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Demesne

Mandy was stunned. Mr. Jones kept laughing maniacally, long after it was appropriate to stop. His face was bright red and he was wheezing, nearly on the verge of collapse. But that’s not what Mandy...

Portmanteau

Mandy awoke in a small, cramped room on a small, hard cot. She had a terrible headache, the worst she’d ever had. And she was no stranger to headaches, as migraines ran in the family. Her mother ha...

Bailiwick

“Sir, I have some bad news. The, uh … the girls have gotten away again,” the lackey said to his boss. At hearing the news, the boss threw his coffee mug into the wall, where it smashed spectacularl...

Neverwas

“Neverwas.” What did that mean, exactly? Mandy’s brain had gone completely blank, her body felt numb. The twins were still running around, shrieking, without a care in the world. She knew they were...

Tesseract

“You’ll never catch me!” Mandy yelled, sprinting through the field. The long blades of grass brushed up to her thighs, encouraging her to run faster, go further. She saw the cliff in the distance; ...

Avant Garde

Julia woke with her head pounding, the smell of garbage stinging her nostrils The sun was so bright, and her normally soft featherbed felt rock hard, like pavement. She could hear people yelling, a...

Libertine

Julia stands in the alley behind the back of the club, fuming. The letter from Carmen, once pristine, perfect paper, is now a crumpled-up wad buried tightly in her fist. She’d had her; Carmen was R...

Bohemian

Suddenly, a stroke of brilliance flashed into Julia’s head. Of course! If Carmen had been able to get into the house and leave this clue, she might have left another. Sprinting towards the door, J...

Antiquarian

Julia looked over the edge of her whiskey glass and sighed. Bored. Incredibly, damningly bored. She had barely left the house in what felt like years, but was actually just over a week, according t...

Candied Apple

“I’m just so glad you’re no longer a zombie!” she said, kissing Mallory passionately in front of the gathering crowd. “Geeze, get a tent, you two,” Kevin stage whispered as he finished washing off ...