Plum’s offer to use magic as a way out of the predicament of a group of angry witches at our heels made sense. But I felt reluctant, because it could be a trap. Now that her soul was displaced from its host body, Plum might…
Reverend Mother, Richard, and Rachel sat in the doctor’s office waiting room. Joshua was quiet and preoccupied, unable to focus on anything but the dread of receiving bad news about his mother. Rachel seemed completely unfazed, brightly chattering away as though she had not a…
The family meeting had been productive. They were all in agreement that their little investigation had unearthed some important facts. Even though at the moment, the significance of those facts escaped them. Like the outer pieces of a puzzle, they were sure those facts were…
Marko felt a tickle at the back of his throat and coughed involuntarily. He swallowed and the tickle came on stronger the second time. The coughing didn’t stop. Marko found it difficult to catch his breath. He was dimly aware that Janet was asking him if he…
The next afternoon, Joshua drove his friend to the rootworker’s shop. He had mixed feelings about it. Something was clearly very wrong with his friend. He wasn’t sleeping for more than a couple of hours at a time. Besides that, Thomas’ legs were swollen and…
Joshua sat gazing blearily at his laptop screen. He had finished editing his work and sat doing Internet research on sleepwalking. The idea that his friend would spontaneously just start sleepwalking was troubling. Halfway through an online article, Joshua felt a presence. He looked up and…