See, I’m still witty even when I’m half-dead.

“You noticed something was off Saturday night, didn’t you? I mean, outside of the fact that there was a stupid dark fae trying to…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“This isn’t then though. This is my hometown. A place where your business aired to the public, and often before the newspaper ever got…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“We’re not witches. We’re the bogeymen and angels that walk the thin seam of the two worlds, like cats on high-wire beams. Assassins. Peacekeepers.…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“A girl needs to eat…,” she said. “A girl needs to follow the rules here, or she gets axed.”

— Alyse M. Gardner

“How can it not be bothering you though?” she asked. “Beer, whiskey, and an invisible wall,” I lied.”

— Alyse M. Gardner

“Yeah you do. It’s called get your ass registered and don’t eat and litter. Rules are simple here,” I said. “I never really did…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“Nic and I may not be together, but we are each other’s.”

— Alyse M. Gardner

“So? He said that he cares about you! And even with him being fucked up right now, he’s doing a shitty job of acting…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“I already felt naked as it was, and I didn’t want to be touched. He shivered. “She’s got a fiancé,” I told him. “What…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“You play with your tongue? You know, I can, too. Just when I do, it’s cuter,” I paused, “sexier even. Your tongue play? Ugh,…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“Bodies and mind register, but the dick still does the thinking. Men.”

— Alyse M. Gardner

“Sometimes, all it takes is one arm wrap-round. And a heart’s home.”

— Alyse M. Gardner

“My arm clutched one of my other pillows to my chest like a child with a teddy bear, a soul pressing its missing lover…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“Falling asleep with hopes and wishes that I rarely get to hold in my hand for long…go me. All I’ve got are memories and…

— Alyse M. Gardner

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” I smiled. “I travel. Shit happens.”

— Alyse M. Gardner