Artie Flanders eased into the office of Pastor Nate Griffith prepared for a battle. Every time Bobby Halliburton suggested a ministry to...

Savvi closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of the night - damp grass, spicy flowers, the sweet tang of the concession's kettle corn....

"Your boyfriend is weird." Brit threw Savvi a sour look in the mirror as she twisted her wild, wiry mess of hair into a clip on her head....

Carol Benson stared up at the giant stained-glass window, the new five story wonder that graced the worship center at her home church....

"This is the air I breathe. This is the air I breathe. Your holy presence. Living, in me...." Savvi raised her hands to the sky, her eyes...

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Utopia stands as the death of hope.  – Spanner Kinmuto, Civilization’s Demise   "He’s in here.” Lya stooped through the doorway into the...

As he strolled beside Malchus Lorne, Jameson brooded over the universalities of life. Power attracted evil; he had seen it in his own...

“You understand that this is our opportunity.” Several voices from nearby tables erupted into murmurs of assent as the barmaid approached...

"Tony Garner, I'm starting to think that you're more trouble than help these days," Jerome accused slyly as the pair seated themselves at...

"What is truth?" The question never holds an easy answer. Aylee Hembry had thought the idea simple - there were people you could trust...

Marissa Erinson grew up in rural South Carolina in the era before Prohibition. In her world, people of every variety interacted and...

As Marissa approached the bookstore, she squinted against the dark. The gas lanterns never provided enough illumination to make out the...

Seating herself in the comfortable chair, Barbara adjusted her trousers to remove the inconvenient twist that always seemed to restrain...

She had expected so much that the scene before her was a disappointment. Most of the people in Calloway's appeared to be normal,...

From several yards away, Tony watched the unfolding events with a mix of annoyance and concern. He had left the stupid girl at the edge...

As he peered at the young woman weaving her way past the gas lanterns that lit the plaza, Alistair Galloway marveled at how easily he, if...

A brisk wind had whipped up dancing, swirling, through the courtyard. It grabbed the young woman's scarf and twisted it toward the sky....

"Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason." With the wan lightbulb that flickered...

Mendilya Kirksey was born under unusual circumstances - at least for her time. Her mother isolated herself, nursed herself through a...