Chelsea Gets in Some Practice
The setting sun reddened the mountains in the distance as Chelsea raced down the open road. The gas pedal wasn’t quite flat against the floor, but she was ready to speed up if need be.
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Chelsea Goes to Tucumcari
When she’d gotten a job in Tucumcari, Chelsea could hardly contain her excitement. An authentic piece of Route 66 history. But like the highway system, the world had moved on.
Chelsea and Jack, Once Again
This is a series of short stories, detailing the adventures of Chelsea Childling. You can start with her origin story or pick something from the index.*** Beer and fists flowed around her, but Chelsea barely noticed. Oklahoma City’s haunt could have been anywhere. Small, dirty, and full of the usual brawls; it felt like home. […]
Once Upon a Time
This was, originally, a writing blog. By which I mean, to train myself to write, to practice and practice and practice, and frankly, just to talk about my work, I had a daily ritual of writing a blog post. It traveled from Tumblr to here, and I did it for years. Just something every day.And […]
Chelsea Fight Borers
This is a series of short stories, detailing the adventures of Chelsea Childling. You can start with her origin story or pick something from the index.*** The badly lit hotel room was dirty. Not in the well-used and loved sense, but in the Chelsea-very-much-didn’t-want-to-take-off-her-shoes sense. She sighed and pulled her feet onto the bed. The […]
Chelsea and the Vampire Bats
Twilight brought twinkling lights and absurdly suggestive slogans at the roadside attraction. The place was famous for its risque name, and fudge, and lived up to the touristy promise of the billboards. All of of four stores and bawdy signage; the sheer over-the-top nature of the “town” overloaded Chelsea’s sense of maturity and she giggled as she contemplated buying a t-shirt.
Chelsea Takes a Breather
All annoyance fled as she looked into deep brown eyes under unruly dark curls. “Morgan!” She flung herself at her former hunting partner. “I thought you were out of town.”
Morgan squeezed her back. “I was. Just got in.”
Chelsea Fights Fairies
“Like we said back at the bar, winged, flying spiders. Guess we forgot to mention the barbs that shoot a paralyzing agent that can stop your heart. And there’s at least five of them down there.” He rolled his eyes and snorted. “Some idiot wanted ‘real fairies’ for his daughter.”
“That’s so… stupid.”
“And yet, it happens every few months.”
Chelsea Gets Going
He sipped on his coffee. “Where you off to?”
“Not sure yet, but I need wide open spaces. Might be headed back to South Dakota.”
“And Amber?”
She forced back the tears. “She has my number, and she’s hunting again. I’m more likely to find her on the road than stuck here.”
“Stuck?” A single eyebrow raised at her.
“I hate this city. Always have.”
For Now
Andy looked between them. “You got a hunt without me?”
Amber shrugged. “I heard something at that shithole restaurant. I just didn’t act on it. Figured we could do some recon. See if there’s any there there.”
Words That Burn Like Fire 