Going into Obresh hadn’t been in your plan at all, but you needed to hide. You had run away from your family, wanting to escape their strict rules and traditions. Ever since you were fifteen, you’ve been living in Obresh, making a living for yourself and escaping your ...
2019-01-24 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I was young, family was everything. I was the eldest son and I felt it was my responsibility to look after everyone. None of us knew who our father was, or more likely fathers. My mother was a temple priestess and consorted with dark deities in order to give predictions and wisdom. From thes...
2019-01-23 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI remember the sound of my eyes rolling and clicking on the cold marble floor. In an instant, I was blind, deaf, and mute, cut off from the world and locked into myself. I felt so strongly that it was overwhelming. I was suffocated in my silence, in grief like a wet quilt,...
2019-01-23 20:02:03 +0000 UTC View PostI take the phone and my eyes widen a bit. The model is a succubus. He’s tall and well built, very lean with ink blue skin, pure white body hair, and pitch black eyes. The photo Kara showed me had him posed on a chaise lounge with a sheer bolt of fabric over his lap.
“Isn’t he great?...
2019-01-22 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I knew I would find you here,” his voice is smooth and songlike. He uses a cloth to wipe the dust away from my lashes. It has laid so heavy there for so long that my eyes had become permanently closed.
“Such a lovely th...
2019-01-22 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI frown, I know E’zei is a creature that could do so much harm to the world. He’s not a good spirit by any means. Yet he chooses to devote his time and energy to making sure the wolves of Hearthway Hollow are inconvenienced and even scared. He’s supposed to be a power with no master but her...
2019-01-21 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“This can’t be possible,” I gasp as all the air leaves my lungs. “You can’t be-”
“Oh, but I am, love,” Shae reaches into the sleeper and picks up Gracie, setting her down on the ground. “Now, come here.”
“Excuse me,” she says again as she walks up behind you. “I couldn’t help but notice you look like you need a drink.”
You turn to meet her eyes and see she’s smiling at you. You’re not sure how to respond to this. You’ve not accepted many offers since you got to Ob...
2019-01-18 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI hate trains. I always have. Ever since I was little, I would never set my foot on one without pitching a massive fit. I had to be forced onto them. My grandmother was the superstitious kind, and she had ghost stories for everything. She had told me stories about the men ...
2019-01-18 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIaso looks at me and she sighs. She scratched at the back of her neck then smiles. “My poor, sad, boy. If only I had your original eyes, you might have been able to see it before.” She pats my hand. “No promises, but I will see what I can find out about your watch.”
“Ah, thank you...
2019-01-17 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAbout a month ago, I discovered that my teacher had a secret. Through random chance, I had discovered he was a phone sex operator. To my surprise, I believe he had figured me out as well. After all, we both see each other almost every day, we know each other’s voices. Bu...
2019-01-17 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI look away and Mournine drops his veil again. “Same boat, Florence, same boat,” he sniffles and stands up, going back to the bookcase where he had been standing before.
I look down at my one hand and then up, seeing there is a window. I stand up, going to the window and looking out. Be...
2019-01-16 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s this rigidity that I’ve always hated in people. It’s the sort of thing you’d see in Charles Dickens type movies and shows. Stiff upper lips, flared nostrils, a yardstick up the ass, and a crooked eyebrow. I had a couple of relatives that were like that, and...
2019-01-16 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostShae returns, placing two plates in front of us. He’s silent, watching Gracie as she reaches for a great big strawberry on her plate.
“Is this safe to eat?” I ask. “Or will I be trapped like Persephone?”
“She ate willingly,” Shae growls at me. “She wanted to stay...
2019-01-15 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou started your new teaching job about a year ago. You had struggled to get such a job for a long time. After you earned your degree, it was as if there was nothing out there. Finally, though, you were able to get a job as a kindergarten teacher.
&n...
2019-01-15 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDuring a horrible winter, my daughter, Gracie, and I are returning from church. It is snowing hard and we can barely see the streetlights ahead of us.
“C’mon, Mama!” Gracie is giggling.
“Slow down!” I squeeze onto her hand. “There is ice everywhere. I don’t want yo...
2019-01-14 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor the past few weeks, you’ve been shacked up with a lizardman. You had both come to the same bar one evening and had gotten along quite well. He was charming and eloquent and extremely lovely. He's told me his name was Iya, but you figured, like you, he was giving you ...
2019-01-14 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLet's get to voting for the new love letter! This time, let's select from my Symbiote characters.
2019-01-13 00:43:36 +0000 UTC View Post“So did anything happen?” Isla gasped as she nearly leaned over the entire length of the table.
Sophie looked up from her bowl of soup at Isla’s great big eyes staring her down, waiting for any juicy morsel she was going to offer. Sophie cleared her throat and placed her spoon down a...
Was he dreaming? He couldn’t tell. Everything was so still and peaceful like the world had become frozen. He couldn’t remember falling asleep. It had been so long that he’d done it properly that it felt like some alien behavior in himself. He turned, hearing her breathing so soft and even b...
2019-01-12 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Not so fast,” he turns to me. “I don’t want you to quit.”
I frown. “I can’t exactly afford it,” I huff. “How am I supposed to pay for it when I can barely feed myself some days?”
“Not what I mean,” he takes a step closer. “I told you that you made me feel mo...
2019-01-11 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou live in a small apartment building, so little, in fact, there are only four apartments. You live upstairs where the only access is a staircase from the outside. Your neighbor on the top floor is a mechanic whose shop is just next door to the building. So often times, y...
2019-01-11 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI chuckle. “Yeah, I suppose.”
“Tell me, Isabelle,” I melt a little when he says my name, “is there a reason you called today?”
“Curiosity?” I confess with a squeak to my voice.
“Oh, really? Why so curious, kitty?” Morgan laughs.
I smile and bite my lip....
2019-01-10 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostI’m not exactly sure where, to begin with, all of this. For some time now everything has just been chaos all around us. I’ve dragged down almost everyone I care about. My top student, my nephew, my best friend, they’ve all been pulled into this dark web because of me...
2019-01-10 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I can always message you,” you say with a breathless excitement. “I mean, if that’s alright?”
Abbost sets Myri down and holds her hand. “That’s fine.” He waves and turns to head back to his car.
You bite back a smile as excitement builds. You’d get to spend time wit...
2019-01-09 22:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Iya,” I murmur and I step towards him. “What’s wrong?”
He sighs, closing his eyes tight. “There’s something I need to tell you. I don’t know if I can keep hiding it from you.”
You take a deep breath, wondering if he somehow knows who you are. “What is it?” You t...
2019-01-08 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re here, aren’t you?”
I wake but realize I am still in my dreams. I look around, seeing nothing but a vast desert of white before me. The wind blows gold, and when I look ahead, I see Addor standing before me.
“Dad!” I rush forward, but the winds...
2019-01-08 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter breakfast and having a lovely morning with everyone, Timid and I go out for the day. We go into town with Timid taking a page from Spite and forming around me like a hoodie.
“You know, he’s an asshole, but Spite has some good ideas,” Timid giggles. “Don’t tell him I sa...
2019-01-07 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEver since we boarded the ship, I’ve pretty much kept to myself. I’ve not wanted to really talk to anyone or join in on any of the festivities the crew throws. The trip to Grattertock isn’t a long one, a few days at the most. Once we’re there, we’ll enact our pla...
2019-01-07 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor a while, it seemed like the world didn’t stop. Silas had so many jobs he could barely go home to shower and change. Sophie was busy too, her family came and she went home for a few days while everything with the hit and run was filed and investigated. School was getting busy as the end of t...
2019-01-05 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post