The Stonehouse Mysteries - The Malicious Masquerade (Full)
Many people believe, thanks to both my own claims and the published works I have released, that my first case was that affair with the forged banknotes. However, since I am now setting the record straight it makes sense to go back to the first real...
The Stonehouse Mysteries 1.7 - The Malicious Masquerade
The aftermath of the incident passed for me in a blur of pain and painkillers. I was rather out of it when help found us; our car having swerved off the road several miles away from the village when a passing farmhand spotted us on his way to work. He...
The Stonehouse Mysteries 1.6 - The Malicious Masquerade
At first I thought that the fungal grove beyond the pit had somehow begun to collapse in on its self. I noticed the rotting trees and growths begin to nod and hunch towards that grotesque pit. Then a burst of ghastly steam and smoke, like the...
The Stonehouse Mysteries 1.4 - The Malicious Masquerade
Del and I were met in the hallway by some of the roguish henchmen that seemed to act as staff in the manor. They were tight-lipped as they lead us deeper into the house. Eventually we came to what appeared to be some sort of long gallery or adjoining...
The Stonehouse Mysteries 1.5 - The Malicious Masquerade
The passage through the dark gallery felt like an age, although it could only have been a few moments. I had kicked and bitten at my captors as best I could, and in the end they bodily hoisted me by my arms and legs to prevent too much danger to...
The Stonehouse Mysteries 1.3 - The Malicious Masquerade
Although I was quite dismayed at the state of the outside of Will's house, the interior was a vast improvement. Of course that left it somewhere shy of neglected, but at least it wasn't as bad as I had pictured. The floor was bare boards, grimy and...
The Stonehouse Mysteries 1.1 - The Malicious Masquerade
Many people believe, thanks to both my own claims and the published works I have released, that my first case was that affair with the forged banknotes. However, since I am now setting the record straight it makes sense to go back to the first real...
The Stonehouse Mysteries 1.2 - The Malicious Masquerade
The party was advertised as being a week or so away. Delilah and I had spent several days firefighting our baying creditors and trying our best to sort out the dreadful mess Uncle Bob had left us. By the end of it we were more than looking forward to...
The Masquerade part 5: Courting (epilogue)
Perique Blend practically galloped across the drawbridge and in through the front gates of Castle Blood. It had been nearly a week since she'd last visited the Clocktower Society, on the night of the vampire's ball. She had very fond memories of that...
The Masquerade part 4: The Vampire's Ball
masquerade balls were traditional, were they not? he donned the blood red mask with a smile. he had no particular plans, but he had a feeling that tonight was going to be a lot of fun.
Diamond in my eye 1
A kitten followed by a cop, masquerading as a killer engaged in tonight's exercise.
Guadalupe (prequel)
The wolf's eyes swirled with disillusioned insanity in his sockets and all the devils and angels of heaven and hell combined had engaged in an orgy-fueled masquerade ball within the deepest recesses of his mind, now teeming with absolute pain beyond anything