Archive for January, 2002
Magic, Part 2
She handed me a small book, bound in dark black leather. The pages were fashioned from a coarse, heavy paper, the edges of which were worn as if thousands of fingers had touched them. I couldn’t see a title or symbol or any other special marking on the cover. Flipping through the book, I noticed [...]
Magic
Even before entering the club, I could feel the deep base resonating within my own chest. The thick door, the only way in or out, vibrated in rhythm with the music. I stood for a moment holding the handle, feeling the music, the energy, flow through my arm. Entering, I smiled. My entire body now [...]
Hesta
Hesta held deathly still in the lower branches of a great oak while soldiers from Feya marched beneath her. She dared not even blink lest one of the men see her movement in the tree above, and with her bright strawberry hair, no one would believe her to be Feyan. Osalyn, her home country, lied [...]
Grace
Into the slot machine Grace put the last dollar. After pulling the handle she turned to look at her husband. He was speaking with a young woman at the bar. She wore a red sequined dress which conformed the curves of her body. Perpetually she brushed her blonde shoulder–length hair away from her face. Grace [...]