“Did you get everything taken care of?” She asks me.
I shrug. “Not quite.” I snuggle up beside her and wrap my arm around her waist. “I’ll have to go back later after I think on it.”
Ruby kisses me and I lean into it. I so love her and I desperately want her, but I have sworn to uphold my own values and wait until we’ve married to take her as I would like. It is becoming harder and harder, especially as the wedding day looms.
“I’m glad you’re home...
2020-02-03 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
At the start of the Festival of Ash, the selected are taken to a special tent to be prepared for that evening. We are massaged, rubbed with oils, and painted over with a sheen of gold. Afterwards, we’re wrapped in ceremonial robes with a special belt that the winner of the battle takes after their victory.
“Still no sign of Nellie?” I whisper over to Abby.
Abby shakes her head. “I...
2020-02-03 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
The winner of the poll for worldbuilding is obvious I think to most. Mr. Faire's carnival will be the basis for my first attempts at explaining the worldbuilding I put into it as well as various lore and legends surrounding the Children of the Night Carnival.
I have the basics ready and will start posting them very soon! But, I want to be able to take your questions, see your headcanons, and theories about the Carnival. Since this is Super Bowl Sunday, I'm sure most of you will be like ...
2020-02-02 19:08:24 +0000 UTC
View Post
Deertaur with a darker edge
Two brothers cursed by Pan
A frustrated demon who can’t charm the reader
A shapeshifter with martial problems
An orc eager to please
Sugar Mama unseelie
A himbo onikuma
White rabbit king and Cheshire Cat Queen
Headless horseman deity of pestilence
Three Part Mr. Faire epic including backstory and his wedding
Also, and update on February mailouts! To celebrate Valentines, Patrons $10 and u...
2020-02-01 16:41:41 +0000 UTC
View Post
I’m getting everything ready to prepare my world building content. Send me your world building questions so I can add them to the pile I’m trying to compile. Feel free to ask anything! No questions is too small. Ask anything plaguing you or just something silly.
2020-02-01 16:35:52 +0000 UTC
View Post
Between the poll here and on Twitter there was an amazing tie! Vote between Hephaestus Academy and Mr Fare's Carnival!
2020-02-01 00:25:31 +0000 UTC
View Post
“But it’s not!” My voice chokes up with a sob. “I want to love everything about her, because that will be our child.” Tears begin flowing from my eyes. My throat burns, my nose drips, and my lungs are squeezed. I rub at my eyes and try to catch a breath. “Our baby is everything we love about one another.”
My phone suddenly starts ringing and Juliette’s number appears. I quickly try to dry up my tears and clear my throat before I answer.
“Huh-hello?” I sti...
2020-01-31 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
I’ve been called home by my family, which is not unexpected. I left home for school and to see the world a bit before I had to return. This is something I’ve waited for, and am actually excited for. It’s a tradition in my village, and a great honor to be selected.
My hometown is a bit strange. It was a wonderful place to grow up, but it’s not the sort of town you wander into and feel sa...
2020-01-31 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
Juliette huffed. “You have no idea.” She then frowned. “What are you doing to my hand? It feels weird!” She then saw it as she pulled her hand away. There, on her finger, was the diamond ring I had bought a week ago.
“Well?” I chuckled. “What do you think?”
Tears welled up in her pretty eyes and she hugged her hand to her chest. “I knew you were up to something!”
I kissed her temple and cheek. “Juliette Watanabe, will you marry me?”
Juliette nod...
2020-01-30 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
Which universe would you like to see world building information and questions on the most?
2020-01-30 20:59:48 +0000 UTC
View Post
There have been reports of strange sightings in the area where you plan to go camping. The trip has been planned for months, but the closer you get to the date the more stories come out. Other hikers and campers have told tales about something in the woods that has grabbed at them. Others have had their campsites ransacked. One young girl claimed she was eating a lollipop by the lake, and was pushed ...
2020-01-30 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
“Your father will probably run late,” Kaio murmurs.
“I hope not.” I sit down, this time far enough away from Kaio’s roaming hands. I eat a bit more as the air begins to chill around us. The wind then picks up and, around us, it starts to rain. Kaio bows his head as rain starts to splash down upon him. He shakes his head and then, in a moment, the rain around us stops to fall, as if were are trapped in a bubble.
I reach out, my hand catching slow falling droplets. As I pu...
2020-01-29 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
To my dearest,
Lolovivi, I am sorry for my departure. I felt if I saw you I would not have the strength to go forward and return home. As the heir, I cannot step away when things are hard. I have to step up and take care of them. This may all sound like a joke to you, considering how I must have hurt you. Believe me when I say that, had I seen your face before I got in the carriage, I wou...
2020-01-29 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
View Post
The Red Banshee moves off the path, standing aside as I look to the entrance. I turn to him, but his head is downcast and he isn’t looking at me. I open my mouth to speak, but I fear he will open his again, so I shut it. I do as my dream showed me and I walk into the crown.
Just as before, the crown is filled with red blossoms, forming a pool that resembles spilled blood. Only this time, I cannot smell them. Their pollen and scent does not cloy so, nor does it bother me. I step furthe...
2020-01-28 22:01:47 +0000 UTC
View Post
In the back of the royal palace, there is a small chateau where the queen mother Merah Muda resides. When she was young, the chateau served as a place to entertain and house guests. It was like her own personal dollhouse. She could decorate it, arrange it, and style it however she desired. It became her oasis as her sons grew, as both were willful and combative with one another.
When Ross...
