It was about nine o’clock when Olivia went into the kitchen to put some water on for tea. She had to be at the Limerick around five the next morning, so she was going to drink some chamomile, then curl up in bed and read for a little while. Mia was sound asleep and had […]

Opening the Limerick was Liv the next day was very quiet. Noah hadn’t slept more than a few minutes the past couple nights. All he could think about whenever he closed his eyes was Vivien. He hadn’t been there and didn’t know the details, but he could imagine her body engulfed in flames as she […]

When Iris got back to her shop the next afternoon, Andrew was already there waiting for her. The store wasn’t open, of course, but he had a key. So he was waiting as she stepped cautiously inside, sitting on a scuffed wooden stool beside a shelf full of crystals. Iris wasn’t much of a hugger, […]

Andrew didn’t feel right. If Iris had been at her house, he would be over there right now. And since he couldn’t go to the hotel, that meant that she was all alone after what had just happened. So as soon as he was alone in the kitchen again, he called her mobile. “Hello?” “It’s […]

The police officer somehow believed her. Iris didn’t know if it was the fact that they lived in a cursed town and were used to bizarre shit, or the way Vivien had clearly beat her up before incinerating herself. But the police had come to question both her and Celine and she figured she was […]

(Content Note: Just a reminder that content notes are available at this link if you want to read them ahead of time.) ————– Iris knew that telling Vivien about Rosalind and Samuel Alderidge was a mistake as soon as she saw the beautiful little car pull up outside of her shop. She looked out the […]

The fact that she wouldn’t need to drive an hour to get home after a delivery shift made going out this afternoon far more bearable for Cleo. Even after a week and a half in the new apartment, the shine hadn’t worn off of that fact that she was back in Boston. It was a […]

Noah was alone in the Limerick, sweeping the back hallway before they opened. It was about five o’clock in the morning and already warm in here. Nothing felt quite right this morning and even with music blaring in his headphones, he felt out of sorts. Normally, he’d have music playing throughout the building, but Andrew […]

Cleo knew she wasn’t dreaming, but only because of how dirty the apartment was. Their new landlord had said that they would have a cleaning company come in before move-in day, which clearly hadn’t happened. But she was moving into an apartment in Boston with Edie. She was back, and she was living with the […]

The way the internet was working well enough to have Roman included in tonight’s meeting was a miracle unto itself. And Iris had to hope that some of that miraculous energy might spread to their attempt to contact Billy McBride yet again. She was trying not to be frustrated. They’d made progress, she tried to […]