11:4 Abe’s exit broke the momentary freeze tag, uh, moment around Ben. Suddenly everyone was up and moving, or around and moving, or just moving. Ben’s gaze very slowly tracked as Gwen and Prairie jumped off the bed, one on each side, and approached him. Together they leveraged him up into a sitting position against the headboard and then Prairie did an efficientContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:4”
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Enter the Woods 11:3
11:3 The sound of voices in the hall pulled Kim out of the meditative state she’d fallen into under the waves of Patti and Sass’ voices. “Why did you ask if you weren’t going to explain?” Gwen’s voice carried from down the hall, not quite strident but damned close. A murmur followed, low enough Kim couldn’t tell who was answering. A mikro later the bedroom door was flungContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:3”
Enter the Woods 11:2
11:2 The vibration of footsteps dragged Ben somewhere close to reality. A figure, human-shaped and bright, walked out of the darkness. A hand-shaped tendril of light reached for him. In that moment Ben realized he was formless. No sense of his body. Just the dark and him floating within it. Except for a tugging in the region his chestContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:2”
Enter the Woods 11:1
11:1 Movement. Dark. Movement. Strong arms bracketing the body. Corded strength pressed to the plane of a back and the back of the bend in the noodle of legs that flopped and flowed and drooped. The low murmur of voices waves against a shore at low tide. Lap. Lap. Lap. The legs – not legs? – and arms – not arms? – maybe wet ribbons of seaweed – floppedContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:1”
Enter The Woods – 8:24
8:24 While Gwen was ministering to Patti, Ben slid along the bookshelves and approached Prairie. He shifted his gaze from her to Kerberos. “Can you get him to follow commands?” “He really isn’t that kind of dog.” The look Kerberos gave Ben from his center head, steady with a bit of lip curl to displayContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:24”
Enter The Woods – 8:18
8:18 “It’s Magick? How the birds work?” Patti looked at Ivan and shook her head. “Of course it’s Magick. You just explained to me with some detail that it’s Magick.” “I mean, its your Magick, right?” A huge grin came from somewhere deep inside Patti, curving her lips even as it buoyed her spirit. “IContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:18”
Enter The Woods – 8:15
8:15 Prairie had barely set her feet down on the lush growth of the garden stretching beyond the window she and Siobhan stepped into before she planted her hands on her hips and glared back through the opening. Siobhan, for her part, goggled at the garden, her mind having trouble taking in the wealth ofContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:15”
Enter The Woods – 8:14
8:14 “Bird book rose painting mirror; mirror painting rose book bird. Bird book rose painting mirror; mirror painting rose book bird. Patti.” Patti stepped out of the window with the bird, shoving her hands through her hair. Sass, perched on her shoulder gave her the eye when her hand almost disrupted the mouse’s perch. PattiContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:14”
Enter The Woods – 8:13
8:13 Dan was totally fucked. This was not a phrase that came easily to the usually taciturn man. He prided himself on being resolute. The calm in the storm. The steady hand on the trigger. So, it took a lot for him to say he was totally fucked. He started out calm enough. Cool even.Continue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:13”
Enter The Woods – 8:12
8:12 Patti, Abe, and Dan returned to the center of the maze first. They wandered the circumference of the room, stopping in front of each of the closed windows. Book, bracelet, bird, hard, ribbons. Pausing in front of each, they stared like their focus could help them see past the colored glass. “Did he getContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:12”
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