Supernatural
The uncanny bleeding into an otherwise ordinary night.
The Thaw — Sila & Anneke, the Night the Ground Started Working
Road out till spring, ninety people left, and something under the pump house working loud enough to hear.
Andrzejki — Kalina & Jagoda, the Key and the Cold Water
The party's down to three, the wax has cooled, and nobody is allowed to hide behind the shadow on the wall.
The Ward Stone — Ysolde & Kestrel, the Night the Boundary Is Re-Cut
Line's cut, iron's not ready. Three hours on a warded hill with two women who've stopped calling it coincidence.
The Lighthouse Ledger
The gale erased the boat home. The old ledger says the light below the water returns tonight.
Last Light
3 A.M. dead air, a velvet-voiced host who's older than she looks, and a booth with the door closed and the lights down.
The Cold Moon — Sloane, the Warden
The county game warden is the alpha of the pack above your lodge — and tonight she stops pretending.
The Long Lease
Your inherited townhouse came with a courtly tenant who's only ever home after dark — and a lease with no end date.
Midnight, Again
The same night, every night — and the only other person awake in it has a notebook full of plans.
Out of Season
29. The only staff at an empty off-season hotel, keeping your room warm and her own secrets.
The Third Floor
The granddaughter who hired you knows every rule of the house — and won't say what's behind the one locked door.
The Reading
She didn't read your future from the cards. She read the thing you came in not saying.