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Setup

  • 8 min read

Mary goes shopping with Margaret, gearing up for her new contract. But the shopping trip ends with an unannounced visit. It’ll take more than a dressing room surprise to throw Mary off her game.

The Downs

  • 10 min read

Mary and Margaret meet for lunch so that Simon’s bestie can determine if the protege has what it takes to blend in with the super-rich. Margaret is notoriously hard to please. Will Mary pull it… 

Natural Predators

  • 6 min read

Mary’s finally getting her big break, but with conditions. Like, she has to partner up with her mentor. And he is not the partnership type. Still, this job could make her whole career.

Fuck Mary Kill

  • 4 min read

I heard someone reference the game “Fuck, Marry, Kill” this past week, and it immediately struck me as the basis of a story. After all, there’s a name in there. If you tease it out.… 

Customer Service

  • 2 min read

It’s time to (very briefly) revisit the nameless assassin. I haven’t written a story about him in a while, and this week’s prompt was a good match for his verbose nature. He does so like… 

Karma

  • 6 min read

This past week, I was talking to a friend about why I like this character. Part of my affinity for the unnamed assassin is that he has a moral code. It’s a fucked up moral… 

Background

  • 4 min read

Whereas most of the stories in The Assassin Diaries are more or less stand alones, this one picks up where the last one left off. (If you haven’t read ‘Cardinal Sin‘, I recommend getting on… 

Cardinal Sin

  • 6 min read

Since The Dark Calling finished up, I’ve been a bit lost when it comes to writing my weekly fiction post. Initially, I went back to flash fiction, opting for short, 100-word pieces, but I’ve also… 

Bad Ideas and Wine

  • 6 min read

I had intended to pick up on The Dark Calling this week, but Vye had other ideas. If you’re a writer and you fight your muse, you’re a fool. She wanted me to revisit The…