“What’s the weather going to be like?” Rafael called to his boyfriend, who was currently on the phone in the other room, babbling to his best friend about their Paris plans. Raf didn’t mind, but he did need to know what he was supposed to pack for the trip. Declan didn’t respond. “Declan! Weather!” “Babe,…
The queen sits—lounges—on her throne as she listens to her political advisers and adventurers update her on the happenings across the empire. Her hair has been piled high on her head, revealing a long neck partially obscured by her dark frill. Ethically collected furs drape across the ornamental seat and add asymmetrical flair to her…
Read time approx. 20 mins – a longer quickie 😉 “A whisky sour and two rum and cokes,” Ciara Duffy called to Angus, the bartender at Finnegan’s Rainbow. He didn’t acknowledge her, but she knew he’d heard. He was no more than four feet away, and while the pub was busy, the music loud, he…
May, 1886 Coyote Jack’s Wild West Show The Main Tent Houston, Texas Elinor Armstrong stood on a high board twenty-five feet off the ground, holding a fly bar in two hands, preparing for a full somersault in mid-air. The practice hours at Coyote Jack’s allowed her the opportunity to learn the acrobatic feat. And the…
An ethereal kiss brushed the skin beneath her ponytail, and the sensitive hair at her nape tingled in response. Clarissa shivered and then laughed. It was during encounters like these, she got the distinct impression the ghost haunting her latest renovation project was decidedly male. “I had a feeling you’d like the end result.” Arms…
Frankie and Annette – a fictional rom-com tale with a lil love from New Jersey He loves me and he doesn’t even know my name. My good-for-nothing husband certainly saw to that. It was him who got us stuck in Witness Protection, then got himself killed anyway. God rest his soul. He took away my…
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