All you see at first is a curtain of long, opal white hair. It shimmers in the glistering lights of the main hall and reminds you of the unicorn stickers you had on your trapper keepers as a kid. You take another step forward and he turns. The Tros were known for being tall, but you weren’t quite prepared. He looks down at you, a cocked brow signalling he seemed confused by your presence.
His skin was a sort of heather purple and appeared velvety soft. His ears rose up in tall p...
2019-07-25 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Over the next few days you get everything unpacked and the house in order. There are a few things left to buy but they are all things that can wait. You and Tano have rooms across the hall from one another but have a bathroom to share.
For a couple of weekends you end up staying late holding game nights at the comic store. You mostly supervise and make sure nothing is getting out of hand. You text Tano when you can, keeping up a conversation. Most of your time was boring, so Tano was th...
2019-07-24 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The rain came out of nowhere. A total deluge like a waterfall that nearly knocked you on your ass as you were walking home from work. You use your backpack as a makeshift umbrella, knowing full well your actual umbrella was sitting warm in cozy by the door in the apartment. You’re soaked already and the rain doesn’t seem to be letting up, so you duck into the first open building you can.
You let out a frustrated sigh and let you backpack fall to the floor in shambles. You basi...
2019-07-24 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“I don’t know, Harry.” You sit back down on the ground again. “I don’t know what to do here.”
The radio statics buzzes and the creature raises its head. It whimpers and whines, two flaps on either side of it’s head raise up and down. It looks at you then screams. You then scream and Harry barks. The creature falls back down into the crater.
You jump up onto your feet and look over the edge. The creature is huddled in a tight ball at the bottom where there is bu...
2019-07-23 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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A fence was being built surrounding the lake, but people are still found within it having drowned to their deaths. Rivariel will not stop playing his violin and luring those poor souls until Calliope has been found and returned to him. His anguish is palpable and his rage is endless. I have tried, for Reece’s sake, to reach out to Rivariel, but I fear nothing will work.
Rivariel refuses to eat and as soon as he wakes from his slumber during the day, he stalks outside his home, playing...
2019-07-23 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The lights in the room flickered for a moment but Roxane seemed to pay no mind. “That my mother would sleep with any monster, good or bad?”
You shake your head. “No, no, what was your father?”
“Oh,” Roxane giggles. “A Cauchemar.”
It was the word from your childhood diary. “What is that?”
“A sort of-” Roxane thought for a moment. “Like an Incubus, only a little bit different. They take energy from emotion rather than desire.” She then smirks....
2019-07-22 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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When I was little, my mother warned me to never get too close to the water at night. She would warn me that sometimes there are things beneath the surface that would do anything to lure me in. I had to be smarter than that, she said. I couldn’t just trust someone who lurked below the surface because it is what is underneath that is dangerous.
“Beautiful women don’t just hide in ponds,” my mother said. “So be wary.”
I had listened to her stories and tales and took...
2019-07-22 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Aymeric cocks his stenciled brow higher. “That’s nothing new,” he murmurs. “But it is intriguing. You don’t want it removed from yourself?”
You stiffen your shoulders and try to stand tall. “I’m used to it. But I want this curse to end for anyone in the future. So I am willing to do what it takes to see that happen.”
“I see,” Aymeric chuckles and stands erect. “Then how about a game?” He asks. “Winner takes-”
“No!” You bark at him.
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2019-07-19 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Lykomedes came back, and with him he brought a rush of new and strange feelings. The more I linger on them, the more I feel as if they aren’t so new, more like old ones that have been brought back to the surface. Since that night in the cave, it has been hard for me to bring myself to look at him in the daylight. We often go back to our old ways of squabbling and fighting.
Then when the sun goes down and the waters cool, our heated passions turn into something else. Often times, I am ...
2019-07-19 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“The only thing your father did was ask I take care of you. The rest is what I have to offer and the curriculum I created in order to fit the standards your parents have.” You look over Alzun before showing him the door to the closet and then the door to the bathroom. “You have everything you need. Your parents have supplied me with all the food you enjoy, it’s all in the kitchen.”
Alzun is staring into the bathroom with a pitiful look of defeat. “You do have a cook, right?...
