Thank you so much for the feedback and votes! :heart: ***** Arianna walked into the kitchen and there was Clair standing at the cooking range making himself breakfast. He was sloppily dressed in an old pair of breeches slung on over his nightshirt, a woollen cardigan and a pair of slippers. He lifted his head and smiled when he saw her in the doorway: tha...
Author's Notes: This chapter turned out quite a bit longer than I thought it would. It only crosses over to the final page by a bit, I hope the story keeps you reading despite the daunting list of page numbers at the bottom. @o~*~*~*~*~*~*~o@ Inca Ruins, Peru — 2001 "We're close, Aaron." The old man held his hands out before him, moving them slightly ba...
"The new era began; the king was tried, doomed, and beheaded; the Republic of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death, declared victory against the world; the black flag waved night and day from the great towers of Notre Dame. Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world—the figure...
Faeophobia: Magic's Hour Author's Note: I'd like to thank XXXecil for the creation of such vivid worlds, and for his unique openness towards other authors playing in them. I've been a fan for a number of years, and this is my contribution to a great body of work. I only hope I do it justice. I believe he's taking commissions now, if you ever have an idea yo...
Halloween "You can't win a shell game." The upperclassman spoke with an air of authority, but Courtney thought it was undercut by the presence of a giant inflated condom on his head. He was instilling his undoubtedly hard-earned wisdom on a blonde freshman, who was either as dumb as she looked, or a hell of an actress. Courtney thought the former. Courtne...
Melehan and Morvith, vile brothers of vile seed, born of the wicked sorceress queen Morgana and her consort, they are as feared as they are famed. One has the gift of murderous cunning, the other gift of being cunningly murderous. Before they were kings they were kin, sent down two separate roads by their mother, one quest for death making, the other for sou...
Author's Note: After several months of work reworking both Halfbreed and A Catian's Dream, I'm finally re-releasing both on Lit! A Catian's Dream is set 2,500 years or so before the events of Halfbreed. It follows the journey of the first Human-Catian pryde that developed in the aftermath of First Contact. Unlike that more serious story, this is happy, si...
The Aikaterne was dead in the proverbial water. Captain Clio Penelope hefted her flechette pistol, observing the enemy vessel circling her disabled craft through a viewport. Damn that pirate, she thought. Where did he get a fully restored Imperial Cruiser from? And how could a torpedo bay on a ten thousand year old space hulk still function? The pirate ship...
Chapter Six: Dread Wedding "Have you heard of her? The maiden with the half shaven head of white hair and runes, eyes colder than hate, and her bow ... Starbringer. With just her voice, she enslaved many. With her bow? She killed an Eternal." -Asked Ten Guns, to his crew, the Twelve Dead Men. The morning was not as it usually was. I woke on the floor, al...
——x—J—x—J—x—J—x—J—x—J—x—J—x—J—x—J—x—— 2:05 PM - COACH'S OFFICE, BY THE LOCKERS "Here you go, Mr. Masterson." Kayla Martin handed Coach Masterson a clipboard with the class' fifty-yard swim times. Most of them were pretty lousy, which is why the tests had to go on after 6th period ended. "Thank you, Kayla. Now get showered already. I feel bad for keeping...