I wonder how many police reports I’m in. Deceased last seen with unidentified person. Caucasian female, approximately six feet in height, unflattering mannish build, short blond hair, ratty clothing, scars on face. Probably in the margins they write “lesbian?” And in their notepad they write “bangable, but just barely”. When I was driving Christie Lane’s Malibu backContinue reading “Big Damn Hero for Hire”
Monthly Archives: August 2021
Bright Lights, Bug City Part 8 – Over
Grace and Christie headed to Galesburg on the hunt for the customer service center manager at the middle of this inspect spirit jamboree, but he was long gone. Along with several other employees who are likely his insect-infected minions. Did the doctor warn them before Christie magic-mouthed the bug juice out of him? Or doesContinue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City Part 8 – Over”
Bright Lights, Bug City Part 7 – Fool me once shame on you, fool me nonce, eh, good for me I guess
Did you know that when Grace is not doing magic stuff she’s a pro wrestler? She actually does that a lot more than she does magic stuff. Crazy huh? It doesn’t pay well but at least it’s really bad for you. Wrestlers who are any good develop two very strange skills. One is selling. Not like Glengarry Glen RossContinue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City Part 7 – Fool me once shame on you, fool me nonce, eh, good for me I guess”
Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 6
The plan was simple. That’s good right? The beauty of a good plan is its simplicity. Once a plan gets too complex, everything can go wrong. Christie would distract the people at the nurse’s station. Grace would levitate up to the third-floor window, go in, and grab the doctor. Simple. Unfortunately, this simple plan had several fatal flaws. Continue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 6”
Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 5
Grace isn’t a good singer. But she’s not a comically bad singer despite the jokes. She’s just not good. What she lacks in ability, she makes up for with enthusiasm. She had the window down on Christie’s battered Malibu as they meandered through the northwest central Illinois night. She had her arm out the window,Continue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 5”
Bright Lights, Big City – Part 4
Once Grace had broken the ritual magic that held their attackers and then healed them, it was time to debrief. The three of them worked at a customer service center in Galesburg. All they knew for sure was that they had been asked to work a later shift than usual and when they got there,Continue reading “Bright Lights, Big City – Part 4”
Bright Lights, Bug City – An interlude to explain why my main character is awesome (I’m a good writer!)
No one died. Which is pretty remarkable. The guy that Grace smashed into through the windshield would definitely have died if left there without treatment. And the guy she kicked in the chest was in pretty bad shape too, but the third fellow would have staggered to another hospital, one that’s operational, and pulled through. Most likely. Barring theContinue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City – An interlude to explain why my main character is awesome (I’m a good writer!)”
Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 3 “Don’t worry, we’re experts”
A bloodied and battered fellow listlessly swinging a baseball bat came galloping out from the general area where the Spark had crashed into the hospital lobby. Grace responded to this threat with a little hop and kicked him in the chest – sending him to the ground gasping like someone having a heart attack. GraceContinue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 3 “Don’t worry, we’re experts””
Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 2
Grace and Christie followed their target to the old hospital outside of Galva Township. The old hospital outside of Galva Township was shut down after the fire in ‘97, see with the Hammond-Henry Hospital up in Geneseo there was no longer much need for it so it wasn’t worth the cost to rebuild. In 2019, a projectContinue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 2”
Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 1
If we’re being honest, and I feel that we are, outside of the wrestling arena any duo with Grace as a part of it is going to draw some stares. Even with that considered, Grace and Christie Lane make a strange combo. Not just because she happens to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 8Continue reading “Bright Lights, Bug City – Part 1”
The Shine 