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 past. That was five years ago.
You had tried to avoid Obresh when you first ran away. After all, the place was run by Orcs and all your life you had been raise...
2019-01-24 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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When 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 these sessions she gave birth to me, my brothers Odd and Emil, and our baby sister Ainsel.
It never occured to me what a strange lot we were until my sister was born. My mother decided to quit...
2019-01-23 22:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I 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, bound up in that muffled prison for what felt like an eternity.
Then I blinked and stared into the bright lights. I took a long look around me, seeing I...
2019-01-23 20:02:03 +0000 UTC
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I 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?” Kara giggles.
“You’re unleashing and incubus on these women?” I snap as I hand the phone back.
Kara gazes at the picture one more time. “It’ll be a good meal for him.”
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2019-01-22 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“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 thing should not be locked away in such a tomb,” the man says.
“Where am I?” I ask.
He takes my hand and helps me ...
2019-01-22 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I 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 here he is, never straying too far from the house.
“Then will that be all for the night?” I scoff. “I’m kind of busy.”
E’zei chuckles. “Watching TV until you pass out on the cou...
2019-01-21 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“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.”
“No!” I fight and try to slap him away, but he picks me up from the sleeper and holds me in his arms. “Put me down!”
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2019-01-21 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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“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 Obresh, never one from an Orc anyways. You look over Glasha, noticing her strong legs and her abs. She for sure had a nice physique, one you wouldn’t mind oggling longer. But still, she was an Orc, an...
2019-01-18 22:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I 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 who died building the train tracks, the men whose blood was in the steel, and the stories of the people who died while traveling. Of course, I would be afraid. After hearing all her tall tales, how co...
2019-01-18 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Iaso 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,” I gasp.
“Don’t thank me yet,” she says as a warning. “I may not find anything at all. Only dust.”
Not long after, another doll was brought into the room with me. She w...
2019-01-17 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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About 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. But we’ve been keeping it secret, and I’ve made a rather large bill for myself.
Yes, I keep calling. Professor Barnum, or Morgan as he goes by while working,...
2019-01-17 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I 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. Below, there are statues in the yard. Or, well, places where statues had once stood. There is one lone statue there, covered in morning glory and ivy.
I am so curious to know where I am and what i...
2019-01-16 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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There’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 they were never my favorite people. They were the ones who told me everything I did wasn’t good enough. I didn’t sit right, I didn’t eat right, I didn’t walk like a lady.
&nb...
2019-01-16 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Shae 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.”
“Thank you,” Gracie sings up to Shae and his expression goes slack. He looks at her as she grins at him.
“Say you’re welcome,” I tell him.
“You’re welcome,...
2019-01-15 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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You 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.
The school was nice, much better than the school you had grown up in. Although, you’re still not used to your students being shocked you aren’t a woman. It gives you a giggle...
2019-01-15 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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During 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 you to fall.” Her hand slips from her mitten and she races ahead of me. I panic as I lose sight of her and I give chase. I run through the thickest of white until my heel gets caught and I slip on ice...
2019-01-14 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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For 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 a fake name. He had scales like emeralds and eyes like bright amber. You were easily smitten by him, and the two of you had bonded right away.
You were renting a small room just above...
2019-01-14 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Let'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
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“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 away from her mouth.
“I already told you a lot,” she said dismissively as she looked back into the bowl.
Isla was seething in anticipation and intrigue. “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” she pl...
2019-01-12 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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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 beside him. This was alien too, waking up with some creature in his bed.
Sophie looked peaceful and still like a statue but she was very much alive. He stared up at the ceiling, just listening t...
2019-01-12 19:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“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 more creative. I like talking to you, I like how you make me feel.” He smiles at me. “Come work with me.”
“The fuck you say?” I snap.
“You’ll make money to feed yourself,” he...
2019-01-11 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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You 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, you see him come in from work, wringing his dirty hands and his coveralls covered in grease, oil, and perspiration.
You work across town at the mega mall ...
2019-01-11 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I 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. “Just to see what it’s like.”
Morgan moans and, I swear to God, my head feels like a hot coal instantly. “I’ll be gentle with you, then. I’ll just give you a taste of how it can be....
2019-01-10 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
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I’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. My research is what started this, my desire to understand the things that existed beyond our world. I let Solomon go down a path I couldn’t save him from. Jack lost his life because I never told h...
2019-01-10 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“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 with Abbost on the trip and know him better. If anything, you’d sit together on the bus trip there and back. You then fuss at yourself, realizing you’re daydreaming like some lovesick school girl. Th...
2019-01-09 22:01:05 +0000 UTC
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“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 touch his arm as you stand beside him.
He lifts his chin and opens his eyes. He touches your cheek, smoothing his cool scales against your skin. “You’re so beautiful.”
You smile and c...
2019-01-08 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“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 blow me back. I fall to the ground and look up as Addor remains still. His eyes slowly blink, and his head tilts slightly.
“You shouldn’t have come here, Maeve,” Addor says. ...
2019-01-08 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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After 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 said that.”
“I won’t,” I chuckle.
We walk along the boardwalk and I notice a young man run by us.
“Oh, he’s cute,” Timid whispers.
I can feel my cheeks burn. “Now...
2019-01-07 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Ever 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 plan as quickly as possible. And with any luck, I’ll be with Addor again within a week or two. I just hope I’m not too late.
“Off on your own again, Dragon ...
2019-01-07 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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For 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 the semester was approaching. Work was also a thunderstorm and Mr. Beauchamp asked Sophie to not only assist him but Mr. Makepeace as well.
The place was quiet, neither one could tell when they...
2019-01-05 20:00:01 +0000 UTC
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