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A Step Too Far - Chapter 16

Chapter 16

 Teddy listened to the sound of Karla gulping down water from a glass. She was standing very close, outside where he was hiding in a kitchen cupboard. It was apparent she had become a bit dehydrated in the night. Teddy listened as Morganna’s friend moved around the kitchen, doing something. Maybe she was looking for food but had paused near his hiding place to drink water?

 Teddy peeked through the crack of the cupboard door and saw Karla�...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Within a week, Vivianne had moved into Teddy’s old room. As soon as she learned he’d been relocated into Morganna’s suite, Vivianne had called “dibs” on Teddy’s bedroom and spent a weekend moving all her things in. She put up posters of pop musicians and her favourite female athletes, painted one wall a bright shade of blue, and left bright pink dumbbells scattered on the floor. There would be no going back. Teddy basically owned only ...

A note on my lack of productivity

Thanks to everyone still sticking around in this space.

I recently started a new  contract where I was hired last-minute online for an organization that  is trying to play catch-up. I was thrown into the fire with little prep.  That said, I am making some progress in thinking about how exactly I  want this story to go. It seems full-circle that among the various  precarious jobs I currently hold, one is directly related to teaching  other people to write. ...

Collected stories

A reader of my works, who goes by the name "Pringlesman" on the GiantessCity forum, recently messaged me and said he had assembled all stories he could find that had my name on them. This seems to include stories I edited or revised many years ago, old shorter stories, as well as my more recent long-form stuff.

I know some of you have wanted me to sell my works as PDFs or e-books on Amazon or elsewhere. I haven't gotten around to doing that yet for a variety of reasons, including copy w...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Despite his efforts, Teddy was unable to forget his encounter with Vivianne in the dining room. The graffiti she’d written in permanent marker on the dining room height-chart remained in place. Teddy had told Morganna about it and she’d acted with some sympathy, but hadn’t done anything to actually erase the giant all-caps letters that spelled out “DILDOBOY?” at the eight-inch mark.

Teddy considered simply scrubbing the wr...

Patreon and Mastercard

Hello,

Patreon has required me to send them a personal photo and a photo of my identification (driver's license, etc.) or they are threatening to cut off my Patreon. They are doing this to adhere to Mastercard's adult content rules. As a writer of stories with sex/nudity in them, I am considered an adult content creator and treated the same as a porn video creator, actor, or other entertainer. I am trying to decide whether to comply or shut down my Patreon. I do enjoy how this platform ...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Teddy knew Vivianne was home the minute he woke up sticky between Morganna’s thighs. The sound of hip-hop and pop music thumped outside down near the pool. Loud giggles could be heard between occasional splashes and the smacking thud of a volleyball. The music and sounds of robust physical activity were sure signs that Morganna’s aggressive athletic daughter was back on the property.

It took some effort for Teddy to open his eyes. His eyelids...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

No amount of time could make it easier for Teddy to accept that he was now a man of three-foot-two-inches. 

3’2”.

Even the old metre-stick in the storage-room was taller than Teddy. He’d dug it out from under a back shelf and checked. The top of the metre-stick was a few centimetres higher than Teddy’s head.

It had been nearly a week since the pool incident had firmly slotted Teddy in...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

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A Step Too Far - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The incessant singing of crickets filled the dark of night. The air was warm and humid surrounding Teddy. But for a slim naked man who stood at a maximum height of maybe four feet tall, the night air still held a bit of a chill. Teddy hugged his knees to his chest. He had hidden in a hollow between the roots of a big leafy tree. It was a certainly a large tree, but from Teddy’s perspective such venerable plants seemed more like ancient old-growt...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

“Ugh, what a mess!” Morganna declared.

Teddy was abruptly woken up by her voice. Morning light was shining through the gaps in his window curtain, but it was obviously not even seven o'clock. Summer meant the days were long and the sun rose early.

