4:5 “Prairie!” Ivan tried to snag Prairie’s arm but she lyrically danced under his hand and stepped through the dark opening and into the next room. Ivan rolled his eyes to the ceiling then sheathed his sword in his back holster and followed her. “Oh.” Prairie said, a note of wonder in her voice “Uh.”Continue reading “Enter The Woods 4:5”
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Enter The Woods 4:4
4:4 There was a slight sliver of darkness along the door frame where the door didn’t quite meet the wall. “Looks like it might be open,” Ben announced as he cut a path through the overgrown herbs. “That isn’t unnerving at all,” Gwen muttered to Kim who shrugged. “Because this whole thing has been sunshineContinue reading “Enter The Woods 4:4”
Enter The Woods 4:3
4:3 Outside the pub weapons and supplies were assessed and determinations were made to the adequacy of such. None of them walked around without being at least seventy percent prepared to draw down. It was just that kind of world. And with the weirdness they’d been experiencing recently that number had bumped closer to theContinue reading “Enter The Woods 4:3”
Enter The Woods 4:2 – Act Two
“What I want to know,” Jake Rosenthal broke into the silence that followed Siobhan’s reading in which each member of the crew was digesting and assessing the words from their own perspective, “is what the fuck,” the vulgarity coming from the polished man was a revelation, a glimpse at the man whose fingers had heldContinue reading “Enter The Woods 4:2 – Act Two”
Enter The Woods 4:2 – Interlude – Diana
Diana Diana sits back in the specially designed chair that her best friend, Raina, has insisted she have her husband, Jake, get for her. Because “Honey, if he’s going to have me over here primping you all the time to go out to all these fancy functions with their fancy people then you are goingContinue reading “Enter The Woods 4:2 – Interlude – Diana”
Enter The Woods 4:2 – Act One
4:2 – Act One “So, how are you at puzzles?” Ben threw a die at Kim as Patti gave her a confused look at the theoretically out-of-left-field question. Kim caught it in the air, smiled, and tossed it back. “Sorry,” she said to Patti. “Inside joke.” “We need Patti,” Siobhan said, pulling up a chairContinue reading “Enter The Woods 4:2 – Act One”
Enter The Woods 4:1
4:1 Another night. Another meet up at Leo’s. It was ten days since they’d rescued Nieve and the other abducted women. The group was just getting settled at their table, coming in dribs and drabs as they shuffled in from work. Most of them looked worn. Some of them looked worse. In the week sinceContinue reading “Enter The Woods 4:1”
Enter The Woods 3:5
3:5 “Gwen? Did you hear that?” Prairie’s voice broke the quiet that was otherwise only punctuated by the sounds of breathing and the scuff of boots as Siobhan, Dan, and Kim got up and started checking pulses and breath on each of the fallen women. “We all heard *that*.” Ben answered instead. “Not the song.”Continue reading “Enter The Woods 3:5”
Enter The Woods 3:4
3:4 Ivan and Dan turned as one and coursed for the door, flying up the three stairs as if they weren’t there and bursting into the factory. What greeted them stopped them both for a moment. Prairie and Ben had fallen back to the wall where the figure had been doing something while Kim stoodContinue reading “Enter The Woods 3:4”
Enter The Woods 3:3
3:3 Ben creeped in the door first with Ivan close behind and Dan right on Ivan’s tail end. So close in fact that when Ivan stopped abruptly Dan bumped into said tail end. “Whoa. Man! I know my ass is awesome but less touchy, kay?” Dan just rolled his eyes then started scanning the spaceContinue reading “Enter The Woods 3:3”
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