Serials

Jerry has found someone he didn't expect -- a troll -- and begins to wonder at the way plans play out ...

Mark Lyons has published stories in several literary magazines, including Whetstone (JP McGrath Memorial Award), Bucks County Writer, Sensations, and the Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts. He is a recipient of Pennsylvania Council of the Arts fellowships for 2003 and 2009, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. (Originally appeared 2009-06-29)

Mark Lyons has published stories in several literary magazines, including Whetstone (JP McGrath Memorial Award), Bucks County Writer, Sensations, and the Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts. He is a recipient of Pennsylvania Council of the Arts fellowships for 2003 and 2009, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. (Originally appeared 2009-06-29)

Clarissa is about to learn more about her Door by standing too near her Window ...

Jerry's neighbor, Edna, enlists him in a search for Mr. Peaches, her poodle.

Didn't anyone ever tell Andre and Shakespeare that television is a bad influence for kids?

Jerry remembers the mistake the Council made when they kidnapped him so many months ago ...

With her mysterious precociousness, Winifred informs Andre of yet another area of mystery ...

Jerry finds Florida acceptable, even with the occasional iguana, even with the burning memory of that vampire bait ...

Winifred's father is half-bug and half-man, and his mother is missing an ear, but Winifred is something completely different ...

How true that looks can be deceiving, and how sad that the same is true for members of one's own clan ...

If you're half man, half bug, there's not a day that goes by that doesn't change your life ...

Jerry, the vampire formerly known as a prince, remembers the circumstances of his capture ...

In Andre's kitchen, is it really possible that NOTHING is happening?

The former vampire prince is on the hunt -- but once again, the hunter has become the hunted.

Henry's mother is being interviewed by a therapist, who sees nothing out of the ordinary in treating a giant bug...

Oh, kids, you shouldn't play with matches, or sharp knives ... or angry vampires!

Clarissa is still menacing the gathering crowd from atop the roof -- can Henry's sister Elvira help her?

Done with memories of Jerry, the guard turns to his own ...

Conclusion. When you've raced to find wealth and modernity, what will you have seen of the journey?

Clarissa's peculiar behavior since her grand-daughter Winifred was born has just gone "over the top" ...

The guard knew that Jerry had a particular destiny ...

Surely Trevor is going to wake up and find it has all been a dream ...

Change and difference can encompass many aspects: some big, and some small ...

The story of the original Jerry continues, chronicling the last of his life.

Is it an ill omen that Trevor would rather do laundry than have to visit the foreigners?

All new parents feel sleep-deprived. But in this case, it's not the baby wearing Diego and Henry out ...

Remembering Jerry remembering ... it was a way to pass the night in satisfaction ...

Staying with Aunt Cookie is all right -- unless you have grown accustomed to having your own bed and a bathroom door that shuts ...

Conclusion. He'd been one of the "Dukes," long ago in what seemed like a different life. He knew he never would be one again, but there is a second chance to be something else ...