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“Possibility?” Bree blinked, looking around herself. Less than an hour ago she’d been in her Color Variations and Their Effects on Magic class, looking forward to lunch at her favorite cafeteria stop, Tiny Cupcakes. But things got real fuzzy at that point. Where am I? “You are nowhere!” A voice...

Against all odds, our Skoda wheezes to the top of the mountain.  “Idi ti!” Uncle Branko says as he waves me toward the ruin of the Koznik Castle. “Go explore your glorious heritage.” “You’re not coming?” I ask. Branko pokes at his cell phone’s filthy screen. “I have no interest...

The city lights reflect in the uneasy waters of the Atlantic as my shuttle touches down.   I step from the hatch, and before my foot alights the galley panel, I am already whispering his name. “Gabor Jezek.” My temple buzzes, and the robotic voice of my SHIRLY headset replies, “Searching….”...

Adventure. That’s what my uncle Marty loved. He wrote hundreds of short stories about them until he disappeared. It’s been a full year since the missing persons case opened. But here at his wake, it’s time to let him go. I stare at my uncle’s portable typewriter. Amazed at how...

Ribbons and Bows          Deep blue water held the moon and the clouds in a sensuous night time embrace. The castle’s rectangular outline dominated the village rooftops and church spires receding into the distance. The old man in the worn fedora stepped lightly down the cobblestoned streets,...

              “So,” the principal began wearily, “do you know why you are here – again? Hello, Mr. Kintyre, did you hear me?”           Of course, I had heard her, but my attention had been drawn immediately and magnetically to the four pictures on the wall above her head....

I definitely was not going crazy. Nevermind the fact that I was standing on a deer trail, in the middle of nowhere, talking to a small dog, a pug actually, wrapped in a blanket. Oh, and it was talking back to me. “So, let me get this straight, your name...

“So, while there are theoretically infinite colors in the universe,” Professor Tanaka said excitedly as he circled the infinity symbol on the chalkboard, “the human eye can only detect between two and three million of them!” Despite the oppressive heat and humidity in the classroom, Bree smiled. Mister Tanaka’s Color...