2024-07-25
Part of Night's Longing
2635 words (13 minutes)
If the hand on my shoulder belonged to a lookout I missed, someone come for revenge on the hunter who slew their kin, right now I’d let them have it. I find myself unable to muster relief that the hand belongs to Carmen instead.
2024-06-05
Part of The New Goddess
2716 words (14 minutes)
The princess makes a fine show of roleplaying as a maid, perusing her own wine collection and presenting several bottles for me to choose from. I play my own part, acting as though I have strongly held opinions on which vintage is most ideal for the occasion. She fetches us glasses and pours for the both of us. We lounge on the couch together directly opposite Canina’s favorite mirror, clinking glasses and toasting to each other.
2023-06-26
937 words (5 minutes)
As long as I’ve been here, Miss has always been something of a scavenger. Head of a diminished house, she makes her forays into the world in search of suitable replacements for what this place has lost.
Though she used to build us herself, I’m taught, before the heartbreak of loss became too great to bear.
2023-02-21
605 words (3 minutes)
I wake up, and right away I can tell that something is very wrong.
I lurch upright in a panic, scanning a room that should be familiar—that can’t be familiar—but I can barely process what I’m seeing as real.
Somehow I’ve been sent back to the turn of the last century.
2022-12-02
711 words (4 minutes)
She tells me that she needs to watch herself, that she has a bad habit of pushing boundaries, especially when she’s been drinking.
I smile. I tell her how her self-awareness is reassuring, how safe she makes me feel.
I keep topping off her glass.
2022-05-30
1035 words (5 minutes)
It’s a house party for witches, and you thought you’d just be able to enjoy a calm and relaxing evening with a couple friends, something of a break from the chaos of managing the affairs of your own house. The host, however, seems to have something more in mind for you.