Tag: fiction
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The Interlude
Fiction & Illustration As Mrs. Moonie stormed out of Scarlett’s hotel, she was in such a tizzy that she bumped into an older gentleman who was coming in the door at the same time – nearly knocking him over. The staff rushed over to attend to him, making sure that he was alright, and Mrs.…
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An Evening to Remember
Fiction & Illustration Scarlett loved dancing. She believed that it was medicine for the soul. She decided that sitting around worrying, and obsessing over her plans to discover what was really going on, was like poison. She knew that the only one she was hurting with her ruminations, was herself. She had seen a stack…
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The Antagonist
Fiction & Illustration As it turned out, Scarlett was right. A few blocks from her hotel, in a discreet little warehouse, bundles of red rose buds were being stored. Scarlett’s antagonist – George’s mother, that is – had managed to track her down and then follow her to Hollywood. She wasn’t going to let Scarlett…
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Suspicious Minds
Fiction & Illustration Outside the theater, Scarlett strapped on her boot and hailed a cab. It wasn’t until she was back at the hotel, walking toward the elevator, that she noticed something irritating her toes. Once she was in her room, and able to take it off, she discovered a folded note inside. Meet me…
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Serendipity
Fiction & Illustration Scarlett hurried out of her seat when the show was over, hoping to catch the mysterious man as he exited the theater. She had prepared her speech while sitting through the final act, and she was more than ready to let him have it. As luck would have it, a bizarre twist…
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A Mysterious Man
Fiction & Illustration Hollywood was not what Scarlett had imagined. While she may have saved herself from Mrs. Moonie’s manipulative schemes, backing out of the old devil’s plot in the nick of time, she realized quickly that Hollywood was crawling with people who were just like her – conspirators, scammers, and philanderers, to name a…
a sprinkle of faith 