Teddy partially sat up, trying to get his bearings. Morganna was standing in the  middle of his room, wearing a dark blue silk bathrobe that she had cinched shut at the waist. The robe didn’t e...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Teddy woke up a growling stomach. The scent of cooking dinner wafted through the air. It smelled like simmering beef and onions, a rich aroma that spoke right to the growing young man he was, or should be. Teddy resented the theft of his summer and his expectations for growth, both physical and otherwise.

 His room was bathed in a mix of golden-hour light and long violet shadows. He knew the evening was approaching. The early summer, so laden ...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Teddy spent hours on the phone with his mobile provider trying to sort out what had happened. He’d been able to grab a banana and some cereal from the kitchen without running into Morganna, Vivianne, or Nimue. Then he’d gone outside into the sunshine and sat down in the grass behind some flowering lilac bushes to figure out his phone and hopefully restore some of its functionality. 

Teddy’s phone seemed to hold a signal...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Teddy woke up with the sun in his face. Bright morning light was flooding into his bedroom. The curtains had been left open all night and now his room was brilliantly illuminated. He felt sore, as if he’d spent the previous day working out.

Memories of the previous day began to bubble up in his consciousness as he lay in his bed. He was on top of his blankets, sprawled out in an awkward position, and still in the clothes he’d had on the day before, h...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

“Well, where is Morganna?” Andrea repeated herself.

“I’m not sure,” Teddy ventured. The last thing he really wanted to do was go find Morganna.

“Aren’t you her new stepson, Teddybear or something?”

The woman who stood beside the lady named Andrea covered her mouth, her eyes widening in realization. “Oh that’s right, she really IS his new mommy,” the brunette said.

Andrea nodded. “That’s right Karla,” she smil...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Teddy held his phone close to his ear, waiting for his father to pick up. He had to dial two or three times before his father finally answered.

“Hello?” Reed answered, sounding annoyed and distracted.

“Dad, you have to come home,” Teddy blurted out. “You need to come home right now.”

“What? Slow down, Teddy,” Reed replied. “I’m in the middle of some important…negotiations. I can’t just drop everything.”

“No, ...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

It wasn’t until dinner that Teddy met Morganna’s oldest daughter, Nimue. She arrived to the table in her sundress with a paperback book in hand. Teddy noticed that Nimue was slightly taller than her sister or mother, but still not up to his height, especially barefoot. For some reason this gave him comfort. He could take some peace in the knowledge that he was effectively the man of the house and of different genetic stock that these interloping women who ...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Teddy shoved his bags into the back of the cab and got into the passenger seat. He told the cabby his address and buckled in.

“That’s way out on the edge of town, isn’t it?” The cabby asked. “It’s going to be more expensive, just so you know. We don’t usually drive out that far.”

“Yeah, yeah I know,” Teddy replied. “I have no choice. My dad is out of town, again. Plus, the bus doesn’t even run out that way really.”

T...

A Step Too Far - Chapter 1

A Step Too Far

by Horuvex

Chapter 1

Teddy’s first spring break marred what was an otherwise great first year at university. It certainly hadn’t been his original plan to spend the entire spring break back at home enduring bland rain and slate grey skies. Everything up until that point in the academic year had been going so well. He’d fully embraced dorm life, joining student clubs and soc...

Nexifem Inc. - Chapter 26 (Epilogue)

Chapter 26 - Epilogue

It worked! The debigulator worked!

-“The Genesis Tub”, from Treehouse of Horror VII, The Simpsons

Chad’s mind snapped back into a state of consciousness with almost no perception of the passage of time. It felt as if someone had flashed a warm amber light in his face for too long, putting him in a momentary daze. But he knew better. After being suspended in the Adtenuo Stasis Field device multiple time...

Nexifem Inc. - Chapter 25

Chapter 25

The rights of the people are therefore greater than those of either employer or employee. And this third great party should be given its proper share of any gain. In fact, a glance at industrial history shows that in the end the whole people receive the greater part of the benefit coming from industrial improvements. In the past hundred years, for example, the greatest factor tending toward increasing the output, and thereby the prosperity of t...