On your way to work you pass a leather goods store called Heck & Arrow. You’ve noticed it but never gone into it before. Still, it catches your eye all the same. In their window they feature shoes, chaps, and several other clothing items you would never wear, but the scent of leather, mixed with the scent of the cafe you work at, always comes together to make something magic.
You moved he...
2020-08-24 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostTeaching elementary has been fine for the most part. It’s always been your dream. Being able to teach at such a prestigious school like Croftwood Academy was another bonus. The place was so fancy, you’d never worked at a school like this where you didn’t need to buy your own supplies. It was a miracle you got the job, so you made sure to be extra careful with it. The kids were wonderful though, you’d not had any real reason to be concerned.
Until one day.
A small fig...
2020-08-23 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSince your great grandfather, your family has owned and operated a green grocer that gets everything they have from the local farmers in the area. Your small town recently had gotten one of those big super shopping centers. People had fought against it, but it became a widespread rumor that the local government had been paid off by the hulking corporation.
A couple of small family owned businesses had already gone out of business. Once bright windows were dark with for sale signs ...
2020-08-23 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTeaching elementary has been fine for the most part. It’s always been your dream. Being able to teach at such a prestigious school like Croftwood Academy was another bonus. The place was so fancy, you’d never worked at a school like this where you didn’t need to buy your own supplies. It was a miracle you got the job, so you made sure to be extra careful with it. The kids were wonderful though, you’d not had any real reason to be concerned.
Until one day.
A small fig...
2020-08-22 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSince your great grandfather, your family has owned and operated a green grocer that gets everything they have from the local farmers in the area. Your small town recently had gotten one of those big super shopping centers. People had fought against it, but it became a widespread rumor that the local government had been paid off by the hulking corporation.
A couple of small family owned businesses had already gone out of business. Once bright windows were dark with for sale signs ...
2020-08-22 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so, I’ve calmed down a bit. Talked it over with some people and I think a new car is the way to go. I’ve not been happy with my current one for a while, the gas pumps weird, the heat and air hasn’t worked in over a year, it has the old fashioned roll down windows, so new will probably be cheaper and safer in the long run.
I want to try and pay as much down as possible on whatever I get. So I’m giving myself a goal to make $2000 by the end of October to cover what I do pay....
2020-08-21 22:28:34 +0000 UTC View PostUpon opening the doors you’re hit with the scent of cut wood, fresh paint, and an otherly newness you weren’t used to. Inside, the new apartment is bright and new, almost completely untouched. Nemo and Asha had hired a team to move things in, bringing in all new furniture and appliances. You step inside, holding your breath as you look around. You felt out of place here, like a doll accidentally placed in the home and garden section of a store.
Asha is busy in the courtyard of the c...
2020-08-21 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere are still stories circulating about the monster in the woods, the supposed Sapphire Devil. Ariton has done little to try and cover things up, aside from spooking that nosy photographer a few months back. You’ve asked him to be careful, commanded him to even. But his playful side seems to enjoy the chaos his identification as a cryptid causes.
“Suppose you and I take a trip and get away if you’re so worried about my alter ego. Go away for a while and have fun until these sigh...
2020-08-21 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Summer is often far too hot for you, and it can make you sick or worse. Once the heat begins to bear down upon you like teeth, you’re sent further north to where your cousins have an estate. It’s cooler up there, thanks to the mountains and a massive orchard that casts shade over the entire grounds. In years prior, you had gone alone, but this time you insist that Lochan travel along with you. Yo...
2020-08-21 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostUpon opening the doors you’re hit with the scent of cut wood, fresh paint, and an otherly newness you weren’t used to. Inside, the new apartment is bright and new, almost completely untouched. Nemo and Asha had hired a team to move things in, bringing in all new furniture and appliances. You step inside, holding your breath as you look around. You felt out of place here, like a doll accidentally placed in the home and garden section of a store.
Asha is busy in the courtyard of the c...
2020-08-20 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere are still stories circulating about the monster in the woods, the supposed Sapphire Devil. Ariton has done little to try and cover things up, aside from spooking that nosy photographer a few months back. You’ve asked him to be careful, commanded him to even. But his playful side seems to enjoy the chaos his identification as a cryptid causes.
“Suppose you and I take a trip and get away if you’re so worried about my alter ego. Go away for a while and have fun until these sigh...
2020-08-20 21:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A few years ago, your sister, Marie, moved to Hearthway Hollow for a job. It was supposed to be a temporary assignment to renovate part of the elementary school, but she ended up staying.
She also met someone, which was really a surprise to you. Her wedding is coming up, and she invited you to stay with her and her fiance during the event. You know she’s trying to get you to move closer...
2020-08-20 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJust reminding you that, this Saturday at 6pm est, there will be a special live between me and my most frequent commissioner! We will be answering questions about the five stories below that you all voted on, as well as what it's like to work together and what it's like to create so many universes. We will be accepting questions during the stream as well as any posted here! You can submit questions in anon on tumblr is you would like.
Love & War
Jian the Deaf Rakshasa
Ka...
2020-08-20 14:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou’re used to the smell of antiseptic, the harsh thick wafts of the chemicals used to clean the clinic’s halls. It had become all you knew once you took on your position at the clinic with Nemo. It had become your home, your life, and you were so exceedingly grateful for it. Not so long ago you didn’t even have a roof over your head. The scent around you then were not pleasant ones either; It was of gasoline and garbage, your own body odor. It was a scent that haunted you at night, cru...
