Bec threw her hands in the air and tuned away from Nigel. “Oh, yes, we’ll kill them all. Why didn’t I think of that? If only we’d thought of it sooner, we could have stopped all of this needless violence and death.” She turned back to Nigel with one eyebrow raised. “Really, Nigel?” “If only […]
The smell of wet leather was the first thing to hit him. The beast’s tattered wings opened out, revealing an elongated, snarling face; somewhere between a wolf and something shiftier, like an ermine or a weasel. It released its taloned grip from the ceiling and dropped silently to its feet before him, the scorpion’s tail […]
She didn’t look like his wife. Any semblance of her had been wiped away through years of apparent decay and misery. What stood in front of him was a shadow, a being of memory. It couldn’t be his wife, yet he felt it, he felt her presence coming from the spirit before him. He didn’t […]
“What?” asked Milly, her breathing heavy and her words slurred with the effort of pinning the monster down. “How?” “I don’t know,” said Nigel, “But she’s dead.” “Are you sure?” asked Bec. “Well, I mean … I think so,” he said. He completely understood the need for assurance. If they let go, thinking she was […]