a bannick

           an odd slightlyterrifying spirit that was said to inhabited Slavic bathhouses  cedar dry saunas

 

Step up get in line buddy

bannick snarled

Save it

         You shoud recognise tha youre at the end of the linebringing up the rear ghosts phantoms spectres apparitions taibhses precede you

it snarled Bagiennik snarled Domovoy

Haveem get in line behind ya

                                  Youre not bringing up the rear

    that seemed to appease it

a smirk may have briefly appeared on their face

                                                       briefly

because he looked brieflyglanced  theyre not appealing   downright ugly

                                                                               bagiennik

swamp  water spirit

uglier yet

domovoy

house spirit

              indistinct  dustbunnyish spiderwebbish

he was takinem on a field trip to visit a disbeliever his intent rap on the door and when he answered it hed have his strollin they can fly but he asked them not to enclave file instep back outsideshut the heavy oak door behind him

              let them sort things out

    possibly when exiting boyohboybuddyboy would be bringing up the rear

lotsa luck for him to draft a spirit

                                        maybe

the change would do him some good

                                         anif

boyohboybuddyboy didnt join the conga line

                                                   hed find happiness exclusivelyhaunting his own house

Spooks

          Yagotta loveem

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he said to the ether

                     I want to thank you for another good day for staving off the discomfort the bleedinlimiting sciatica  not hobbled not havin to walk through  the discomfort

You mean pain

No

        Discomfort

Feels like pain

You can feel too

We hear you when you let us    Feel  Jah

Anya think thas pain

    Semantics

he laughed

                Have to suppose theres tha

To inform you  when hobbled  thas discomfort

                                                           Tellya wha

When pain Ill advise you

                              Buck up

Buck up

Be positive

Says he who is cynical

Im optimistically cynical

Oh you have your cake an eat it too

Yes we do

                Methinks I was a good bet

Lookin from without

    Without  You mean outside lookin in or without  not havin . .

. . Lodgings   No

                       Lookin in

Agree  We were fortunate

                              You understand your neon cherryred VACANCY sign remains on

More the merrier

Statement   Question

Unquestionably a statementVacancy

                                              You hold down the fort during my obscene flights of fancy

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he mused as they walked to the hotel . . . by the skin of his teeth by the hair of his chinnychinchin . . .

        

You making something of that?

I wasnt  I was musing

                           I find it best to releaseem before they make a mess

   Maybe   This once you could try, considering where we are.  a writers conference

Off the top of my head  I don know

But you think well on your feet.

Skin  Teeth  Hair

                          Escape

    Escape.

              An odd thing to say.

No   Not really

Come up, have a nightcap.

I think not My room beckons me

Come up. Make something of your musing.

he slowedturned his head to her eyed her

she eyeballed him back winked

 

unlocked the door to her suite

                                 Come now, off the top of your head.

Punany

         Methinks punany nibbled by sharp incisors pleased  by a flickering tongue  pleased  by a fuzzedchin to clit

Anal intentions remedied  rectified

  

                                            An you

    I can say I didn’t see that coming. Very graphic.

Indeed

I’m not playin . .

. . Ya posed the question you insisted youre liable

                                                      Wha arya gonna make by the skin of your teeth  by the . .   whell  youre not bearded

By the skin of your teeth

                                                                            

    Perhaps you should go.

I woud if I coud

                     In the morning

Not in the morning. Now.

I understand

                  Evenings  Security  The doors lock from outside 

Right. Teasing me she thought

                              she walked across the suite tried the door    turned around

This isn’t funny.

The fine print  My rooms going to waste

                                            Which is why I hesitated at the dooryou grabbed my arm insisted I come in    I shoudnt    What?are you a vampire or something?    I shoudnt    No, please, come in.

    Were in

This is why I steer clear of conferencesconfabs Ive heard they can tend to get weird

                                                                                        Had you not invited me

I woud not be here

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