Novels by Better fish

The air felt artificial.The Ren Faire, as they called it, was a cage of spectacle, a menagerie of what humankind thought of our world. Their wild guesses. Their longings. Their worn-out fairy tales are wrapped in glitter and polyester.I found it amusing.I used to wish I could be something else, too. I used to think it might be as easy as putting on a mask.I scanned the crowd, packed together like sardines. My skin prickled with goosebumps at the thought of pushing through that throng.What if I just set a fire? Just a small one. Just enough to make them scatter.“Caius…”“Hm?” I murmured, turning with catlike ease.Alex stood there, scowling as usual. I’d long since stopped mistaking it for anger. That was just his face. Gruff, perpetually inconvenienced by the world.But his eyes... They were more expressive than I remembered. Or maybe I’d only just started noticing.Something was simmering beneath the surface. Not the usual sharp edge no, this was quieter. A slow leak. A hai

The RV whizzed past the landscape at a steady pace, the background blurring together bleeding into each other like a mural of green, blues and reds.i glanced at it for a minute, the shock of not feeling the oush of air and the forces of nature as we fought against it in this machine would never not be a shock to me, I breathed out and went back to positioning my camera properly for my newest adventure.I positioned my phone -Barry, as I liked to call it- on a chair following the instructions from countless myriad users. I’d gotten better over the past few days, doing my best to mimic their style.Set the timer- position yourself in the middle of the grid-lines- make sure the picture is bright enough….Big smile- Peace sign-Crossed legs... okay, maybe not that last part.I practiced smiling on the camera a small smile, then a smirk, then I widened my lips as far as I could the sides of my mouth opening to show the sharper sections of my teeth.Maybe not that one…."Are you threateni

I rested my head in Caius thighs letting him run his hands through my hair a habit he had picked up from the time we had been together.His hands moved slowly through my scalp sending delightful shivers before going through the full length removing any snags or tangles in my hair.This is the best my hair has ever been maintained. I would sadly have to admit that but only to myself,.An image of Caius’ smug look surfaced into my mind and I tamped it down with a snort, Caius hand paused in the air I glared at him for even thinking of stopping.Caius chuckled his voice low, I could feel the vibrations from his legs, “Ohh we have a diva in our hands”I rolled my eyes and looked towards Alex who had not removed his eyes from the road since I interrupted him.My tail rested near his feet. I flicked it, letting the light catch it just right so the reflection spilled across his face a kaleidoscope of shimmering rainbow hues.He looked otherworldly like that. Holy. My mouth watered.“Orion” h

Something in the air has changed.It could be because we were getting closer to the colder side of the country, the leaves have changed colors, the trees have given way to more ornamental plants, plants I know but have never noticed before.I rarely drove, I did not like having to concentrate on one thing it leaves straining to make sure everything around me was as it should, no one following me, no tracking device and no accident that could occur out of nowhere.Usually I had someone drive me to where I was supposed to go, but…I took a deep breath and let it fill my lungs, the feeling of my blood vessels receiving oxygenated blood and taking it where its meant to be filled me with peace.I blinked against the light slanting through the RV’s window. My back ached. My mind itched.Everything had changed, and now I think I am too.My knuckles whitened on the wheel when the wind shifted suddenly I was aware of the engine’s tremor, the pulse at my throat., the empty chasm in my chest that

I Would’ve Bottled You, If You’d Let MeMy dreams always start the same way: a beautiful but deadly meadow full of flowers, stretched across like a never-ending stream. One as far as the eye can see.I would walk into the flowers following a scent I knew one that by mind body and soul, I had a habit of buying every thing that smelled like it whenever I had the chance, the smell of warm milk and an undertone of sea salt, it sent a shiver to my stomach and an insatiable craving.I walked through the field of flower the tiny, delicate bell-shaped flowers dangle from a slender, arching green stem like a string of whispered secrets, a breeze passed over the field and the smell of milk and the soft scent of the flowers entered my nose it soothed my erratic soul and I continued on my journey not knowing how far and how long I had been walking for .I continued walking until a gap replac

“So that’s two ways?” i tried to lighten the situation, it was wrong of me to look into the darkness when I had been warned, but that voice I had no idea why but it became an itch at the back of my head I just couldn’t scratch, remembering had never been a problem to me, I just thought of it and the memory floated right back up but this time, I just couldn’t remember much and it was driving me crazy.Caius sighed, rubbing a hand over his face. “It depends on the kind of fairy though. Your death could be slow… or fast. Could be a dream-leech or a soul-eater. Some of them want your body. Others want your mind. But once you’re marked…” he paused“You start unraveling,” he said softly. “Piece by piece.”I felt Alex’s arms around me tighten and I was pressed closer to his chest, I looked up but he was just staring straight ahead at Caius, he didn’t blink like he was afraid the minute moment would cause himto skip important information.Caius continued. “It starts small forgetting things, h