Curmudgeon
I’m past tense all the way to agitated. Past tense for “cast” is “cast” and yet I’ve seen “casted.” If a man is executed by rope, he is “hanged.” He…
Dirty Mirrors
Despite all of the security, I got into the billionaire software developer Jason Atkins’ mansion on Mercer Island east of Seattle. I know that the…
The Black Lagoon
Sheryl woke up around midnight to find a roughly humanoid giant monster in her bedroom. As she started to scream, the monster tore the covers off her…
Teen Angel
Phil was having another one of those dreams at 3AM. Since he had turned twelve, he had been having nocturnal emissions, and since fourteen, he had…
Angel of the Night
When Bob woke up at 1:56 AM, he was surprised that there was a very warm body next to him which smelled of jasmine and musk. He was amazed that…
Undercover
Beverly woke up at 2AM after doing some ill-advised self-medicating the night before. She heard some scratching and bumping noises. She slurred,…
Meeting
I’m so happy that the three of you could join me today. The paid plane tickets and goody bag filled with expensive gifts may have been the…
Paperback Writer
Back at Jason’s apartment, Debra asked, “I hope that you remember that it’s our one year anniversary of dating. Do you have anything special in…
Duke
Duke Hanley was on one of his favorite hikes in Central Oregon. Most of the way up Paulina Peak in the Newberry Crater National Monument, he couldn’t…
Adair
A very pale couple of corpses, Patrick and Roisin, stumbled into the Adair graveyard during the night of 31 October. Liam and Ciara intercepted them…
