn't what either Alexander or Ariel had in mind when they originally decided to tie the knot. Downwind of what smelled like a pig sty and in the shadow of a barn it was anything from romantic. But circumstances had...