Better Not Tell You Now
Welcome to my first experiment in serializing fiction on my website! This first story is “officially” just for newsletter subscribers, but if you came across it some other way that’s…
Welcome to my first experiment in serializing fiction on my website! This first story is “officially” just for newsletter subscribers, but if you came across it some other way that’s…
Click the links below to view all available preview chapters. Chapters 4-7 are subscribers-only! PrologueChapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixChapter Seven
Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three
Cotton Mather. That hateful preacher had been the reason for half the recent trouble over in Salem, even while he’d kept himself here in Boston most of the time. And…
Davie Fuck. My. Life. I raised my hand, but Professor Markston walked away. I looked at the sticky note again, the name of my project partner written in Markston’s jagged…
Davie I had six and a half hours on Friday between when Meditation class ended at ten-thirty and Magickal Healing began at five o’clock. I spent most of that time…
Davie Sofia still looked unsure as we got off the bus and approached the building. A guy in a convincing satyr costume played a violin outside the door while a…
Isaiah It was twenty after ten when Hurricane Davie finally blew into the practice room, flustered, disheveled and, inexplicably, carrying a picnic basket. “Do we need chairs for the circle?”…
Davie As if my day weren’t long enough with four classes, all with Isaiah, I had a shift at the infirmary after dinner. At least it was a short one;…
Isaiah The Library was practically empty after breakfast on Sunday morning, despite the ball being almost twelve hours away. I hated to admit it, but Davie’s idea was a good…
Davie I stood back and took in my handiwork. “I don’t think Thomas is gonna be able to handle you.” Sofia smiled and rolled her eyes. “It’s good?” “It’s good.”…
Once again, a writing prompt from my old notebooks. The last one I posted was bad. So bad, in fact, that I posted it visible to logged-in members only, because…
Another Wednesday, another writing prompt. (Also, the lifelong Durannie in me would be remiss if I didn’t say “happy birthday, Simon leBon!” since this was written on October 27th.) Last…
I posted “A Midsummer’s Nightmare” last Monday, so it seemed fitting that, this week, I share my other Shakespearean inspiration. This one is every bit as dark as the other,…
Welcome to the first addition of one of my old writing prompts to the “exclusive content” section. (Though I’m posting them new as blog posts, too.) These will be some…
Yet another old story, this time from 2008. This time, a completely unpublished one: I never managed to find this one a fitting forever-home. Hopefully it’ll find some love here…