The trial for Princess Lillian was to start in a few short days, and Amnon Saxe was running out of steam. Keeping late-night strategy sessions with Keetha on how to subvert Chieftan Dol’s plans while also keeping his plan moving forward on time and under budget was taxing his nerves. It was growing difficult to…
“Have you seen this?” Zungher Dol slid his device across his desk toward Saw Yatha. “What is it?” Saw replied as he picked up the device. Dol remained silent, checking for any change in Saw’s expression. The device glowed with an image of something familiar to Saw, but someone had altered it distastefully. Not far…
He looked at his crowded workbench and began to put it back in order. “A place for every thing and everything in its place,” he muttered to himself. The words of his father scrolled through his mind repeatedly. When he was younger, Evan was a slob and lost things continually. His mother referred to his…
By the time Evan came home that evening, Katherine had everything prepared. She had coiffed her hair in a perfect flip, decorated with garnet pendant earrings and a matching necklace. For her dress, she put on the one that Evan always complimented—a simple, collared shirtwaist dress with a painted lemon pattern on starched white linen. …
Spring gave way to summer, lightening Athen’s mood. School was out, the sun was warm, and the good people of the town enjoyed the renewed vitality of a well-deserved vacation. Winter had aged many homes around town, but it was not until the spring rains showed these changes to the homeowners. Yet, it was not…
The next morning found Evan, dressed in his handyman garb and carrying a dented green tool box, walking into the Red X Pharmacy. He nodded to the bobby soxer standing behind the perfume counter, as he made his way to the sandwich counter in the back. Mick, the attendant, asked if Evan wanted anything. Evan…
While he was still a few houses away, Evan stopped, set down his toolbox, and reached into his back pocket for his work gloves. He’d performed this ritual ever since the events with the Eye Patch and Lillian, every time he went out in public. This ritual, this covering up of the shimmering mark on…
Katherine Gold walked up the steps of her front porch, crossed the veranda, and placed her hand on the knob. She paused. Her mind was hit with the vision that likely waited to greet her. For months it has been the same thing and decomposing with each day. Her once bold and principled and courageous…
The sun was dipping below the horizon when Keetha arrived at Amnon’s home. He opened the door, looked at her, and whispered, “Are you alone?” Keetha smirked and made a show of looking down both ends of the very empty corridor before saying, “I think so,” she took a step forward, but Amnon didn’t budge….
The drone of the normal office activity was a comfort to Amnon as he strode toward his new office. Keetha was already at her desk looking very productive. He wanted to catch her eye to see if his memory of the night before had been a wacky dream, though his mind didn’t register it with…
