... ISBN 0-9740848-1-6 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be repro- duced electronically or in any form, or by any... ...ronically or in any form, or by any means, without the prior written consent of the Publisher and the Author, excepting brief quotes used in reviews. ... ...k are real. All situa- tions, characters and concepts are the sole invention of the author. © 2003, Barbara M. Hodges Cover art © 2003, Tigress Press,... ...rd the sink. “I’ll have to let you take care of these. I can’t keep the soap princess waiting.” She punched him lightly in the arm. “I’ve got them to... ...d defeat and the conquering flames celebrated by leaping high and casting an orange glow around him. The only other furniture in the room was a bed an... ...and glanced at the hori- zon. The sun nested there. Bands of red, purple and orange radiated from the glowing ball. It would be dark soon. She looked ... ...aman were black twisting shapes against the backdrop of blaz- ing yellow and orange. Images of ink drawings from Dante’s Inferno flashed across her mi...