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Category: Supernatural

The Beast And The God-Woman – Part 2

Posted on November 28, 2023

by Michael Kingswood Two days later, the God-woman awoke. The elders were not sure how long it would be, or whether she would ever awaken again.  But Yili knew she would come around.  It was a certainty, as far as he was concerned.  The likes of her do not just roll over and die so…

To Hymn Who Waits – Part 2

Posted on November 26, 2023

by Silent Draco II             Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas F. McIntyre, USMC (ret, await. recall) took one step back from the thing it mashed into the mudhole.  Espying the ranks of guards, he called in his parade-ground voice, “You!  Where is your CO!”  The demons looked in confusion.  No one challenged them, not here!  They…

To Hymn Who Waits – Part 1

Posted on November 22, 2023November 25, 2023

by Silent Draco I             Something unusual happened at the Gates of Heaven.  Peter had been called for a special question, so James the Lesser was minding things for a half-eon.  Outside, there appeared a burnt blood-red tumescence in the continuum.  A lesser demon emerged, keeping its nether portion firmly toward the Gates.  It backed…

The Beast And The God-Woman – Part 1

Posted on November 21, 2023

by Michael Kingswood The beach stretched forth as far as the eye could see, a blazing strip of white sand that returned the sun’s touch with a fire of its own as though daring the sun to burn hotter.  Small crabs, barely larger than a thumbnail, dug their way up from beneath the scorching sand…

Life Plus 99 Years – Part III

Posted on September 22, 2023

by Silent Draco Part I link        Part II link Part III Hilda and the old woman sat near the hut door, enjoying the sunlight and more tea.  The old woman insisted on serving them both, bringing out her treasured pot of wild honey.  “Is right to share with family, grandson and granddaughter,…

Life Plus 99 Years – Part II

Posted on September 18, 2023

by Silent Draco Part I link Part II Johannes blinked as they neared her little hut.  There was a simple lean-to for a woodshed, but nearby was a small cottage.  The babushka chuckled, “well, hut is full with many, and hard to stretch, da?  Trade some tea, some coffee, make simples for workers. Small hut…

Life Plus 99 Years – Part I

Posted on September 8, 2023

by Silent Draco A life sentence is complicated by who pronounces it, and with what method … Part I “Husband,” said Hilda patiently, “bitte,  why is it that we must return home by train?  Could we not have returned by steamer?  Business is very good for you.  It is early October, beginning to cool and…

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