Novellas

Not Dead Again 8 by Ralph Bland (Jan 3, 2011)

In the cold winter light, sharpened by loss, what does anyone really know? What can any even say?

Old Sugar by Barbara Rendall (Jan 3, 2011)

Barbara Rendall is a Canadian writer currently living in Beijing. Earlier, she lived in Macao, a fascinating city near Hong Kong, which is the setting of this story. She has published poetry in a variety of North American magazines and short fiction in Chatelaine and Redbook.

Not Dead Again 7 by Ralph Bland (Dec 27, 2010)

With the revelation that romance is only a strangely flat memory, it is time to try to re-integrate into the world...

Not Dead Again 6 by Ralph Bland (Dec 20, 2010)

Finally the day of Mr. Bailey's funeral arrives. But before he's buried, more will be uncovered ...

Not Dead Again 5 by Ralph Bland (Dec 13, 2010)

When the girl you loved so long ago, for so long, ago, reappears in your life, what happens to your heart?

Not Dead Again 4 by Ralph Bland (Dec 6, 2010)

Jennifer Kay Owens ... was she just a dream coasting in on the evening?

Not Dead Again 3 by Ralph Bland (Nov 29, 2010)

People once known are now being drawn back from across oceans of forgetfulness to the island of Mr. Bailey's casket.

Not Dead Again 2 by Ralph Bland (Nov 22, 2010)

The day after the news of a death can throw one's mind into a morass of memory. Is there a way out?

He Sure Do Want To Fly, Part 3 by Mark Lyons (Jul 13, 2009) mature content

What will you call honor? Dishonor? Where will you find hope when despair is the only flavor on your daily menu?

He Sure Do Want To Fly, Part 2 by Mark Lyons (Jul 6, 2009) mature content

A change happens right around three years residence in Los Amigos -- a change you can see in their eyes, a change you can feel in their hearts ...

Here Comes the Bride, Part 10 by Lydia Manx (Mar 16, 2009) mature content

There are lot of things happening that just don't add up, but even though Renee doesn't know the sum, she can see that an avalanche is about to happen ...

Here Comes The Bride, Part 9 by Lydia Manx (Mar 9, 2009) mature content

While Carlos naps and hopes for a belly rub, Renee pushes Marcus' buttons and wonders if it's wrong to tease the dog ...

Here Comes The Bride, Part 8 by Lydia Manx (Mar 2, 2009) mature content

Renee is finding out more than she cared to know. Marcus is rude, Carlos is less than bright, and something is going on that has her Master worried ...

Here Comes The Bride, Part 7 by Lydia Manx (Feb 23, 2009)

Renee gets some food for the hounds, and gives us a whole new view of Chinese Take Out.

Here Comes The Bride, Part 6 by Lydia Manx (Feb 16, 2009)

Two werewolves at her front door? Did they think she liked pets, or did they have a good reason for being there?

Here Comes The Bride, Part 5 by Lydia Manx (Feb 9, 2009)

After nearly being killed by a lovestruck but strangely homicidal werewolf, Renee returns wearily home. What is that on her doorstep? A lost dog?

Here Comes The Bride, Part 4 by Lydia Manx (Feb 2, 2009)

The maniac trying to force them into a car wreck will just not give up. Renee is really beginning to hate her maid of honor's SUV ...

Here Comes The Bride, Part 3 by Lydia Manx (Jan 26, 2009)

Renee has not made an effort to be agreeable about her politically-planned alliance. And just when her Master is about to let her have it, an even more immediate problem comes to light ...

Faux Fangs 18: Hair of the Dog by Beverly Pauley (Jan 19, 2009)

Beer and beautiful girls -- the dog show is fun, but this wasn't what Vlad the Inhaler was meant to do ...

Here Comes The Bride, Part 2 by Lydia Manx (Jan 19, 2009)

The trip to the mall and the bridal store, with all its attendant clerks and frothy fabrics is -- to Renee -- far more of an annoyance than a couple of car-jacking punks ...

Faux Fangs 17: Vlad the Inhaler by Beverly Pauley (Jan 12, 2009)

A celebrity hero like Vlad can't just stay home and rest on his laurels -- no, this most noble of bloodhounds is taking his famous face to the Dog Show!

Here Comes The Bride by Lydia Manx (Jan 12, 2009)

The alliance has been made. The sworn enemies have negotiated a truce; a ritual gesture must now be offered, a symbolic melding of the two territories. The Masters have decreed what the symbol will be. Do they care what that ritual will do to the lives of certain individuals? Noooo ...

Some Day 14 by Lydia Manx (Jan 5, 2009) mature content

Conclusion. Josie has had enough. She wants some answers, and she has some very pointed questions -- so pointed that they could just about stake a vampire to a wall on their own ...

Faux Fangs 16: Halloween Eve, Part 2 by Beverly Pauley (Jan 5, 2009)

Amanda and Purple Lips have been kidnapped, and even the faithful bloodhound Vlad could not protect them! Rutherford Zucks must risk the coming dawn -- can he save them before sunlight ends his unnatural life?

Some Day 13 by Lydia Manx (Dec 29, 2008) mature content

An evening of vampire reckoning leaves Josie disgusted and in need of another shower. Maybe her death is imminent, but why die dirty?

Faux Fangs 15: Halloween Eve by Beverly Pauley (Dec 29, 2008)

The first time at the Vampires' Ball for Amanda and Purple Lips should be memorable, and the feuding McBiters are going to make sure it is ...

Some Day 12 by Lydia Manx (Dec 22, 2008) mature content

Billy is dead, there is no longer any doubt. For all that he was a filthy cheating scumbag, he had still been Josie's husband, and now she has scant time to grieve and learn to move forward.

The Prisoner, Part 6 by Tyler Willson (Dec 22, 2008)

Conclusion. Cliff finds himself all alone in the middle of the desert, tracking the armed and dangerous killer with no food or water, and a shotgun with only one shell. As the desert wears away at him and the prisoner, will Cliff find the inner strength to finally succeed at something?

Faux Fangs 14: To Thine Own Bat Be True by Beverly Pauley (Dec 22, 2008)

A fortune teller has warned Rutherford Zucks and his mother to flee from deadly peril. Sadly enough for Rutherford, the strange woman was absolutely right ...

Some Day 11 by Lydia Manx (Dec 15, 2008) mature content

The radio program made it sound as though Josie had shown up with gunfire to greet her husband Billy. Now Josie will have the police looking for her as well as vampires following her. Life just keeps getting better and better ...