A small smile spreads on my lips. “Stop trying to make me feel good.”
“Nah, I would never.” Iggy takes the ice cream and my spoon. He eats a few mouthfuls before waving the spoon at me. “Now, what’s your long story?” He asks. ...
2019-11-27 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I wake from a dream where I am kneeling in a river. The cold water rushes around my legs and hands, making my toes and fingers go numb. I’m not sure wh...
2019-11-27 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“None of these people actually believe in magic, Mama,” Avery grumbles as I help him get set up. He’s quite pretty, even with his zombie like expression, so I dress him up and add some makeup, try to liven up that pale skin with my best roug...
2019-11-26 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt has been so hot the last few days, and the air has been thick and murky with humidity. I’ve not done much, not that you can do much when the weather is so god awful like this. I pray for rain, or something, just to knock the heat off a little...
2019-11-26 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
When I was little I was scared of the dark. No matter how my family tried to comfort me, I was terrified by what was in it. My father was a strong warrio...
2019-11-26 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Then where have you been staying?” I ask him.
Avery shrugs. “Wherever. There’ an old cabin off that dirt road,” he murmurs, nodding his head in the direction. “But the spirit there is loud and abusive, so I slept outside last ni...
2019-11-25 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
When my girlfriend abandoned me and our baby, my sister Lace invited me to come live with her. Back in the day, when she first had Ari, they lived with m...
2019-11-25 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“I found humanity to be amazing, they were so helpless yet so determined. They had no idea how fruitless and meaningless their lives really were. They simply wanted to live. That was it. I wanted to help them, to do something for them.” He bli...
2019-11-22 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hephaestus Academy has been an extremely busy place lately. For one, new students are coming in daily. It’s gotten to the point where Hephae...
2019-11-22 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAvery leads the way upstairs, opening the door and taking us into the flat. It’s all one room with several pillars. One side is the kitchen, the other side is the bathroom and beds, it’s not much at all, not a place one would entertain.
...
2019-11-21 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Once upon a time you were a professor of astronomy, and you were happy with your work. You taught classes and ran an observatory, having worke...
2019-11-21 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“It wouldn’t have mattered if they had done it, but you?” Avery yells at me.
I go to stand up but a cold sensation runs up through my body. I don’t know what it is, but I am overwhelmed by dread and fear. I look up at Avery, my jaw d...
2019-11-20 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m staring hard at the notepad in my lap. Several columns fill the white space, each line marked with ink - a name that could be the one fo...
2019-11-20 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally got in the Misinformed stickers of Sophie, Persephone, and Silas and the size difference is real.
Artwork by ArtCelestial aka Celestial Kiri
2019-11-20 03:15:40 +0000 UTC View PostI sniffle slightly, the heaviness that the more used to hold on me was slipping away. It was still there but it felt like sun light. I raised my eyes, lifting my forehead from the floor. Ahead of me I saw a little lamb drenched in a radiant light ...
2019-11-19 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen my girlfriend abandoned our baby and me, my sister Lace invited me to come live with her. Back in the day, when she first had Ari, they had lived with me, so it seemed fitting. Hearthway Hollow was a nice enough town, the kind of place where ...
2019-11-19 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m so very excited that my sister is coming to visit me for a while. I’ve been lonesome as of late, since Manette has been away doing bus...
2019-11-19 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“This place is full of wolves,” Faryan says with a smirk. “Strolling around with a rabbit seems like tempting fate,” he winks to show he’s teasing.
“She hasn’t been sleeping,” I answer. I rub Bunny’s back as she curls...
2019-11-18 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Gryndren returns to the cave, the heavy load he left with gone and placed on my boat just outside. He sinks into the water upon landing, and t...
2019-11-18 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAlzun kisses you again, this time his hand slips under your shirt. “If I do get hurt, will you comfort me?”
You shudder as his his soft fingertips brush against your skin, he then runs them along the edge of your bra, gently pulling down...
2019-11-15 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Three days. That is all I have to try and make some grand escape before three days of being a dragon’s lover. Somehow, I have to escape from...
2019-11-15 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSpite’s tongue slithers out and he hisses at me. At the moment, he’s completely covering Max’s body.
“Spites are diplomats,” Luke says suddenly. “Not exactly fighters.”
“I’ll fight you,” Spite jabs a finger at him.<...
2019-11-14 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
They say there aren’t many dragons left in the Ruby Empire, and that that is a sign of the end times. This is not because of the dragons tha...
2019-11-14 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat should be the theme of December mail outs? Remember these will be for $10 and up patrons.
2019-11-14 16:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostI sit on the porch to wait for and the storm. I keep messing up on my stitches, as I keep looking at the horizon and checking for Manette. The sky is growing darker and there is still no sign of her. I finally set my knitting down, knowing I am no...
2019-11-13 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
There is an old hunting path behind my sister’s house. It’s strange compared to the rest of her yard, which is overflowing with plants and...
2019-11-13 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“You work up there with Mythri right?” Evelyn says. “She has twins. Your womb may have caught ideas from that.”
I think about the young princes who are both in their late teens. Himank is gorgeous but a handful, and Dhaval is such a ...
2019-11-12 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Tea Country isn’t so much a country as it is one of the wealthiest places in all of Miror. It houses some of the most elite people in all of...
2019-11-12 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI shove him off. “Get over it.”
“How can I when it brought me so much joy?” He whispers right into my ear. “Finding you on the throne like the queen you are,” he growls. “Your moans were enough for me, but then your legs were s...
2019-11-11 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I was abandoned in the woods as a baby - left alone, wrapped in soiled blankets. My father, the man who found me, was a disgraced white knight...
2019-11-11 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post