The Bookshop Witch
A teenager heads to a bookshop in search of a gift for his mom, but gets distracted by the strange shopkeeper. Is she really a witch?
urban fantasy
Enough Rope
An Urban Fantasy Story “My god,” Hunter moaned. ”They’re going to come after me again. Now that they know for certain that she’s dead, they’ll think I did it. They always suspect the boyfriend. I’m going to end up in prison. I just know it.” He paced nervously, fumbling with the zipper on his jacket. His bedroom suddenly seemed very …
House of 1,000 Doors
An Urban Fantasy Story This wasn’t how this was supposed to go. The ring had become a chain around his neck. She was supposed to be this grand gift from the universe, this reward to make up for a lifetime of pain, and she almost was. But now, he was being dragged somewhere he’d never intended to go. Veronica was …
Color All Your Days
An Urban Fantasy Story The UFO extruded a long, mechanical arm and yanked a confused cow from the field below. On board the spaceship, a green-skinned man in an apron lit a charcoal grill, his antennas waving excitedly. Sighing, Greg turned his sketchpad around so his customer could see the drawing. “Something like this?” The man laughed. “That’s great, bro! …
The “No Wizards” Rule
An Urban Fantasy Story “Let me guess,” Greg said, looking at the petite blonde girl who had just walked into his shop, “a butterfly on your lower back. Am I right?” He was tall, in his early thirties, slightly paunchy but with some muscle left over from his college football days. Like most tattoo shop owners, he was heavily illustrated. …
