This is Part II of Princess for the Night. Part I of Princess of the Night is here. very swings the wooden practice sword and Umfrey easily blocks it. "You're telegraphing, Avery. I saw where the blow would land before you even got close to me. Try again." Yes, a…
"You're not going to need that love potion." Isabella looked up at her aunt and smiled. "You don't think so?" "No. He's already crazy about you. Apparently everyone in the village knows this but you." Isabella sort of blushed. That's a lot of emotion for Isabella, who's more a thinking…
I am a Romantic. No, not the cheesy 20th century definition. I fucking hate how they took something awesome like Romanticism and turned it into something pretty fucking stupid. I am a Romantic, 19th century definition. If you have no idea what I'm referring to, read the Wikipedia page on…
Nobody fucked with Jack. Do you remember that old Jim Croce song about Leroy Brown? Yeah. Jack was the real life version of that guy. Anyways, Jack liked to beat the shit out of other men who thought they were the toughest guy in the bar. He didn't like it…
Dammit. I open up one of my old tales and it's called A Pirate's Tale. Written before Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean series came out, one of the main characters was named Jack. So no. Not going to keep that name for obvious reasons. Everyone will think I copied them.…