A long silence followed Prairie’s last word. It stretched, infinite. Gwen felt it like taffy, strands of it pulling between her friends as they slanted glances at each other. Dan very quietly closed his book and placed his pencil on top of it. It was a testament to the silence that the quiet sound of that closing wasContinue reading “Enter the Wood 12:2 – part 2”
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Enter the Woods 12 – Interlude – Gia & Erik
Gia & Erik Gia remembers the day, though it was long ago, that Erik and his family moved into the house next to her family’s. They weren’t exactly estates, though they came close with extensive lawns and “wooded features”, so if Gia hadn’t been out in the rose garden that was separated from his yardContinue reading “Enter the Woods 12 – Interlude – Gia & Erik”
Enter the Woods 12:2 part 1
12:2 “When did they put in couches back here?” Gwen flopped down on one of said couches and plopped her feet on the coffee table in front of it. “A few dias ago. Leo said something about ‘if you are going to practically live here might as well have somewhere comfortable to sit’.” Patti pitched her voice to mimicContinue reading “Enter the Woods 12:2 part 1”
Enter the Woods 12:1
12:1 History radiated from the brown brick exterior of Stripped. A giant rose window, jewel-toned stained glass glowing against dark stone tracery characteristic of gothic architecture, stared down at the street from above the dark wood doors with their brass decorative hinges recessed into an arched entryway. A square bell tower stood off to the right. To the left a wing jutted forward, forming an alcove inContinue reading “Enter the Woods 12:1”
Enter the Woods 11:12
11:12 Ivan dropped and Ivan rolled as he was flung out of the black hole hanging a few feet up from the ground. As soon as he was on his feet, he looked around. He had to take a hearty step to the left as Gwen and then Siobhan came flying out of the air. Lunging forward he was ableContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:12”
Enter the Woods 11:11
11:11 The surface of the stone stairs didn’t seem that much of a problem for the first twenty or thirty steps. By the next twenty Kim started feeling it in the knees. Another thirty – no, really, another thirty and looking upwards it seemed there was a lot more where those came from – and her feet hurt too. She didn’t seem to be the only one feeling itContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:11”
Enter the Woods 11:10
11:10 Patti let out another piercing whistle. She wove Magick into it. Asked the sleepwalkers to come to her. But, even as she did so she felt resistance. Another Magick. And interwoven deep below the resistance was that damned tiny little subtle song she’d been hearing since entering the ballroom. Even as she stepped into place with theContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:10”
Enter the Woods 11:9
11:9 Before Patti moved two steps, Kim flung herself forward and shoved an arm in front of Patti, nearly clotheslining her. Patti turned to glower at Kim. “What?” “That’s not–” Kim stopped, frowned at the surface of the bridge, then continued, “stone. Or anything from the earth. Or anything at all.” Dan walked up beside Kim andContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:9”
Enter the Woods 11:8
11:8 It didn’t take that long to get from Lady’s Mary’s Home to the docks. Ourton just wasn’t that big. But, it was enough time for Prairie and Gwen to explain what happened in Spiritus and the warehouse and for Dempsey and Abe to give their own accounting of the time which amounted to a whole lot of staring at Prairie andContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:8”
Enter the Woods 11:7
11:7 “Honey, I’m home!” Gwen cried. Or didn’t cry. Or projected? “Hi.” Prairie’s voice came from everywhere and nowhere and then settled in a space next to Gwen. Gwen looked down and through her arm. Through her arm?! Gulp. Uh, did she gulp or say gulp or project gulp or— She wasn’t exactly sure she had a mouth. Or a face. Or– This was just bug nutsContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:7”
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