I was a rare case. The gene didn’t present itself until my Junior year. My mom thought it was hormones, I am a late bloomer in all things, but it turns out my powers were finally blossoming. We actually call it blossoming, but most witches blossom by the time they Read more…
It started when Jeremiah was five and today is his twelfth birthday. His stepmother Carmen has offered him a check for a thousand dollars to cease and desist with his infuriating swear jar. Carmen has grossly miscalculated Jeremiah’s financial acumen. He hasn’t used an actual jar for three years. He Read more…
Who still says that? Jessica can’t believe he just said that. Right now? Jess hasn’t watched TV in ages; she overhears everyone going on about the current rage of butlers, British wit and fantasy worlds that straddle past and future. Jess wishes for a way to straddle present and future, Read more…
Keely isn’t going to tell but she wants everyone to know. But they must know, they must be able to see it. Can’t they? Isn’t there a visible change? She imagined a new hue to her aura. Keely didn’t really talk in terms of auras but she remembered seeing that Read more…
It happened when Tabitha was nine. Actually she was pretty close to ten. It happened at her cousin Samantha’s party. Their birthdays were three weeks apart. When they were little they shared their parties, then Samantha developed her gluten allergy. There were always extra details to make up for Read more…
They had been in bed for twenty-four hours. Literally twenty-four hours! Like characters in a low-budget movie, where the girl with matted hair and smeared eyeliner is impossibly hot, and they guys is addict skinny but has great skin and a smile that slays you. Just like that, except Jonas Read more…
They are a perfect set. Karin is thrilled at the find. Sally Ann is the giver that keeps on giving and today is like a birthday. Karin picks up the bone china cup marveling at the Yves Klein blue of it, there is a circle of gold where it sat Read more…
Connie is in the back of the walk-in closet in the spare bedroom when she hears the dull echo of the back door forced open and then quietly click closed. There is only one other person who knows the lock is faulty and that even though the knob does not Read more…