Club Nexus
By
E.J. Stevens
Club
Nexus
E.J.
Stevens
Published
by Sacred Oaks Press
Copyright
2013 E.J. Stevens
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Table of Contents
Introduction
ICED
DUSTED
JINXED
DEMONIZED
Author’s
Note
Club Nexus is comprised of four short stories—Iced, Dusted,
Jinxed, and Demonized. I highly recommend reading these stories in order for
the most powerful, and pleasurable, reading experience.
But, of course, you can and will read these stories any
which way you like. No matter how you read Club Nexus—back to front, upside
down, or in a tutu—I hope you enjoy these glimpses into the paranormal
nightlife of Harborsmouth.
xx,
E.J.
“But I
don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh,
you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here.”
--Lewis
Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Introduction
W elcome to Club
Nexus, a singular entertainment experience deep in the heart of Harborsmouth.
If you have discovered our exclusive club, then it’s likely
you belong to our specialized clientele. We cater to the needs and desires of
vampires, demons, faeries, both Seelie and Unseelie, and their human servants.
To ensure the privacy of our patrons, a glamour has been
cast to ward our club from detection by non-paranormals. We also provide club
security, both at the door and within our fine establishment.
Our well trained security staff do more than keep out
unwelcome human riffraff. Due to our unique location atop crisscrossing lay
lines, Club Nexus has been declared neutral ground. As such, we at Club Nexus
have strict rules of conduct. Bloodshed must be consensual or the guilty
parties risk punishment—death, maiming, or banishment from our club—at our
security staff’s discretion.
If you do hunger to satisfy unorthodox tastes and wish to
walk the tightrope of our rules, you may be interested in the services of Mr.
Goodfellow. Puck is a resourceful creature who will likely be able to provide
what you desire—for a price.
We do hope you enjoy your visit to Club Nexus. Whether you
are in need of a drink, a special someone, or a special someone to drink, we at
Club Nexus are at your service.
ICED
I blew a stray lock
of hair from my eyes while running a damp cloth over the bar. The raven black
curl froze at the edge of my vision, ice crystals from my breath coating it
like the dust of fractured diamonds. But within seconds the damp chunk of
bangs thawed from the perpetual heat of the club.
The heat was one of the many things that I despised about
bartending at Club Nexus. There were places within the club that were as cold
as the Unseelie court I’d once called home—they had something here to please
any fae in the upper echelons of power—but those areas
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