It’s raining again – the storm woke her – and she wants a cup of tea. Needs it, really. Most days are coffee days, but tea is better during thunderstorms. Especially at night. Tea and oranges, actually. The perfect combination. One hot, the other cold. One dark and astringent, the other bright and quenching. She […]
“Becky, that’s mine! You can’t take it!” Harry yelled after his sister as she goose-stepped across the house toward the kitchen, her black patent-leather shoes tap-tap-tapping across the wooden floor. “Mom! Becky stole my Human Hammer action figure.” Their mother didn’t answer, but Becky yelled back. “It’s not your toy, Harry; you stole it from […]
Katja had gone through hell to acquire the gazing ball. She’d fought off zombie soldiers and negotiated with dragons. She’d waded through a river of a viscous substance she was grateful she couldn’t identify, and she’d found the portal from the Otherworld to her own. She’d even managed to activate it correctly, despite the fact […]
