Kieran watched her go, his smile fading as utter confusion set in. He’d known of Katie, obviously. Anyone within fifty miles of town knew of the Petersens. He’d seen her around, but she’d never spoken to him before. In fact, until she’d asked him about the survey for the student paper yesterday, she’d given no sign she even knew he existed. Kieran felt the envious, resentful eyes of other boys on him and squirmed beneath...

I Logan was streaming “Girls Riot 4” on his 85-inch screen. As the movie started, a naked girl glided up to the camera, stuck her hand through the screen, smiled, looked straight at Logan, motioned with her finger, and said, “C’mon in, lonesome stranger.” She did not have to say it twice. Logan climbed through the screen. He emerged on the front lawn of a large house, surrounded by a brick and mortar wall. In the doorway...

Olivia Olivia held the elevator door open for Nora as she stepped into her darkened apartment. She reached out and flipped the light switch on the wall, bathing the loft in soft, warm light. She emptied her pockets onto the table beside the door and kicked off her heels. “Make yourself at home,” she said as she slid her palm down to the small of Nora’s back, guiding her in toward the living room. “Do you want something to...

People have been talking about angels since the dawn of time, but there is no single definition of what we mean by the word. Are we talking about some heavenly creation all in white with big feathery wings? It's a nice image, a comforting thought that such wonderful beings can be dispatched from above to save us in our time of great need, but it requires a bit of faith in God, which is not a popular trait in this day and...

Eighteen-year-old Katie Petersen had a skip in her step and a smile on her face as she headed for the bus stop one cold and clear February morning. Her school uniform was fresh from the dry cleaners, her teeth white and immaculate, and her strawberry-blonde hair hung down to her shoulders and swayed with each step she took. Today was a special day, one she had been looking forward to. Now it was finally here, and Katie wa...

Chapter 11 Nora “Hi baby!” Nora squealed in a pitch at least an octave higher than her natural register as she walked through her front door on Tuesday evening, arms full of bags and keys dangling precariously from her fingers. Being the mother of a cat was so often a test, not only in patience, but in balance as well. Tony weaved through Nora’s legs in bouncing figure-eights as he meowed so loud she was positive her elde...

This is a story about me, Steven. I’m married with a wonderful family. My wife has a brother who is also a family man, and he’s married to Kelly. Kelly is good-looking, in her mid-thirties, and around five-foot-eight in height. She’s a slightly chubby girl with the most perfect curves in all the right places. She wears glasses, has a cute smile, and has long dark hair. She’s got fairly large breasts, if a little too large...

Honor Banet's plan for a single small profitable patisserie-bistro was swiftly blasted to pieces by a combination of customer demand, Marq Haydn and other events beyond her control. After opening on Carlisle Street, Rick Ford's prediction of people lining up for miles had not exactly come true ... but it came close. After four months, Marq apologized for getting it wrong and advised that she should open another branch on...

"No clothes, huh? How convenient," Sarah said to Honor, grinning. The store had a decent bistro within sight of the till. They were sitting at a table, nursing coffees while Marq was standing in a queue, a basket of new clothes in hand. Honor grinned back. "That's what I said." She giggled as she looked in his direction, lips parting. "I have no idea why he needs them anyway ..." She had made full selfish use of all two d...

She was a docent at the art museum. Her name tag read "AGRAT." Hal was an assistant director at the museum. He asked her about the unusual name. "It’s an old family name," she said. That evening, out of curiosity, Hal looked up the name. To his surprise, "Agrat" was supposedly a succubus. She was royalty, no less, one of four succubus queens, along with Lilith, Eisheth Zenunim, and Naamah. Agrat’s full name was Agrat bat...