Friday March 8, 2013

From a spam mail folder:

Want me again? Let’s meet up for some shagging.

    x
Larisa M_____   
       
My nights are filled with emptiness now since you stop communicating. I missed your stimulating and provocative correspondence. Write to me soon and release me from this unbearable torture!

****Very much first draft:

"My husband was murdered, and I want to know who to thank.  I'm hiring you to find out."

"Why me?" I asked.

"Because you're the only male witch I know."

There are people who think atheists and agnostics have been considered evil witches for millennia.  But that superstition only dates back a century, to around 2210.  I've read fifteen explanations for why Pagans, Catholics, and Theosophists were let off the hook back then, none of which convinced me.

I decided it wasn't possible to disillusion Petrea.  However, I could pass her on to someone else.

"I'm going to refer you to an expert.  Stepmother Gray and her assistant, Stepsister Flame, can help you much better than I can."