As a child, I used to love watching the bats swoop down at dusk to catch the mosquitoes hovering above my grandparents’ pool. It was here, in plastic patio chairs while eating fresh grown tomatoes, that my grandaddy told me my first vampire story...…
When we read a whodunnit novel, we race the fictional detective, hoping to discover who committed the crime, before they identify the murderer in the big reveal scene.…
Silence followed as Jim carefully scanned every article, and Mavis touched each
line. The way they knew, for Jim, this knowledge came differently to Mavis. For him, the
words stood out boldly. He couldn’t miss it. ‘That’s the one,’ he pointed.…
People were already leery of the Arrow Drive; if we had any more mishaps, we’d forfeit our safety rating altogether and be barred not only from the lucrative corporate runs but also from such bread-and-butter jobs as our present engagement: the off-peak special to Gabor II.…