“You’re...different. I’ve never met a girl like you.”
She stares at him, hands stilling over her sword. “What?”
“All the girls in my village are so boring,” he says. “So focused on finding husbands that they don’t bother learning about the world.”
“Girls in your village aren’t allowed to own property or vote,” she says, somewhat incredulous.
He winces at her tone. Need she be so harsh? “Well...it’s not ...
2019-03-12 05:11:16 +0000 UTC View PostBased on this prompt from writing-prompt-s on tumblr! :
The Hero may have decided to spare the life of the Dark Lord, but you, the Dark Lord’s Former Coworker, will show no such mercy
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“Yes,” you say, trailing your hand along machine dials, turning them and, ultimately fucking up whatever the machine had been calibrated to do. Judging by the size of it, spanning one side of the lab and towering above your six foo...
2019-03-07 18:42:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! I'm a little stuck on my current projects, so I decided to revisit some of my horror writing! Horror's always been able to get me out of the worst of my writer's block---here's hoping it works!
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I got my first real job when I was sixteen. I was a lifeguard for a community pool, a ways away from my house, and, while California was hot in the summer, I really enjoyed being outside. My supervisor was pretty ...
2019-02-01 05:27:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! This story is turning into a monster, haha. There's going to be another short story this weekend and then (hopefully) the last part of this 12k story on Tuesday!
Thanks for reading :)
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“You’re not Proton,” Crane says in the new silence. Without the electricity blurring his words, his voice is harsh and demanding.
I put a finger to my lips. “Careful. Don’t know who might be listening....
2019-01-20 04:19:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! If you're familiar with Elsewhere University, then I think you'll like this short story I wrote after I got frustrated with editing a different project.
If you're not familiar with it, all you need to know is that it's about a college with a fairy hill underneath it. The entire concept is made by charminglyantiquated.tumblr.com
Hey guys! This is a really fun prompt from writing-prompt-s on tumblr! You guys get the first look :) It's a little rough because I had to write it around a 60 hour work week, but I really love the story in it and couldn't wait to share it! Let me know if you'd like to see me clean this up as a bonus for next week :)
Without further ado, here's Wind-Speaker!
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Tell Miles, the wind whispers, that he’s a littl...
2019-01-06 02:20:41 +0000 UTC View PostI really wanted to do this all in one part, but it got too long! I'll be working on finishing it tonight but I wanted at least one more short story before the year ends. I can't thank you all enough for your continued support and enthusiasm. I've got some really cool things coming in January and you'll be the first to know!
Here's part one of a new superhero story (because Madame Science is fun to work with and I can't put her universe down!)
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2019-01-01 00:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! This idea has been kicking around my head for a while. I love this universe. Some day I'd love to come back to it and make it just a bit more sophisticated. Thanks for reading!
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The fangs are the trickiest to hide. My incisors are longer now, which I expected, but the girth of my teeth has changed too, which I didn’t. It doesn’t look too strange when my mouth is closed but, when I talk, you can see my new baby fang...
2018-12-14 01:07:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a fun short story I cleaned up! It's based off the prompt "You work for the Be-Careful_what-You-Wish-For foundation" from writing-prompt-s
Enjoy!
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“Those crazy bastards are at it again,” George growls, slamming a fresh stack of manila folders on Jessica’s desk. “This is a goddamn disaster, Crawford. A goddamn disaster.”
Jessica carefully moves her coffee cup away from the dangerously swaying pile of paper. It went ...
2018-11-28 02:18:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis is from a prompt by writing-prompt-s.tumblr.com ! It's a short warm up since I really don't have time to do anything but edit these days!
The prompt:
Gods die when people stop believing in them. You are a god, and your last follower is dying. Your days are numbered.
Thanks for reading!
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Maybe it was a good life. Maybe it was a just life. Maybe it’s okay to just call it a life.
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2018-11-19 17:25:05 +0000 UTC View Post
My next short story will be coming out tomorrow night! I have been so off my editing game lately and I really wanted to focus on that for you guys :)
Hey guys! So I've been hard at work on Madame Science all this time! I'm into draft two and thought you'd like to see what will (probably) be the first chapter! It needs another round of editing, but I'm happy with the tone this sets for the rest of the book.
Enjoy!
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It’s a bad night for Scott. The type of night where he’s up and pacing, footsteps so fast and light in the other room that they’re white noise. No...
2018-10-18 18:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I'm so pumped for this little story today, guys, you have no idea.
So one of the issues iIve been having with Madame Science (coming out at the end of October!) is making her love interest, Scott Mitchel (aka the super speedy hero named Light) interesting. Like, she's obviously bomb. She's a super genius trying to discover the type of hero she wants to be after years of being a villain.
She is AWESOME and I really had a hard time justifying why she ends up wi...
2018-10-07 20:59:23 +0000 UTC View Post[[Happy October First! Or, as I like to call it, Halloween the First! This next short story is long—it took me two weeks to complete and there are still a few kinks I need to work out. I wanted to share it all with you as thanks for another month of support and kind words!
A few words before the story begins: It’s fairly raw. It deals a lot with belief and faith. I want to tag for GORE mentions of STARVATION and some pretty TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS.
My intent was to show that bad re...
