Nice, 1922. Shy and modest, Elenoire has two great loves: Adrien and her piano. When he forces her to choose between their bond and the music of her heart, Elenoire is desperate. Giving up one of them would mean dying. During a trip to Nice, the two newlyweds get lost in a village cloaked in surrealism, where they meet special characters, such as a blind painter who paints only women's nudes and an adventurer who lives in the caves on the sea, along with his cats and an old reed organ. The...

It’s Valentine’s Day night but, instead of celebrating, the world is dead. The powerful and cruel demon Sinfan lands on the only isle left to explore, in the hope of finding someone to drink from and to infect with madness toxin. He is tired and starts being delirious, like a simple mortal. He doesn’t conceive yet that destruction is a revenge of love and that someone is waiting for him in the dim light of the dying moon.Who lured him to that haunted forest? A woman? A man? Or anot...

Despite her new master¿s frightening appearance, Beauty is surprised at his kindness and unusual appeal. Though she refuses to accept the marriage proposal that will lift his curse, Beauty is more than willing to accept the carnal advances and nighttime delights her Beast offers...

Demons and Witches inhabit the pages of this short story. The story the Deanna series was built on.Learn how the prophecy began and how Deanna never really had a choice. Her ancestors are key to everything and the reason she was bound.This is from the book she reads in 'It Is The Demon In Me', soon to be updated and republished.Wet your appetite for what is to come.

At a wedding party thrown for one of his wife's nieces, an older man is given permission to go off of his normally strict diet. Partaking too heavily of the food and wine, he becomes irascible and is rebuked in public by his wife and daughter. That night, in bed, in which, try as he might, he is unable to find a comfortable position, he has terrifying visions of the punishments awaiting him for his life's misdeeds and of the depths he is willing to sink to to avoid these punishments.

Being born in Guatemala, a Third World country, I was brought to Canada and placed in foster care. As a child, teen, and young adult, I fought hard to find my “place” in our world.  There is a small handful of people I would like to thank for giving me the courage to share my innermost feelings: my love, Chris Moran, who always nourishes my emotions; a true friend, Sheila Braund, who saved me from a dark path; and my children, who remind me that the sun will shine tomorrow. ...

WOMAN CAN PUSH HIM OVER THE BRINK TOO EASILY ALAS . . .

Oma should fear the fierce warrior whose captive she's become after she is seized while spying. The penalty is the lash of his whip. The ache in her body is not from the sting of his flogger but from the scorching heat of his touch. Still, she has to resist him if she wishes to safeguard the secrets she hides.Jide is the prince's closest guard. His duty is to keep the royal family safe, so he should deliver instant justice to the spy in his chambers. Yet the intense fire in the eye...

This is a story about two pet cockatoos named Todi and Quincey. Todi was acquired in South Bend, Indiana and was a well known pet at Mr. Friendlys Pet Shop in South Bend. She was so sweet and when the author first met her she knew from the start she was in love. Todi has been a special pet for yearsalmost 30 years. Her adventures start in a 3 person household when she was brought home as a pet around the Easter time of year in 1980. She did tricks and talked. It was pure love for the pet o...

The bird men of Kor live in a brutal world that is very different in spite of its savage beauty. Whether it's hunting, mating or just soaring in the clouds, a strict hierarchy of status and merit is observed. As for the females, they are a prized commodity. It's open season at all times. A short science-fiction fantasy.

This was a Nebula Award finalist for Best Short Story of 1971.::Solitude is corrosive. Love and companionship can heal wounds, but they take time. And even with all eternity to work in, there may never be enough time to do the job.