The next few weeks continue on this way. Slowly, I am introduced into the ways of pleasure I used to enjoy. Mother coaxes from me these pleasures bit by bit, reminding me of things I had forgotten with my new life.
One evening as I lay in the cool sheets, my skin still vibrating from all of...
2019-12-14 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
You visited Hearthway Hollow once on a school trip, the kind your seventh-grade class took every year. An old lumber mill there served as a working museum. Part of it showed how the timber used to be mil...
2019-12-14 20:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostI snap a dirty look at them as I reach for another roll of the silk. “Why do you steal teeth?” I snap at it.
The fairy rattles the cage. “They’re dead, what does it matter what you do? Toss them in a hole. Set them on fire. Why don’t you eat them?”
“Is that what you do w...
2019-12-13 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
There is a statue that hangs out over the corner of the building, just above your apartment window. Sometimes, in the evenings, you sit out on your tiny porch that hangs over the street and tu...
2019-12-13 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHaytham’s eyes are far too perfect, far too beautiful. I have never understood the fairy tale notion of love at first sight until this man stood in my presence. If only the childhood adage of ‘a kiss will make it better’ would work in this scenario, I would ask him for kisses until morning....
2019-12-12 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Pitfall is one of those ingrained institutions, a place where dreams are made, careers are started, and tragic romances blossom. For you, it’s simply a job. You started working at Pitfal...
2019-12-12 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Maybe the risk is worth it,” he chuckles. “Who knows what will happen or what I will find there?”
I swallow back a nervous lump in my throat. “Well, who am I to tell you how to live your life?” I slip my hand over his and slowly curl my fingers around his. “Whatever you want ...
2019-12-11 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Sig sits poised behind the desk, going through of stack of books that she slips a bookmark into before placing them into packages that are to get mailed off. You’ve just come back through th...
2019-12-11 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOnce I see the peaks of the tents, I feel a bit better. Once I get to spend some time with my brother, I think everything will be ok. I land in the Carnival, finding myself remembering the old days when I was little. I had been a toddler when Edgar brought us here. He was sixteen, I was three, an...
2019-12-10 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
You wake up on the floor, the rug wrapped around you like you transformed into a burrito in the middle of the night. Groggy, stiff, and with a mouth full of cotton, you manage to rise up enoug...
2019-12-10 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostBishop glances up then back at you. “Maybe we can sneak away later, go get a drink, talk about something or another.”
Your heart skips a beat and then stops dead when Bishop winks. He walks ahead towards the kitchen while you catch your breath.
“Holy fucking shit he’s gonna ma...
2019-12-09 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
There is a chill in the air, and it tastes crisp as you take in a deep breath. You stir, moving closer towards the source of warmth beside you in the bed. You snuggle against his back to escap...
2019-12-09 20:02:04 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s a start.” He returns back into your apartment, scooping up a load of daffodils into his one arm. He then returns back onto the porch and dumps them over the edge.
“No!” You squeal, trying to stop him but it’s too late. “You can’t do that! You’re going to get me into ...
2019-12-06 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
You’ve gotten a new job recently that allows you to work from the c...
2019-12-06 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou meet the band at the back, helping them to unload and showing them around before the stage crew helped them set up.
Scratch lingered behind, looking at you with a smile on his face. “I owe you one.”
You shrug. “Just make these next three nights the best possible. Prove Fegan...
2019-12-05 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Bill came to stay with me, and Mama and Iggy too. Mama has been so short with me for leaving and never contacting home that night. Upon meeting Bill, she is shocked, but she accepts him with open arms, j...
2019-12-05 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis month for the artist spotlight, there are quite a few artists up! First of all, check out what you're getting in mailouts this month, for $10 and up patrons you'll get a christmas card and a mix of these goodies.
2019-12-05 15:44:32 +0000 UTC
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“I thought you’d like it, considering how much you went through all the pumpkin spice stuff I got-” You press you finger to her lips.
“Don’t mention that,” you coax her. “I never liked the stuff until you came around. Now I feel basic.”
Sig kisses your fingertip. “I ...
2019-12-04 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
They say it’s supposed to be fall and that the weather is cooling off. I’m not sure about that. As long as I have been in New Orleans, I have known nothing but heat and the occasional relief of air c...
2019-12-04 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“It was your choice,” Sig says with a shrug. “You’re stuck with me now.” She pulls your pants back up and tightens the string. She then stands on tiptoe, placing a soft kiss on your neck. “And I am stuck with you.”
You sigh, rubbing your neck where her lips laid. “I should p...
2019-12-03 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Taking care of Avery is like taking care of the weirdest cat at the shelter. He’s quiet and intense, yet he knows absolutely nothing about his surroundings. He’s an odd one. I’m not sure he’s as ...
2019-12-03 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou returned to the kitchen, coffee in hand as you waited. It grew later into the night, and our stomach was in knots with worry. He should have been back long ago. What could have happened to him that was keeping him so long?
You pace around the kitchen then go to the window to peer outsid...
2019-12-02 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostStarting Next Friday a story, rough draft, and special preview will post every single day until Christmas! So, 12 monster leading up to Christmas.
(Not much different from what I usually do, but hey, four extra monsters)
Not to mention that this moth my $10 and up Patrons will b...
2019-12-02 20:08:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It has been so hot the last few days, and the air has been thick and murky with humidity. I’ve not done much, not that I could do much when the weather is so godawful. I pray for rain, or so...
2019-12-02 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostCodras the Minotaur Part 3
Deo the Minotaur Part 2
Succubus Girlfriend
Beast Boyfriend
A Swan and a Raven Boyfriends
A Phoenix in Mr. Faire's carnival
Headless Horseman of Death and Tooth Fairy
Headless Horsewoman of Conquest
Rorschach Priest<...
2019-11-30 15:45:11 +0000 UTC View PostYou scoff, skin crawling from the experience. You’re angry and agitated, the whole night ruined because of Jax and his behaviour. As you got into your room you find your phone laying on the floor. You pick it up, seeing missed calls and a couple of texts from Deo which you ignore, going straigh...
2019-11-29 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My work in Germany had all but been destroyed. I ran with what I could, taking all my research with me in hopes of completing it. I just needed to find an energy source, something that could power everyt...
2019-11-29 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“This and that,” Bill chuckles. “Got into it about my dad and Mama made me cry.”
I smile at him and take hold of his hand. He wasn’t going to tell me, so I wasn’t going to ask. I should have known, but much like Bill had done with me, I was going to pretend and keep living like ...
2019-11-28 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThey say it’s supposed to be fall and that the weather is cooling off, I’m not sure about it. As long as I have been in New Orleans, I have known nothing but heat and the occasional relief of air conditioning when Mama allows it. I had only come to this town because of some deluded notion tha...
2019-11-28 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The small flat that Avery and I live in is just above the grocer where we both work. After fleeing to this city, we were able to get jobs. The man who owns the place seemed desperate to get good workers,...
2019-11-28 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post