The saying was, ‘they grow up so fast’. Sybil had heard it a number of times in conversations with other mothers, with other breeders of swamp dragons, as applied to any manner of small creature. The original intention, of course, was that the phrase be applied toward children. It pained Sybil, how accurate it was ( Read more... )

I'm not real clear on how this came to be, but it seems I manage to stumble over a lotta people with magic. Like this redhead kid I got taggin' along behind me now, for instance-- I was just lookin' at this bike magazine the bookshelf gave me (its own little Christmas present, I guess) and there's this kid, askin' me all sorts'a questions about " ( Read more... )

The Tabula Rasa Day festivities were set up to Angela's satisfaction. Finally, after several days of very hard work by her and the Party Planning Committee, which really had a lot more potential than the one she had headed up in Scranton. At least these people tried ( Read more... )

Dean was pretty sure, even after two weeks, that he still had bruises from Halloween - the island's little trick, day in Hell. Call it whatever you wanted, he felt like his bones were black and blue, even if everything else had healed up. Didn't keep him from practicing, though, going through all the old motions. He was still thinking everything ( Read more... )

When Callahan's nightmares had started seeping into the daylight, he'd thought that he was just getting senile. But this morning when he stepped out of the church, he knew that what might once have been a nightmare was now very, very real.

The vampires were no longer darting in and out of his periphery but rather right there, a good half dozen ( Read more... )

Logan and Neil awake to what they think is a normal day. After a few aggressive kisses and a knocked over shelf though, the boys can't help but wonder if their luck is wearing thin.

While Neil leaves to fetch a hammer and nails, Aaron stops by to see his son. It's anything but heartwarming, but Logan's main concern is keeping his friends, family ( Read more... )

Though Anne was not giving a speech herself this time, she did take on the task of opening the afternoon of speeches, one of her last duties as a member of the Island Council. In fact, it was because she was not running in the election this time that made her quite well suited to this particular task ( Read more... )

Logan tried to stay away from the film cans on the bookshelf. After all, they tended to be nothing but trouble. Whether it was an episode of Veronica's TV show, or a fake documentary featuring Joe's death, nothing good ever seemed to come of sitting down to take in a film. Well, okay, nothing good with the exception of sitting and watching some ( Read more... )

It surprisingly hadn't taken as much planning as she'd expected. A few selected mentions to a handful of friends and she had people volunteering their services left and right. Word got around pretty fast, too, but still seemed to not have made its way to Jim, which was pretty essential considering it was a surprise party. Of course, if Jim even ( Read more... )

I woke up this mornin' and somethin' was a little off. Not bad off, just weird-ass off. Like I had a headache, only it wasn't an ache, just this tickle in the back of my mind, if that makes any sense. I been walkin' around all day with it, and it's just about drivin' me nuts. Now I haven't been too preoccupied to notice there's some strange shit ( Read more... )