J. J. Hanna © 2023 5:45 AM. As usual, I was right on time. But for the first time in a long time, Amanda wasn’t the one who greeted me. That didn’t bode well. For as good as this coffee shop was at giving me exactly what I wanted exactly how I wanted it, thatContinue reading “The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 6: Olivia”
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Humanity At Home
J. J. Hanna © 2023 The older I’ve gotten, the more at home I feel in coffee shops and cafes. There’s something distinctly comforting about the constant hums of machinery, the smells of freshly ground and brewed coffee beans, and the atmosphere of groups of strangers sharing intimate moments. The environment itself is welcoming, theContinue reading “Humanity At Home”
Short Story: A Very Pembrook Christmas
J. J. Hanna © 2021 Betty pushed through the front door, and I pushed my laptop off of my lap and ran to help her. Her arms were full of bags banging against the glass. “What did you do? Buy the whole store?” She smiled at him, her bright pink hair peeking out from underContinue reading “Short Story: A Very Pembrook Christmas”
Tales of Turedor: The Telekinetic (Part 3)
Amber perched on the pillows covering the ground in her tent. Camelia had promised to return in a few months, giving Amber time to practice and learn and grow in confidence with the magicians in the Cirque. There was one magician in particular who caught Amber’s eye. They seemed nothing alike, but the way theContinue reading “Tales of Turedor: The Telekinetic (Part 3)”
Short Story: An Evening Chat
J. J. Hanna © 2021 I’ll admit it. It was a lot harder to be a vampire back before there was modern medicine and modern conveniences, in large part because I couldn’t blend in nearly as well. Mirrors used to have silver backing, and if you’ve ever tried to style your hair without a mirrorContinue reading “Short Story: An Evening Chat”
Short Story: A Million Little Futures
J. J. Hanna © 2021 It was a beautiful day. The sun peeked out from behind fluffy gray clouds every once in a while, an autumn breeze tugged at the brim of my hat, and I was wearing one of my favorite outfits—a black sleeveless dress with a white Peter Pan collar, gray knit tights,Continue reading “Short Story: A Million Little Futures”
Short Story: After it All
J. J. Hanna © 2021 This story is a sequel to Live Another Day. Folks tend to have apocalypse plans. Especially the doomsday bunker-in-the-basement, shotgun-in-the-closet types of folks. Me? I’d never even come close to assuming I’d survive at all when the day finally came. So you can imagine my surprise when I woke upContinue reading “Short Story: After it All”
The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 5: Adam
J. J. Hanna © 2021 A week had gone by, and that should have been a relief to me. I wanted to believe everything was going to be okay. But the stranger had contacted me again with a plan perfectly outlining what I was supposed to do if the police tracked me down. Worse? TheContinue reading “The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 5: Adam”
The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 4: George
J. J. Hanna © 2020 I pulled up to the drive through and let my car idle. It was going to be a long day. I could already tell that things weren’t going the way they should have. After all, when you’re the leader of Avalon, a criminal network connecting criminals to patrons and jobs,Continue reading “The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 4: George”
Tales of Turedor: Call Me Camelia (Part 2)
Dreams plagued Amber that night. Neither good nor bad, but different. She never awoke in a cold sweat, as one was apt to do during a season of nightmares. Nor did she find she was happy or well rested. And the dreams—incredibly vivid, almost as if they were memories, though not her own—refused to leaveContinue reading “Tales of Turedor: Call Me Camelia (Part 2)”
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