2019-07-18 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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A long time ago when I was little, I was swept away by a storm. I was dragged through the ocean, toppled and tossed until I was thrown onto a rocky beach. I was lost, scared and alone and still heavily dependent on my family. I stayed around the little rocky beach, hoping someone would find me. I lived off bugs that fell in the water and sometimes I was lucky enough to catch small fish, but I was growing sicker and sicker as time passed.
Then, one day, a mother harpy was making a new ne...
2019-07-18 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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You go through the spices inside the box, examining each one, even putting the cinnamon into your coffee. As you’re enjoying that first long sip there is a knock at your door.
“Good morning,” Mrs. Locklear says with a smile.
“Is something wrong?” You gasp.
“No, no,” she shakes her head as you let her in. “Just coming to check on you. After the rain and all-” her eyes look down at the wooden box and she picks up the bit of poem.
“Everything is ...
2019-07-17 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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There are so many people in the carnival who do not age and will not age. There are souls here who will never know sickness and only know death through the loss of their loved ones. They will only tell time by the shifting of the seasons and the changes in the wind. They will remain still as time keeps spinning around them.
I gave up that fate in order to be with my Edeline. I used what I had to save her the first time, and I thought that was all that was needed. She would know health a...
2019-07-17 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Reece grabs my hand and holds it over his heart. “I know why my Dad is acting the way he is.” He tangles his fingers in my curls. “If anything ever happened to you, I would seek vengeance against anyone who caused you harm. I would drown an ocean of men to have you returned to me.”
I loop my arms around his neck and kiss him, the taste of blood still lingering on his tongue. “Let’s go to the island, now, while it’s raining. No one should be there and they wouldn’t go whe...
2019-07-16 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Once upon a time, many years ago, there was a small town with a lake. The lake was a beloved spot for all the people. They would go swimming, have picnics, and enjoy life there. But soon, a dam was built that made the lake dry up. All that was left of the lake was a small, muddy pond.
Soon, legends grew that there was a monster who had lived in the lake and was angry that its home was taken away. The pet store claimed all the fish were disappearing. The supermarket was confused by...
2019-07-16 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Reece’s smile is sweet and awkward. “It couldn’t have helped after you were thrown into the lake.”
“It was a shock,” I chuckle.
It’s quiet for a long spell. I then go back to the well to try and fetch the water I was supposed to get. I try to crank the handle, but my hands are still shaky and weak from the experience.
“Can I help you?” Reece comes up beside me.
“I’m sorry to be a bother,” I huff.
Reece chuckles. “No bother at all. I don...
2019-07-15 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The reaping had happened a few days ago, but I had had my eye on you for much longer. You worked on a large farm owned by a relative and did hard labor everyday, your main job was to take care of the horses. I watched you sometimes when I had to visit with your relative to talk about trades. You had good arms, a strong back, striking eyes, then you had the thighs of a goddess, the kind of thighs that could break my neck. I liked that in women.
What with everything happening in Obr...
2019-07-15 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Lykomedes picks me up and sets me on a stone so we are at eye level. His hands tighten around my arms and he glares at me. “Why did he kiss you?” His snarls sound like he’s in pain. “Why did you let him?”
“I don’t know,” I gasp.
“Stop saying that!” There is a whine to his voice despite how angry he is trying to sound. “You let him kiss you! I saw it-” his voice breaks. “Why did you let him do that?”
I place my hands on his chest and smooth them up...
2019-07-12 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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A long time ago when I was little, I was swept away by a storm. I was dragged through the ocean, toppled and tossed until I was thrown onto a rocky beach. I was lost, scared and alone and still heavily dependent on my family. I stayed around the little rocky beach, hoping someone would find me. I lived off bugs that fell in the water and sometimes I was lucky enough to catch small fish, but I was growing sicker and sicker as time passed.
Then, one day, a mother harpy was making a new ne...
2019-07-12 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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You’re traveling up the high craggy mountain slopes towards the Goblin Kingdom of Freyside. Due to current conditions of the entire Empire, there are Golem guards everywhere. The Goblins and Golems had always been close allies, but due to the threat of the Blood Mage, Freyside and the Golems of Dimgrin had joined their kingdoms together for protection.
Your family’s troop was invited to perform for the coronation of King Brict and his Queen. You were a tad nervous, after all Freysid...
2019-07-12 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“So, this is what you’re up to these days?”
