Category Archives: Autumn

            Almost from the moment we got back to camp that night, Thom became near-on obsessed with getting walls up around our settlement.             I suppose that none of us that had been out there that night could blame him, … Continue reading →

            The incandescence died within seconds, leaving us all night-blind and gasping for breath.  I groped around in the darkness for the others.             “Is everyone all right?”  Jacqueline’s voice called tremulously from the barrow.             “Grab a lantern,” I … Continue reading →

            She moved so quickly that none of us had any time to react.  Our boys went flying—Rory scythed through my legs at the knees, toppling both of us as Vammatar grasped Phelan by the collar of his shirt, pulling … Continue reading →

            We set a cluster of lanterns at each of the four points of a compass.  Thom was tasked with the drumming that would lend rhythm to the ritual—one I still wasn’t sure I understood.  It seemed there was a … Continue reading →

            We lit lanterns—flame and battery operated both—and gathered up bundles of herbs, incense from our combined stashes, matches, and other items that Phelan insisted we might need.  Jacqueline added a few things to our list, blushing a little as … Continue reading →

            I watched the sun slip slowly toward the horizon, arms crossed and holding my jacket tight across my shoulders.  It was a chilly evening, as Michigan evenings can be as September gives way to October, slowly but surely.             … Continue reading →

            The tiny cottage was only a few miles up the road, and once she’d rounded up Cameron’s horse and her own, getting him there wasn’t all that hard.  She’d had to burn the bodies first, though, not wanting to … Continue reading →

            There were six of the things in the little pack, and they’d gotten him surrounded.  The claws of one ripped a gaping rent in his sleeve before he jerked his sidearm free of its holster and shot it in … Continue reading →

            They all stared at Gray, whose jaw was firm, set.  His hands were curled over his kneecaps as he watched Eva’s eyes, which grew sad as she looked back at him and nodded slightly.             “Then you understand,” she … Continue reading →