You’ve made a life for yourself at the lakehouse. Initially, it had been a place of escape for you. But now, it was home. You had made a life for yourself, and even better, you had healed. You were also loved and treasured by two amazing creatures.
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2018-10-03 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou follow the stream through the woods, coming to a cliff side where her cave was. Out front, there was a stone pathway leading to the mouth. Around the entrance, there were spider’s webs draping down like sheer curtains.
There was a strange, exotic smell in the air. It smelled spicy and ...
2018-10-02 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYour family always took camping trips to the Hearthway Forest when you were little. You loved it. You loved visiting the town at the edge of the woods, it always felt like home even though you only spent a few days there a year. It felt comfortable and welcoming, which as you...
2018-10-02 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEveryday, Faust greets you at the door. He also provides lunch for you, which you find strange, considering you see no other staff in the house besides you. Sometimes he talks to you as you eat, but since that first day you’ve felt he just does it out of pity.
He seems nice enough, althoug...
2018-10-01 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostNot long after the mess with Lady Tabitha, I was hired by none other than Lazarus Bean himself to find a ring that Lady Tabitha had in her possession. Apparently, it had been what Marv’s roommate had been trying to retrieve when he was infected with her magic.
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You snort and cover your mouth, trying to keep from laughing. “Ok what?”
Aulay frowns at you. “Hush,” he hisses. “Kelpie’s mature in different stages,” he tells you. “Tavish has been around for a long time, but he’s still considered young for a Kelpie. He’s reached a certain le...
2018-09-29 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMarv’s apartment is surprisingly small, considering how big he is I figured he would have been somewhere else. He lets me in, showing me his friend’s room. The poor guy looked like he had the life drained from him. Rever let me see some of the case files, but everything w...
2018-09-29 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostJordan leads you towards the side where the wall is nothing but big bags of feed. She takes down a fifty pound bag with ease. “This is great for big dogs,” she replies. “Especially ones that I assume are quite spoiled.”
You chuckle. “Yes, he is that.”
Jordan leads you back up fro...
2018-09-28 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been living in the city for almost a year now, and I’ve been bouncing from job to job ever since. Most people don’t want to hire a gator from the bayou, at least on appearance. I had left my home of Louisiana, hoping to find something better for myself, something e...
2018-09-28 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“I just roughed up a shop keep,” he says as we walk down the street of the Goblin Market. He shrugs and tilts his head towards his shoulder. “You did all the leg work.”
“You had to give Jemima her payment,” I chuckle. “That must have been traumatic enough for you.”
Marv grins...
2018-09-27 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post‘It Never Rains in California’ is playing over the radio, ironic considering it’s raining right now. I’ve been asked by a friend to come help her grandmother. Apparently, the old woman is at death’s door and is seeing things. My friend thinks that somehow I can comf...
2018-09-27 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI furrow my brow. “How many did they sacrifice?” I turn towards him, taking my amulet between my fingers.
“Everyone,” he replies. “They were attempting to put a curse on everyone in the bayou. They did it in a spot in the swamp, everyone was too afraid to go near it, so they were left th...
2018-09-26 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou’re looking at the ring on your finger, turning around the gold band as it catches the light from the window. Whenever you’re feeling stressed or downbeat, you look at the ring and remember the woman who put it on your finger.
You h...
2018-09-26 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI feel this suffocating presence around them, like thick black tar and shit, it wafts in the air, clinging to me and forcing me down. I stare, seeing the face of the person is both familiar and strange. Their eyes are black and they looked aged. But I know them. It’s my friend.
I collapse on the...
2018-09-25 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou work at a lab that has been placed in the middle of nowhere. The place is hidden amongst the trees, and to get in you have to pass through several security checkpoints along the road. Each checkpoint is guarded by military police and you have to present your ID at each one.
2018-09-25 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Eligos has just written his love letter! If you’re a $20 and up Patron you’ll get this wonderful and heartfelt letter with your usual rewards. Also, this month, two random patrons will win a Hearthway Hollow magnet!
2018-09-25 16:38:34 +0000 UTC View PostI sigh and step outside. The rain has stopped, but like the nurse said, it is so foggy I can barely see. I get into my car and I feel that magnet pull again. I look up, staring through the windows of the nursing home before I drive off.
I stop to get gas, but also because my nerves are shot from d...
2018-09-24 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou stare at the set of house keys in your hand incredulously. Some of them look like everyday modern keys, but most were the thick, iron ones you’d see in old movies. You glance up at your relative, or at least they claimed to be your relative.
“Are yo...
2018-09-24 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI have been traveling the seas most of my life. My mother was the captain of her own vessel, and I was born on the waves. My mother taught me to respect and fear the ocean. She always told me that we do not take more from the sea than we need, and we will always accept what t...
2018-09-22 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor the last few years, you’ve been an intern on the Mars Hospitality Housing Project or MHHP. About a decade ago, an alien race seeking asylum from their own destroyed world, came and landed on Mars, which had similar conditions to their own world. It was a struggle for ye...
2018-09-21 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post(Please excuse me and the mild insanity I am going through. THIS is the story that nearly got lost and forgotten. Enjoy!)
I haven’t been back to the old house since I was little before I lost my eyes. The old house, well, it was a mansion really, had been in the family for generations...
2018-09-20 20:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostYou’re three days into your journey through the Carpathian mountains. It’s been hard, but every day you feel a renewed vigor to keep going. You keep wanting to push forward more and more, but Niclas has had to hold you back.
“Y...
2018-09-20 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIf I were to do a collection of stories for a downloadable PDF which series should I do?
2018-09-19 22:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostFor the last few years, you’ve been having dreams where you’re standing on the rocky crags of a mountain. You’re looking out over a small village, and you feel someone behind you. Their cold hands grab your wrist and pull you back into a cave. Outside is suddenly night ...
2018-09-19 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe old house was in need of much love and repair. No one had lived there since your grandparents had died. You had inherited it after you married your wife. You had always planned on moving here with her, wanting to raise your daughter in Japan like you both had been. <...
2018-09-18 20:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe simple truth of the matter is that you’re running away. It sounds silly and like something from a bad rom-com, but it’s what you’re doing. Bad break-ups are never good, but this one was a cataclysmic breakup. It was apocalyptic. It was something the Justice League a...
2018-09-17 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLooks like Eligos is going to be the love letter for September. $20 and up Patrons will receive this reward. So if you'd like a love letter, upgrade to $20 or more! You get more perks.
2018-09-16 22:38:37 +0000 UTC View PostNo wonder Hearthway Hollow felt so different to you. By all accounts, it was an ordinary town, but it had a major secret to it. It was a town for werewolves. When Billy told you everything, he told you that, usually, a were will leave gifts as a sign they intend to court.&nbs...
2018-09-15 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMoving to Hearthway Hollow was probably the least stressful thing going on in your life. What with transitioning and everything that goes along with it, a move was the least of your worries. Hearthway Hollow has an amazing hospital and had one of the best Transgender Care Fac...
2018-09-14 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe day started with your usual routine. You watered your greenhouse, the lavender garden, had a cup of tea with your breakfast, and then you did your usual tarot reading. As you lay out your cards, you’re surprised by the message you see. You usually just did a simple read...
2018-09-13 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post