The Bellmerist's Doll The Bellmerist's doll was more defiant than ever I programmed her. I never actually had to punish Tip seriously to dissuade her, but this doll, I did. I caught her one day disassembling herself. We had been working to restore her body to its original state prior to her final shut-down. That way, we could be sure there would be no unex...
(Author's Note: This tale is a "period" piece. Liberty has been taken with the use of Olde English in the writing to match the tone of the times.) Nearing the top of the turret stairs, the challenge rang out "Who goest there?" "Tis I, Lord Robert, Giles." was mine response. "M'Lord, thou art the only stir upon this cold clear night." "Is that not good af...
The Witch's Trail: Week 1 No one could say who said it first. Who heard "herbalist" or "healer" or "wise one," and said the word. In the end, it didn't especially matter. The word was spoken. Soon every ear in the town had heard it, then every ear in the Rhone valley: Mont Clare was bewitched. What followed was inevitable. When there is a cry of Witch! the...
"The scars indeed run deep, cursed are those who know; damned. The secrets we keep, the mysteries we seek, the tears we weep, the blood we have shed and blood we've spilled for crimes not committed. A terrible cycle of fear and resentment, lost within the pain we seek to hide. Learning too late the bitter consequences: our self-destructive demise. Locking aw...
Her touch was as cold as death as it brushed the back of his neck. He could feel her presence from across the room, feel her eyes burning into his back. It was all he could do to stop himself from trembling. “You seek me human?” Came her voice. It took several attempts to answer. “I do,” he replied. His response was met with silence. All he could hear wa...
In the comfort of the temple, Lady Runica lay resting as the sun shone into her chamber. It was a beautiful morning, even the mood of the servants was uplifted. As they surrounded her, never venturing out of her presence yet keeping a modest distance, her slightest movements were carefully studied. A single motion of her finger could mean that she required a...
I Derwent Dashwood, 23th Baron le Despencer by line, retired Adjutant General, ranking member of Brooks Gentleman's Club and undisputed High Priest of the latest reincarnation of the Hellfire Club raise my arms and am unquestioningly awarded silence. Surveying the half-moon gathering of now naked acolytes it is difficult to remember that but a few minutes ag...
The Dragon Armada slid silently through space, drawing inexorably nearer their ultimate goal; the mythical home world of all humanity, Earth. Legend told that long ago all humans came from a single planet, a small blue & green world known as Earth. But then rose the Exarch. How the Exarch took power over the entire planet is unknown, but was believed to have...
Last episode, Billie Rose tried to assassinate an old man using her standard means of fucking him, then stabbing him when he was at his most vulnerable. Only he didn't seem to be dying. Then she found a waifish slave hidden in the closet and she decided to run for it, only to hide in a brothel with the intoxicating Tricia. The two passed the night, chatting...
Shinku closed his eyes and stepped out into the open. A purple skinned monster was standing surrounded by the blank eyed stares of the dead. Of its victims. It was just one of seven beasts ravaging the world. It was called Pride. "A human? Alive?" It spoke slowly. "I'm going to keep killing until there are none of you left anywhere you know that don't you?"...