2020-01-28 20:00:22 +0000 UTC
View Post
“Our selected,” the first, a woman, speaks. She is much bigger than the two males with her. “We chose you all sixteen years ago, and now, at long last, your time has come to each sit upon the throne.” She and the other two kneel down. “At this time, we would like to speak with all of you.” Her eyes gaze across the room. “But it seems one of you is missing.”
I step forward and approach the Paralangua. “Nellie hasn’t shown up.” I keep my jaw stiff.. “We think she h...
2020-01-27 22:01:53 +0000 UTC
View Post
The days leading up to Baldassar and Madelena arriving had me at wits’ end. I could only seem to be myself when I was working with my students and keeping myself busy. Even being with Haydee, I found myself distracted by worry.
“Surely these people cannot be as bad as you are making them seem.” Haydee was working at a canvas she still had not allowed me to look upon. “You never talk abo...
2020-01-27 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
“Don’t you ever think we were fed those stories to make us eager to go forward?” Ben shakes his head. “That, maybe, once we are taken by our mate, not everything is going to be golden? We don’t know these creatures at all, Samara. We don’t know how they mate, if they love, or if all we are to them is for breeding or just fucking.”
I open my mouth to speak but only a small breath escapes.
“This could be bad for us, Samara.” Ben’s shoulders slouch and he shakes h...
2020-01-24 22:01:24 +0000 UTC
View Post
Part One
Before I was cursed into a painting, I had once been an ordinary man, with all the appetites, dreams, and aspirations as any other. My family was well-off, renowned, and wanted only the best for me. Having decided early on what my life would be, my parents sent me to stu...
2020-01-24 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
View Post
Harper snaps around. “Maybe I’ll send one in of you!” She tosses a handful of leaves at you that just fall at her feet.
“Well stop messing with that and help me, alright?” You huff at her. “I need more than two hands for this.”
“I’m almost done,” Harper replies. She then takes a powdered donut from the snack bin and places it in front of the camera.
“Fucking really, Harper?” You shake your head.
Harper leaves her makeshift photo booth and comes ...
2020-01-23 22:00:02 +0000 UTC
View Post
The Red Beetle tribe has settled in with the Bumble, but there is a tension growing between us. This is to be expected, as two cultures are clashing in a very limited space. Both are dealing with giving up things from their lives to make room for this change. There is a slight discomfort everywhere I go now, as if neither party knows which way to move.
Even so, I continue to work with Franziska...
2020-01-23 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
Genevieve sighs as she elbows him in the side. “Don’t think of this as an ending yet, Lolovivi, because as soon as you do, that’s when it is lost. Think of the Knight of Lilies when he thought he had lost Princess Ruby forever. Did he give up? Did he go back to his garden? He wanted to so badly return to his old life and, despite the chance, he went running for what he learned he truly wanted.” She takes hold of Fortescu’s hand and beams up at him. “Isn’t that what you want as w...
2020-01-22 22:00:02 +0000 UTC
View Post
The dangers to the Empire have been growing for some time now, leading the more vulnerable people to band together. Lately, many of the fairy tribes have been working in tandem to protect themselves. Some have even started joining together to create stronger forces.
My home lies north of the Basmek, a famous commune of magic users, so we have always had extra protection. Our tribe is of B...
2020-01-22 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
View Post
When I returned to my playhouse in the back of the garden, I noticed that there was now a doorway in the hedge. Merah Muda placed it there so I could come and go as I pleased. I visited with her often, having tea with her, and she would read me stories. She had so many books, and so many tales I had never heard of.
“I found this amongst the many,” she said one day. “I would like you to have it.”
My Papa had given me many books in my life, but this book soon became on...
2020-01-21 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
The winds have been odd, buffeting about in a state of confusion. First one way, then the next, then curving around as if trying to see all sides. It feels very much like me, ever since I left Alecto and joined Cyrus aboard his ship the Apollo. I have felt lost and confused, but Cyrus remains my beacon, and when I begin to feel this way, I turn to him.
We have traveled to Reptilia, t...
2020-01-21 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
I step closer, but I remain near the fireplace than by his side. “Is that why you are here?” I ask. “Or is there something else you are after, Baldassar?”
“Why so suspicious?” He chuckles. “You have been my favorite student. I only wish to see how well you are doing.” He rises from his seat. “My daughter has missed you as well. She has been extremely lonely without you, Maxence.”
“I find that very hard to believe.” I avoid looking into his eyes. “Your dau...
2020-01-20 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
The salon where you work is down the street from an office building, so you get a lot of repeat customers from there. You’re not sure exactly what they do, but whatever it is, a lot of them need your services.
You’ve been working as a massage therapist for a while now. You considered a lot of jobs out of school, but you always wanted to do something with your hands in a career that he...
2020-01-20 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
The first artist spotlight of the year! This month we're all about Hearthway Hollow! Please go visit the artist DeathBlossomReady and give them lots of love and compliments for their hard work. Shes brought Hearthway ...
2020-01-20 15:02:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
She looks down at her paper then looks back up at me. Her eyes dart over me and a single brow cocks up. “You’re an Emmanuelli,” she murmurs. Her voice is husky yet smooth, like a wonderful dark coffee.
“Yes,” I bow before her. “Maxence.”
She nods her head, still with a brow raised. “What is such a man as yourself doing out here? I figured the rich slept until they pleased.”
I frown a bit. “Not until they please,” I huff. “But even still, I am tr...
2020-01-17 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
Part One
News is quick to spread about Queen Primrose’s pregnancy. All of the kingdom is in jubilation over the revelation, and already people are planning on welcoming the new heir to the kingdom. I am excited for my friends, having grown up with Rosso and Bianco, and coming love...
2020-01-17 20:00:07 +0000 UTC
View Post
