Karl Erickson was an old widower, quietly living out his days. Then, something amazing, something wonderful, happened to him. But coping with change -- even amazing, wonderful change -- is never a simple matter.
When Tom's mother broke her leg all his holiday plans were ruined, nursing his mother was not what this teenager wanted to be doing. Then something happened to improve his situation.
This all happened long ago with my boyfriend and his mom but still ranks as one of the most surreal experiences of my life. Little did I know then how it would influence me later in ways I never imagined. Some people have expressed their doubts as to whether this really happened. Frankly I probably would as well if I was in their shoes. Yet as they say... truth is stranger than fiction.
Halloween 2024
On a band trip to New Orleans he stopped into a hole-in-the-wall shop, where an old woman offered to sell him a little bottle of Love Potion #9. He was a high school student who had a crush on his geometry teacher and, just for fun, at the Halloween dance, he spiked her punch. Except instead of only two drops, as the old woman had instructed him, his nervousness caused him to dump half the bottle. It was the best Halloween night of his life, and October 31st was never the same again.
It's magic, but not as we know it. A fantasy in six parts.
I've written it all, so you won't be left in the lurch.
>Lucilla watched the celebrities for a few more minutes, and then turned to go. It wasn't until then that she noticed the key. The hotel room key, hooked impossibly over the waistband of her white panties. Lasco's key, obviously. This was worse than she thought. Or better, she realised, grinning.