Coming To Terms With Eternity âOk, so⌠how did your family end up with a vampire parrot, anyway??â
Lacking Words To Sprout Hollis was not surprised when a hooded crow landed on the branch she was sitting on, nor when it spoke with her grandfatherâs voice.
First Day At Vampire Coven Standing here, in the doorway of this ornate and very Gothic hall filled with impeccably dressed vampires, is giving me unerring flashbacks to my distant first day at secondary school, facing the crowded cafeteria all alone.
April Vampires! Immortality is great and all, but being twenty-six forever gets old - for the people around you, if nothing else.
A Friend In Mead âBe careful not to drink too much at once - fey mead will give you a real buzz.â While Davis believed Cassiopeiaâs warning, he hadnât worried about it. Oops.
Urban Magical Survey Corps âI donât understand.â Edna declared, in that managerial tone which seemed to expect reality to politely conform to the project plan.
A Special Meeting Of The Eldritch Botany Club Some people assumed that because the Eldritch Botany Club advertised itself as a âfun and friendly groupâ, you neednât arrive precisely at the listed four oâclock. Nobody made that mistake twice.
Ghoulishly Good Business Sense The carriage driver clicked to the horses, who took off with what, had the humans been paying more attention, mightâve seemed unusual eagerness to leave the warm and safe innâŚ
What Remains Of The Old Fortune Teller Once upon a time, when the trains still stopped at Puddleton and the town prospered, the Puddleton Green was indeed green, and the site of many a festival or visiting attraction. But since thenâŚ
A Ghost I Never Was Mum wrings her hands and frowns at all the hoarded tat like it somehow snuck into her house of its own accord.