“I start my story. Which, if I do say so myself, is a fine story for a Sunday drive. It’s a love story, at least up to the point that it gets tangled up in death and lies.” And so begins Father Hoven’s journey back to St. Jude and back to the...
Wolf's life in the woods is good except for the uncontrollable urge to devour children that made him an outcast among his peers, until Wolf meets the Brothers Grimm and, after much deliberation, decides to accept their cure for his dark desires....
The higher powers send the God of Love, Victor Valentine, to a frozen northern wasteland. His mission: spread the love.Valentine's strategy is to open a restaurant. The food and wine, the potions at Valentine's disposal, the music, the waiters -- a...
Clarissa Brimsley, the narrator of Thereafter, is long dead, but she still has work to do. The object of her attention is her mother, Audrey. Sixty years after the fact, Audrey is stuck trying to make peace with the idea that she killed Clarissa in w...
Brutal casino boss Roberto Stiglioni already has Frank, Dean and the rest of the Rat Pack wowing the rubes in his Vegas casino. When he happens to entrap a mermaid while drowning a casino cheat, he knows just what to do: build a tank in an exclusive ...
In these three short, short stories, the God of Love, Victor Valentine, does his best to add to the world's supply of love. Or, at least, to help settle some scores. But even when managed by an expert, love remains what it always is — exciting,...