Tag: Just Because
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Zephyr
Through the wood the little breeze licks the loose leaves as it curls its way around. Gently bouncing off trees and shrubs alike, silent but ever present, it dances as it makes its own way ever forward. Aiming to be free from the restrictions of the forest, and out into the open. Ready and prepared…
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A Mansion Unlocked
Do you know how I’ve been going on lately about all of the odd things that have been going on around here? There’s definitely something untoward happening. Maribel being nailed to the tree for starters… that brick wall outside the Vestibule for another thing… The Witch vanishing as she did… the animals gathering in the…
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Gathering in the Grinds
Usually, at this time of the year, the Grinds become over-run with vampires, werewolves, zombies and the like. Rather than getting too close to them, I tend to let them have their little Gathering on Halloween and then move on to wherever it is they go from there. The creatures that dwell in the Grinds…
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Nailed
I left the Mansion yesterday where I noticed something nailed to the tree outside the Front Door. On closer inspection, it was Maribel. How she got there is beyond me; the last time I saw her she was locked – erm – on the shelf in the Study. And the even more confusing thing is…
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Contract 42: The Eternal Circular
Queenie noticed the bus approaching in the distance, over the brow of the hill. “That’s an old bus” she muttered to herself as she rummaged through the stack of old Lottery tickets and sweet wrappers in her handbag, looking for her bus pass. She didn’t speak aloud, although there was nobody else with her at…