Mary is just a simple girl. She is a nun, a nurse, and now, a Joygirl in training. She did her best to be the very best in each of her chosen paths because that is just the way she was.
This is a story about a jilted husband who dies while driving, due to his distraction over his wife's affair. He haunts her after she makes the mistake of holding a seance.
One brother seeks the assistance of the other brother on a mission of revenge. Nothing unusual about that, except for one thing. One of them is dead! Takes place in a Melbourne that is overrun by gangs of youths and possesses an undermanned and ineffectual police force.
A story in the Heartlands Universe
Marked by stigmata and born a bastard, Alunya has ever been under suspicion. Born into a village isolated by a divine barrier for centuries, Alunya quickly finds the valleys supposed safety feels closer to a prison. Yet soon, he and his much-beloved elder brother Antares shall find that prison is not merely a threat to their dreams, but to their innocence, their lives, and ultimately, their very souls.
This is a short story to cover an unfinished item in Connard Wellingham's story 'The Girls' School.' At the end of that story a young man badly misbehaves and then betrays a trust, placing many at risk. Those most affected by his behaviour get special help to extract a revenge for his betrayal; this is the start of that story. NB: This is well outside my comfort zone, see end note. Codes cover main aspects.
An old and cocky con man decides to con his own Big C team, and make off with all of the money. Not only does he do this in the territory of a jealous Philadelphia crime boss, but after that boss tries killing him, he runs all the way to Los Angeles. Can he make it?
Our protagonist meets a lovely young woman on the Internet. At their first date in person, she confesses that she isn't human. They go somewhere private for her to prove this to him, and when she does, sparks fly. Warnings: Body horror, sex with a monster.