2018-10-02 00:49:13 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys! I want to start off by thanking everyone who has stuck with me over the past three weeks—I’ve been very erratic with posting and I’m sorry for that. A couple of not so cool things have happened and, sometimes, I just don’t have the energy to write. Thanks for your patience!
Today’s short story is inspired by a friend of mine who’s picked up the pieces of her life three times since I met her. Her strength has always inspired me, but not as much as he...
2018-09-16 15:42:55 +0000 UTC View Post
“The first rule of love,” her mother says, voice crackling over the phone, “is to never take more than they can give.”
Finola’s eyes dart to the shoebox under her bed and then back out the dorm window. Her room is on the second floor this year and she can see more of the trees than she can see of the grassy space preceding the dining hall. “I know, Mom.”
“Remember.” Her mother’s voice is sharp and Finola can almost see her heavy, thick brows lowering unti...
2018-08-27 06:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Mind over matter,” Ray says, balancing three stacked coffee cups in his open hands. He’s sitting in his chair backwards, arms held directly out over the table. If the cups fall, they won’t fall far, which is good because she certainly wouldn’t be cleaning the shards.
Not again.
“Of the same mind,” Georgia counters. She’s got two forks wobbling on the tips of her fingers. Mary’s got good money on her, but that’s hardly worth much. Everyone’s got good money on Georgi...
2018-08-21 22:25:30 +0000 UTC View PostThis was a lot of fun to write! I really love this concept and have been playing around with it for a few weeks now. Though I‘m really happy with Adelaide and her framework, I would really like to rewrite this story someday! Maybe with an urban fantasy/detective type of vibe so that the more abstract parts of the world shine, if that makes sense :)
—Thanks for reading! (Story below)—
It could be a love story. It could be the dark, mysterious boy in her class setting his eyes on her...
2018-08-13 22:36:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Hope the concept is at least interesting--I have a long way to go in terms of editing!
Just a reminder that the poll for my next project will be closing tonight! If you haven't had a chance to, please cast your vote. I'll be starting work on that Monday :)
Thank you so much!
2018-07-26 00:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys! I'm really excited about this short story. It's a little dark and is a fairly clear metaphor for rape/rape recovery and if that's not your cup of tea, don't worry! I have something lighter planned for tomorrow.
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“You’ve already carved your name on my bones, on my he...
2018-07-22 02:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! So as I recover from the release of I Reap You Not (X), I've been going through some of my old writing and trying to decide what my next book will be! And I thought, who better than to ask than my supporters?
I've selected four short stories that I've always meant to continue below! Please vote f...
2018-07-19 04:50:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Supernatural School-- now titled I Reap You Not-- is a book available for purchase on Amazon! It's been a long journey and I'm so proud to finally have the finished product!
This week's short story will be coming out a little late (probably tomorrow afternoon). I'm really excited to get back into my schedule! This release was fun, b...
2018-07-15 17:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostI'm excited to share Chapter Six of I Reap You Not with all of you! I want to thank those of you who have pointed out some errors in the text--sharp reading! These chapters are from my second draft and don't reflect the edits that were made for publication! It's just that this is the only draft I can easily paste from :) I hope you don't mind!
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Chapter Six
The TV in the princ...
2018-07-08 19:43:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! I've been swamped this week but managed to finish this prompt fill before bed! I'm actually really happy with how it came out, I love these characters!
Here's the prompt link:
Hey! So this is the second to final version of this chapter (the fully edited version being in the book already!). It's kind of become the monster chapter to me--trying to pin down a lot of action without losing the reader's intimacy with Gauge as a character!
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Dong.
The conversation cuts shorts, food halfway to lips, hands poised in the air mid story. You’re distantly aware of your family mirroring your actions...
2018-07-05 03:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! So this is Chapter Four of the book coming out (hopefully!) this Friday! This chapter is one of my frankenstein chapters--chapters I've had to piece together so that later plot points make sense. It's been tough to work with (and it's not perfect yet!) but I'm pleased with this progression. It cuts off a little earlier than my initial tumblr post for pacing reasons.
You can find the original at the link and my edited version down below!
Alright! So this is going to be the first of three videos to show the product of my editing process. If you want to see anything from me (incorporating more X, Y, Z in the story, for example) let me know!
2018-06-26 17:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The sun is down, its harmful rays well below the horizon, when the shimmering air tears. It should still be too bright to see stars, but that’s what shines through the rip, in purple and blues and endless black. The black oozes back, further and further, dragging the grass with it until there’s a bridge of dirt and green and endless stars on the other side of the lawn.
Glowing eyes appear at the end, hundreds of feet back, bright yellow in the abyss. You can hear what sounds l...
2018-06-25 18:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis was my warm up today! Short, sweet, and a little bit of a horror element :)
This is another prompt from tumblr that I decided to fill (and might focus on a little more when I have less work to do!).
The prompt is: Humans create a low power psychic field that grows in effect based off humanities collective belief. In the old times humans created gods by praying to them, but with the advent and popularity of science fiction that has changed. Writ...
2018-06-22 15:35:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Two! I'm still trying to work in the lore of Reapers a bit into this one. I do go into that more in chapters 10/11 but I would love to get some foreshadowing in here.
For those of you familiar with the first draft of this Here: http://caffeinewitchcraft.tumblr.com/post/155059805484/supernatural-school-pt-2
You might ...
2018-06-20 18:25:17 +0000 UTC View Post