Patrician (aka ‘The Lusts of Jack’)

That morning as Fleur wandered through Marblethorpe Wood, she had never felt happier or any more content. Twisting columns of resplendent sunlight cascaded down through the twisted boughs and lush emerald canopy of leaves above, chasing away the dark velvet shadows that fringed either side the narrow trail she walked.
And yet it wasn’t the rapture [...]

Harridan (aka ‘I Married A Witch’)

“One more for the road?” asked Keith necking the last warm remnants of bitter from the glass.
Alec shook his head. “’Fraid not. Martha will literally have my guts for garters if I’m late back again.”
“C’mon, she’ll understand. It’s not like you come out for a beer much these days,” slurred Keith, his drunken gaze not [...]