Just like a portal had appeared in the park on Saturday morning, one now appeared late on Monday again. But whereas the first portal had sent children of various ages and parentages tumbling onto the island, this one sent out a call that all said children had to heed.

It was time to say goodbye and go home.

Mindy couldn't explain what the point of taking little Jayden McCoy shopping was. None of the benefits of dressing one's child in trendy clothes were applicable here, since Jayden was not actually Mindy's child and she was going to disappear at the end of the weekend. But Mindy didn't hate spending time with her, and what was more fun than shopping ( Read more... )

It was a perfectly regular day at the Perk. Mike had been on a job on the mainland, and had swung by to grab a refreshing coffee on his way back home. He ordered, he paid for his order, and he was waiting for said order when he heard the voice. A woman.

"I just can't be around your lifestyle."

Wait, was that...?

"You can't be around my -- I'm ( Read more... )

Mindy shuffled through the magazines on the rack in confusion.

Johnny Depp was engaged to who? What was Justified about? And what franchise was Kristen Stewart was famous for again ( Read more... )

So... there'd been some drama over at the old JGOB this morning.

All Jess had wanted was to get some coffee and maybe an eclair, and to be a generally friendly person, because that's what she was. And making eye contact was polite. How was she supposed to know that if she did that, the clerk would pass out behind the counter? And then with ( Read more... )

Everything had started, as everything always started, with a crow showing up at his window.

It wasn't like Atticus didn't know his time in Russia was coming to an end. An hour before the crow showed up, he'd scared off four faeries--well, he'd scared off two faeries after lopping the heads off of the first two to attack him--and that could only ( Read more... )

"On a scale from one to ten," Mindy said several minutes into her conversation with the man behind the counter, "how good would you say the bagels are ( Read more... )