The great bat drove the strange women away and caused poor Renfield to faint from fright. The bat that had come into the room suddenly disappeared, and the smiling figure of Count Dracula stood in its place. Dracula was ready to claim his prize, and once bitten, Renfield became his slave. The evil Count took […] Read more

Becky DeGeorge, in the bloom of her first full day as Michael’s wife, walked out of the hotel lobby holding her husband’s hand. She breathed in the cool night air, the first fresh air she had inhaled all day. In the brief span of their marriage, she and Michael had made love several times and […] Read more

Laurent saw the gun barrel coming up and felt the madman tense against her. He was trying to lift her with him as he shot Nicholas. Then she heard the screech of tires on the gravel outside the door. Was it Tommy? Oh, God, no. Whoever came through the doorway was going to get killed […] Read more

Stanley had the bad luck to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Innocent of the crime, he was not a bad kid. He smiled at the thought of his rotten-no-good-stock-stealing-great-great grandfather. This was all his doing. The family joke was to blame anything that ever went wrong on their rotten-no-good-stock-stealing-great-great grandfather. The […] Read more

Narrator: “How I Met a Crow Named Bob, a story of friendship, adventure, and the power of perspective. Get ready to join our protagonist as they discover the magic of the world around them through the eyes of a new friend.” Narrator: “I was feeling lost, stuck in a routine that had become monotonous and […] Read more

The velociraptor jerked its head, sniffed, and looked right at Tim, who nearly gasped with fright. As he watched, Tim’s body went rigid, tense. The reptile sniffed again, moved his eyes, and scanned the room. Tim was sure he was caught. The raptor continued on to the fifth steak, jerking his head back to look […] Read more

I am very sorry to tell you, my dear mother, that it will not be possible to the holiday with you as promised. The circumstances preventing this are not likely to make us forgiven. Lady Susan wrote a letter to her Brother stating her intention to visit us almost immediately. Although merely an affair of […] Read more

More than a decade ago, I first encountered Lake Superior and the surrounding country. I reveled in trout fishing, berry picking, and mushroom hunting in the fine pine-scented air. I was overjoyed to find it the same when I returned to the lake country. It is still remarkably clear and drowned in subtle signs of […] Read more

Here we describe a picture of four sisters sitting contently in the twilight and knitting beside a crackling fire with snow falling quietly outside. The old room was comfortable with faded carpet and plain furniture. Books showed from every nook, one or two comforting pictures on the wall, and Christmas roses near the windows. The […] Read more