Literature

“Nice glow,” Bastien told me when he answered the door the following afternoon.”Yeah. Tell me about it.” I traipsed into his house wearing the Tabitha body, and pulled up a…

“Georgina?”I looked up from a baffling return Tammi had asked me to help her with. A customer without a receipt was attempting a refund on a stack of books with…

We stood rooted in the bedroom, frozen, both of us too terrified to blink. Downstairs, the door shut and footsteps could be clearly heard on the hardwood floor. A low…

One thing about working in a bookstore is you have immediate access to print media:Nocturnal Admission is a treat for the senses, one of those rare jewels that emerges from…

I jerked my head away from him.”What?” Bastien didn’t miss a beat, obviously amused by my reaction. “You heard me. We’re going to break in. I overheard Bill saying the…

“Doug!”He shrugged. “It’s not a big deal. I mean, it’s pretty hot, really.” “But I didn’t do those things. It’s not really me.” “She sounds just like you. Her name…

“You’re such a dork, Doug!””Fuck, that hurt!” Doug Sato, the other dysfunctional assistant manager here and one of the most entertaining mortals I knew, pulled off the rubber mask he’d…

“Bastien,” I breathed, still disbelieving. “Bastien!”I threw my arms around him, and he lifted me up like I weighed nothing, twirling me around. When he gently set me back on…

Demons are scary.No matter what religion or walk of life you come from, this remains pretty constant. Oh sure, they have their absurd moments – especially in the circles I…

“Why so blue, Kincaid?”I looked up from the information desk’s computer screen to see Doug leaning lazily over the counter’s edge. “Am I?” “Sure. You have the saddest look on…

Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream. And sometimes, every once in a while, you wake up in someone else’s dream.”If he wanted…

“Well?” Roman asked softly. “What do you think? Will you go with me?””I don’t know,” I replied, looking down. “I’m afraid.” A tremulous note hung in my voice. He turned…

“Two,” he said after a moment’s hesitation. “Just two.””Just two,” I repeated flatly, thinking oh shit. “Is that including you?” “Yes.” I rubbed my temples, wondering how I could warn…

“You faked it… faked being affected by me,” I realized, shock making my words come out thick and faltering.Still chuckling, he took a step toward me, and I cringed, frantically…

I had no boyfriend. Despite all the uncertainties in my world, that at least was one thing I could feel confident about. Unfortunately, this nephilim apparently had a more optimistic…

“My apologies for the abrupt transport,” Carter continued. “Jerome started freaking out that I’d left you alone for so long.””I’ve never ‘freaked out’ in my life – er, existence, er…

Carter brought me daffodils the next morning. I had no idea where he could have found them this time of year. He’d probably teleported to another continent.”What are these?” I…

Around ten the next morning, the phone jolted me out of a dream I’d been having about jellyfish and mint chocolate chip ice cream. Rolling over, I picked it up,…

I woke to the sound of Aubrey purring in my ear. Sensing my consciousness, she moved closer and licked the part of my cheek near my earlobe, her whiskers gently…

“Georgina?””I’m still here.” “Pretty fucked up, huh? I guess this kills your angel theory.” “I’m not so sure.” My initial feeling of dismay was being replaced by a new idea,…