Everything Goes to Hell Book 1: Tales of the Sludgeblood Prince Chapter 1

The fence post Joseph sat on shattered under him thanks to a shotgun bullet that passed right between his swinging legs. His ass hit the packed dirt, kicking up dust. He barked out a, “fuck” before choking on the cloud of dirt. “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” he snapped, his voice a

Jack Season 1: The Headmistress of W.E.I.R.D. Chapter 1

The smell of chocolate chip cookies filled my nose and I curled into the soft bed, pulling the blanket up around my shoulders. My arms were sore and my head heavy. I felt myself falling back to sleep even though I knew I should get up. “Still asleep, little girl?” A clear, ringing voice asked,

Jack Season 0.5: The Jack Wizard Chapter 3

I squirmed uncomfortably in the embrace she had enveloped me in after I told her about the Portal in the garden and about Keiran. About his note and my decision to follow him. “Sounds like you need some help. And you came to the right place for it.” She said warmly, holding me tighter, crushing

Jack Season 0.5: The Jack Wizard Chapter 2

I woke up in a bed with a blanket thrown over me and I thought for a moment that Keiran leaving and me stepping into Faekrin was just a dream and I was home. But the bed was too hard and the blanket too rough and the air too kind and warm. I stirred, rolled

Jack Season 0.5: The Jack Wizard Chapter 1

I tightened my grip on my Hello Kitty backpack and took a step farther into Faekrin then I ever have before, standing on the other side of the bars of Keiran’s cell. I ignored the anxiety spreading from my heart to the tips of my toes and I wondered through the cramped, cold dungeon halls,

Jack Season 0: Friendship Chapter 5

Everyday… well almost everyday, I went to the gardener’s shed to visit Keiran. Alongside each other, we grew up. Keiran was happy to tell me about his fantastical world and teach me magic. Even if the magic didn’t work outside of Keiran’s cell. As I got older I learned not to talk about Keiran, but

Jack Season 0: Friendship Chapter 4

I was never an easily deterred child. The very next day I packed my backpack full of snacks again, this time, at the last minutes, threw an apple and a banana on top and made my way back to the gardener’s shed. “You’re back again?” Keiran asked, his eyes wide an bright, standing out against

Jack Season 0: Friendship Chapter 3

Dad went back to work the day after the funeral and I was left alone in the big, big house, thinking about the boy with lavender eyes in the tool shed. So after lunch I packed my backpack full gummy bears and chocolate bars and started for the far edge of our property. The door

Jack Season 0: Friendship Chapter 2

I stared at the sleeping child, then looked around the room once more before turning around and trying to scramble up the wall to try and get back out through the window. But no matter how much I stretched my fingers couldn’t even scrape the windowsill. “Are you a new test subject?” I stopped stretching,

Jack Season 0: Friendship Chapter 1

Sweat glued my pajamas to my skin as I woke up, panting hard.  And then I started crying, harder and harder. Until finally, my Grandma opened my bedroom door, coming to my side. She took me in her arms and pet my hair. As I began to calm down, she whispered to me, “Don’t worry, Adela,