Stories tagged “world building”
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Dmitri: The Academic
“This certainly is an… interesting establishment,” I said, sipping something that tasted like an alchemy experiment. I wondered what I was doing here. “I’m Ivy. You got a name?” he asked me. He had a disconcerting ha...
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The Rippers
“Who sent you?” Rose said, her voice cold and hard. He blubbered like a child; blood, snot and tears mixing on his face. “’m sorry!” he said, barely understandable. “Didn’t mean nuthin! I just-” “Dr...
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Hearts and Roses and Red, Red blood
Angelica’s skin molded and rippled like potter’s clay, her fingernails growing into long curved talons, her now snake-like arms multiplying like the heads of a hydra. A hundred gibbering mouths flowed outwards from her face. Phillips backed...
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Dmitri: The Acropolis
“Wow! This place is amazing!” Ivy said, looking up at the magnificent architechture silhoetted against the night sky. The pale, grey spires towered above us like a cathedral built with impossible grace. “Keep your voice down!” I...
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Ivy: The Magister's Secret
Dmitri didn’t move a muscle. He kind of reminded me of a terrified rabbit. It was quite adorable, really. “I’m sorry, boys,” the man in the chair said, looking back into the fire. His face seemed tired and troubled. “I jus...