2020-08-20 01:18:24 +0000 UTC View PostYou’re used to the smell of antiseptic, the harsh thick wafts of the chemicals used to clean the clinic’s halls. It had become all you knew once you took on your position at the clinic with Nemo. It had become your home, your life, and you were so exceedingly grateful for it. Not so long ago you didn’t even have a roof over your head. The scent around you then were not pleasant ones either; It was of gasoline and garbage, your own body odor. It was a scent that haunted you at night, cru...
2020-08-20 01:18:15 +0000 UTC View PostJust realized there was some sort of huge screw up in the queue and for some reason (probably me) rough drafts and special previews didn't post this week. I am so sorry! And I will be trying to fix this and double check it won't happen again.
2020-08-20 01:15:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Lena is gone, August is gone, Lynk is away, and I am still here. I know I am the cause of all these absences, so beating myself up is easier. I don’t have a family, but by all accounts they were as close as I would ever come to such a thing.
I work, but it’s nothing like it used to be. If anything I’m even crueler. I’m harsh on the courtiers who work under me. I don’t have August to c...
2020-08-19 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“It’s so boring here.” I’m half asleep. Having been here three days already, I am uncertain I can survive until Lynk’s banquet.
Lynk opens a window, letting in more sunlight than I would normally approve of. “Can you stop complaining? It’s a vineyard. What did you think would happen?”
I shield my eyes from the uncomfortable rays. “Not this!”
“Oh stop it, you bi...
2020-08-18 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHeck and Arrow had become quite popular. Of course, the brick and mortar storefront doesn’t see the same amount of customers as the online shop does, but it’s more than they had before. The online shop is booming to the point Cue and Heck have gone completely behind the scenes to continue making products to keep up with demand. You’ve even started working there part time to help them manufacture. Using your sewing skills, you’re able to help them piece things together.
“...
2020-08-17 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Do you want to know a secret? Because I know hundreds. My family's wines have had a way of making people talk for generations, or at least it makes them honest. Our main trade is not wines and liquors, but knowledge. I know more about other high families than I do my own. It’s been our secret trade, our real trade. Wine gets our foot in the door, but we stay inside once the truth comes out.
D...
2020-08-17 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you who didn’t catch the last live stream, I already showed off what was coming in September. The theme is Hearthway Hollow! It’s all stickers this month.
Also! I forgot September will be my second anniversary here on Patreon, as such, I’m going to continue doing mailouts for everyone until October! So all my $10 will have two more months of constant mailouts! (Also the stamps help support the USPS so win win.)
$10 patrons will get three random stickers. $20 and...
2020-08-15 18:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostLooks like the winners of the poll for the special live on Instagram are;
Love & War
Jian the Deaf Rakshasa
Kaio the Deertaur
Lerour the Paralangua &
Horvath the Giant
Now is the time to submit your questions about these stories! Pretty pretty please. We want lots of questions to answer coming the 22nd!
2020-08-15 14:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostHeck and Arrow had become quite popular. Of course, the brick and mortar storefront doesn’t see the same amount of customers as the online shop does, but it’s more than they had before. The online shop is booming to the point Cue and Heck have gone completely behind the scenes to continue making products to keep up with demand. You’ve even started working there part time to help them manufacture. Using your sewing skills, you’re able to help them piece things together.
“...
2020-08-14 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou were grateful you didn’t have much time to panic over the date. You got home, showered, dressed in something you knew you could rely on, and headed out the door again. You weren’t sure how this would go, you’d never been on a date with two at once before. It’d been a while since you had even had a one on one. But there was just something about Heck and Cue that made you feel comfortable.
You arrived at the shop to see the closed sign on the door. Walking up, you push to see ...
2020-08-14 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I don’t know exactly who Lena is or where they came from, and it’s a mystery I enjoy not solving. But there are times when they get a look in their eyes that makes me believe they’re the messenger of the fates, come to judge whether someone is deserving of their destiny. That’s the looking Lena is giving me now.
“You fucking proposed?” They strike me freely with the broom.
“...
2020-08-14 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou were grateful you didn’t have much time to panic over the date. You got home, showered, dressed in something you knew you could rely on, and headed out the door again. You weren’t sure how this would go, you’d never been on a date with two at once before. It’d been a while since you had even had a one on one. But there was just something about Heck and Cue that made you feel comfortable.
You arrived at the shop to see the closed sign on the door. Walking up, you push to see ...
2020-08-13 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOn your way to work you pass by a store that sells leather goods called Heck & Arrow. It’s never been a store you’ve gone into before, but it’s caught your eye all the same. In their window they feature shoes, chaps, and several other clothing items. It’s things you felt you would never wear, but the scent that came from within always smelt amazing. That scent of leather, mixed with the scent of the cafe you worked at, always mingled together to make something magic.
You had...
2020-08-13 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
August has been quiet ever since I went to Lynk’s bordello. I worry that perhaps I may have struck the wrong chord by showing up there. Even though I had been curious about what he did at such a place, it was not my intention to follow him. It was Lynk I had been after, to start building up an alliance with a powerful person I could trust.
One evening as work is ending, August is bringing me ...
2020-08-13 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOn your way to work you pass by a store that sells leather goods called Heck & Arrow. It’s never been a store you’ve gone into before, but it’s caught your eye all the same. In their window they feature shoes, chaps, and several other clothing items. It’s things you felt you would never wear, but the scent that came from within always smelt amazing. That scent of leather, mixed with the scent of the cafe you worked at, always mingled together to make something magic.
You had...
2020-08-12 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSummer was often far too hot for you, it often made you sick or worse. So once the heat begins to bear down upon you like teeth, you’re sent further north where your cousins have an estate. It’s cooler up there, thanks to the mountains as well as their massive orchard which casts shade upon the entire grounds.
Years prior, you had gone alone, but this time you insisted that Lochan travel along with you. You feigned concern over what was happening in the rest of the world, and ...
2020-08-12 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post