Stories tagged “Lovecraftian”
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Untitled #1, Pt. I
You find yourself wandering aimlessly in the remains of an old forlorn city. It looks as if it was ravaged by some terrible apocalyptic event; you consider yourself fortunate that you never witnessed it. It’s dark out, damnably dark, and you keep...
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Untitled #1, Pt. II
You wake up screaming, only to find yourself once more surrounded by those dreaded voices. But this time they speak in a more livid tone, it was as if they were angered by your very presence. Then you hear something else, a pulse. It’s faint at first...
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Sometimes Survial is a Death Sentence
I rested my head upon the charred bones of the earth. The spray of the ocean against my tortured skin was a balm to my poor sunburned body. My clothes, little more than rags now, offered scant protection from the elements. Hollow trenches that wound ar...
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High Priestess and Herald
Bony hands grabbed Marie and hoisted her aloft as if she was some sort of prize. They carried her through the streets and though it was day, no one raised a hand against them. People had learned to avert their eyes rather than risk getting involved. Ma...
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Mother of Corruption
A great crack appeared in the ceiling as it buckled under enormous weight. My partner disappeared under the falling debris that heralded the horror that landed in a heap of sweltering flesh. The creature had once been a woman but now she was a monster....
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Drafts, Drifts, and Mishaps
The hours I spent in the bathroom after eating at the cafeteria, kept me from the rest of my classes including Chem lab. Missing one assignment there could drop my entire grade. I had to make it up tonight. The campus after midnight was strange and vac...
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A Link in Chaotic Events
Something nosed into my armpit. I tried to push it away but my body was sluggish in responding. Whatever it was gave an irritated snuffle and left me. I opened one eye long enough to see a small grey, striped shape disappear into the hallway. It looked...
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Harbinger and Herald
I watched dozens of hard-looking men unloading a long line of freight trucks. Every box was marked On Loan From Arkham University, Handle With Care. I didn’t know where Arkham was but judging from the accents that drifted up from the parking lot,...
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Taken
This is a dark place and I am ill amused. Pulling my coat tighter, I glared at that seething sky to little effect, I am sad to say. I don’t know how I came to this place, nor where it is. The flora and fauna are strange to me, though I am a biolo...
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Taken: Lost in the Fog
I know not how long I wandered, the fog a deceitful guide that carried with it a foul and most unfamiliar stench. The forest surrounding the house of my youth was a thick patch of wilderness that had successfully fought off civilization’s touch f...
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A Common Lure-
Two beautiful women were waiting for me as I entered my room. Lounging in my bed, they were clothed only in the movement of candlelight, shadow, and sheet. Inviting smiles sprung up as they noticed me. One gestured to me, a singular finger curl so sens...
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Taken: The Scent of Memory
A treacherous gust of wind extinguished my light with a hiss. As I returned the aged timepiece to my coat pocket I caught a scent that immediately roused a memory from 6 years earlier, the day an old withered ship’s captain visited my then living...
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Taken: An Unfortunate Inheritance
“I am no more dead than you!” I replied sharply. It was a struggle against the passage of time and the swell of unpleasant memories to recall the gardner’s name. After a moment of staring at that hardened and aged face, that had more ...
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Tales of Mysterious Adventure: I'M TAKING SHELTER!
Screaming winds rake your face with claws of icy rain. Throwing your arms up over your head, your first thought is to find shelter. You race, slipping and sliding, back to the stairs that lead down to your room on the ship. You try the door handle only...