I jump and look around, seeing Lykomedes perched behind me. He’s gotten so big! Last time I saw him, he was a skinny, pointy little thing. Now looking at him, he’s huge. He’s got thick thighs and great big taloned feet. He’s covered in the glossiest black wings I have ever seen. His wings and arms are well toned, as are most harpies’. His chest is barreled and while he has a sloped waist, there is a thickness there.
“Wh...
2019-07-11 21:00:11 +0000 UTC
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You had just gotten out of work and were sitting on the curb near your favorite food truck. They served the best banh-mi, so you were always there whenever you could afford it. After having worked such a long shift with only a handful of goldfish crackers to snack on, you had been dreaming about the pork banh-mi all day. All of the sudden, as you’re eating, you feel hot breath on you. Turning, you see a small corgi eagerly looking at you and then the food in your mitts.
“Can I help ...
2019-07-11 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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After tea and some snacks, and another story from Valentine, Seraphimo and Marlene take her home. Ezra cleans up and when he leaves the room, Edeline turns to me.
“Her little story book reminded me of something I have really been wanting to do.” She touches my hand and rubs her fingertips along the back of my hand. “Can you guess what it is?”
I take her hand and kiss her palm. “There are many things. I do not like guessing games, you know this,” I chuckle. “Tel...
2019-07-10 21:00:59 +0000 UTC
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You’ve been staying in a small cabin for a while now. You had inherited the place from your aunt, who used to go there to escape from time to time. She had bought it after the death of her husband. Now, you were here for the death of something else.
You’d been dating someone for a long time, but it all came to an end. You had tolerated him for years really, he kept you under his thumb, kept you at home, barely let you do the work you did. Your friends had tried to tell you wha...
2019-07-10 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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I nuzzle to her cheek. “Then turn it over, give us more.”
Edeline places her hand on my face and turns, kissing me lovingly. For that moment, we are young again.
Back when we first met, Edeline was on the cusp of adulthood. She had graduated from high school early, was extremely bright and gifted, talented in music, as well as a brilliant mathematician. Even still with all her wonderful achievements, she was a woman, and in those days, it was expected of her to acc...
2019-07-09 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I’m struggling to keep my promise to Shae. I had told him that I would try to come and visit him, but so far, it’s been strangely impossible for me to get away. It’s hard to keep in contact with him, but I have tried sending letters. If he’s gotten them or not, I’m unsure. I feel awful for not keeping my promise, I can only imagine how angry he is with me.
Once I’ve finally found a moment to go to him, I don’t wait for anything to happen. I immediately leave, forgetting th...
2019-07-09 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Several nights later I have invited some of my friends and customers over. In part we sit around, play music, and enjoy good food, but I also want to show you off. You seem to enjoy yourself but after a while you kiss my cheek and tell me you’re going to lay down. I bid you goodnight and think nothing else of it.
But later one of my friends comes up to me. “I saw your bride hop out the window and go running off.”
“What?” I scoff at him.
I go to your room and ...
2019-07-08 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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For the next few weeks, I am traveling with Queen Giovannia and King Romulus to witness the birth of their new grandchild. Clotaire has continued to stay in his home with his wife, where they will be giving birth to their first child. In order to keep things simple, I have gone alone to guard them, so that there are not too many knights around.
It has been a long time since I’ve been in this realm, not since Prince Clotaire was kidnapped and I lead the search for him. It is a strange ...
2019-07-08 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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You bite into your overly jammed bread and some of it dribbles onto your chin. “Oh shit,” you lick at the corner of your mouth. As you do you notice Avil’s eyes smolder a little more intensely. “I’ll be playing with fire.” You mop yourself up.
“I can’t wait to see it,” Avil replies.
How is he so effortless? You think to yourself as you finish your food. He seems to be so sexy without a thought. After you finish eating you shoo him outside while you change. You sl...
2019-07-05 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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My mom is trimming my hair. In order to do this, I have to sit on the floor while she stands on a stool. I enjoy these moments, having my mom take care of me even though she doesn’t need to. The scissors snip through my hair, cutting off the split ends and dead parts. I giggle at that, considering almost all of me is made of dead parts.
Her fingers comb along my scalp and it’s a comforting feeling. I smile to myself as she begins to braid my hair.
“It’s getting long,” Co...
2019-07-05 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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