I was too clingy, had trust issues, and had pretty much given up on the idea of marriage. I was a mess and not a hot one either. Yes, I was still young, but if all guys only wanted sex without a commitment, then I would never have a family.
As hope began to rise in my lonely, desperate heart, I took a picture of the Virtually Yours billboard ad, for building your own AI companion robot.
I had him bring it into my apartment, and after he left, I quickly unwrapped it; my giddiness almost go...

Her mom's a witch.
Her dad's a demon.
And she just wants to be ordinary.
I batted at the curl of smoke drifting off the tip of my candle and tried not to sneeze. My heavy velvet cloak fell in oppressive, suffocating folds in the closed space of the ceremony chamber, the cowl trapping the annoying bits of puff I missed. I hated the way my eyes burned and teared, an almost constant distraction. Not that I didn't welcome the distraction, to be honest. Anything to take my mind from what went on a...