Birthday Girl
Today is my birthday. Not just any old odd-numbered anniversary mind, but the centenary. The big 100. Traditional congratulatory letter from the Queen…
Ad Quod Damnum
Her mouth draws tight, a line of suppressed rage. It would have to do for a glare. The warrior sighs and considers his blade, pitted and stained. “Thou judgest…
Within a Regal Chamber
With brute force he enters the regal chamber, dripping the dark spoils of combat. The room is white and made all the more sterling by the moonlight flooding in…
Serafine Papillon
Serafine Papillon arrived and waiting for her in the driveway was Inez Andre. “Please, Sera. It’s Melinda. She’s got a bad spirit in her. We didn’t know who…
Introductions
Sarah felt her hands shake; She steadied them by holding tighter to high-end purse. Walking toward the direction of the Madame Papillon’s voice, her eyes…
Hivelings Pt. 2
The queen is, on the other hand, very different. She is very big and is constantly pregnant with new Hivelings. She gives birth once per month and must eat…
Hivelings Pt. 1
This was Jessy’s explanation. Hivelings are a race of bee-human crosses. They can fly like bees(though they have hollow bones like birds) and have stinger…
Samantha Rogers: Harlot, Queen
I don’t get upset when I’m called a harlot. I am one - or at least I used to be before I was taken in, and now…well, it doesn’t mean what it meant back then…
The Dark Queen's Death
It wasn’t until I saw him again that I knew what had become of me. He was dressed in mourning black, and like me, he hands were blood red. I saw him with his…
Queen
It was the first time I killed a man. I had thought that I had killed before, but thinking and knowing are two different things. This time, when I looked into…
Beauty Queen Zombie
Don’t touch me. Don’t look at me. I am falling apart. My jaw has loosened and it’s slipping--slipping like everything else! The wounds that cover my face…
Queen's Daughters
“You do realize we are supposed to be attending the feast, right?” Fizzy whispered to her older sister as they flew away from the Hive. Daisy groaned again as…
Wondering About Love and Queens
He wasn’t sure why he loved the queen, but he was sure it had something to do with the fact he was in a royal world. Why not love a queen? On legs as unsteady…
Hierarchy
You are the king and you are the queen. Everything we’ve ever wanted is embodied in you. We all bow down and make way for the royal family. It’s you, and we…
All Dead, All Dead
The mist cooled my fever but did little for the ache in my knees. No matter, I pressed on. A glimmer of a rainbow taunted me across the vale, calling me in…
Knighted Nicknames of the King's English
I dub thee ‘Sir Snuggly’ Since ‘Kid Cuddly’ Is no name for a prince Also, henceforth, you must Marry ‘Miss Money Grubby’. You deserve a death sentence So take…
Death of a Queen
She lay in the middle of the grand bedroom, drowned in blankets. The doctor held her head in his hands in despair. Her face was paler than a full moon and her…
Facing the White Queen
Simon’s fate hung like a grape on the vine, all but ready to be plucked by delectable lips andengulfed. Her eyes considered him in lazy fashion, lids…
Buried Message
I had stepped on a bottle. After studying it closely I noticed the paper inside. Breaking it, I carefully unfolded the delicate paper. “We are being forced…
your move
The ebony queen gathered her robes and sashayed across the black and white marble floor. All the knights could do was watch as she lifted her silken leg and…