Coulrophobia - n., an extreme fear of clowns

Bodach - n., something that will actually eat you while wearing grease paint if you don't chop it into pieces first

[ooc: It was either this or the original Niko, "Honk, honk," which I just can't bring myself to do.]

My brother and I are half Rom. Our mother came from the Vayash clan, a family that had lived in Greece for several generations, intermarried with the local people, and incorporated some of the local customs. She severed ties with them of her own choosing when she was young. Over the years, she made her way as a fortune teller. People would come ( Read more... )

My mother wasn't much of a mother. Sophia. She was beautiful. Tired. Bitter. Alcoholic. She slept with a monster for money. It was always money with her. Which carnival, which trailer park, which desperate little hole in the wall could she go to next, where no one knew her and where she could hypnotize them into believing? She was a gypsy ( Read more... )

Voice PostThought this was a dream before. It's better than the trailer. Those things are there. They look through the window at night. They're watching Mom. Maybe they want the baby. I know they made it with her. I heard them ( Read more... )