POV Mia

When the thirty-first arrived, the apartment was packed again. Everyone was in costume, walking around, sitting down, bending things and generally trying to discover what was going to break before they left. Beth, Ellen and Magnus moved between them doing…

I woke up late. It had been a week since Halloween. Rina had gone back to LA, the downstairs had been cleaned up, and Leah and I had returned to something resembling normal domestic life. I’d had two in-person interviews…

I walked over to Ground Central Coffee Company on Tuesday. I had agreed to meet Dan there at nine thirty, half an hour before meeting Anna and Mark, so I could update him on the situation and what we were…

There was movement in the yellow house behind us. There was some shouting, and crying, but I could not make out what was being said. “That could have gone better,” I said. “It was not that bad,” Leah retorted, looking…

It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and we had discovered that Lulu Attack should not be mixed with alcohol. Apparently, the warning wasn’t just for drunkards. My brother had canceled his subscription to Leah’s Patreon, but Leah had made me…

I answered the phone. “Hey, Lin? What's up? You OK?” There was a sound on the other end, then silence. I heard her swallow before she tried again. “Can I see you?” “Sure. Right now?” I tried to sound hopeful.…