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• Cricket's Got the Moves!

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  “I’m g-gonna do what?” Cricket was incredulous as I pulled him over to a corner.

  Lin was sitting in the center of the roo…

• A Small Setback for the Adversary

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  There was silence in the room, and only Cricket’s ragged breathing could be heard in the quiet.

  “Let’s say I had a way to…..

• The Disadvantages of Best Friends

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  I swore under my breath, and then my voice picked up volume.

  “What did you do to Master?” I asked, my hands balling themselv…

• The Summer of '08

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  “Good Lord, must you be so stupid?“

  Again, my mouth was getting ahead of me. “What if that had been a real, heavy – duty,...

• Nightmares

  by SKermitgorf 4 months ago

  I had to speak to Dr. Proto and hope he had the answers I sought.

  I slept fitfully that night again. The nightmares would co…

• The Journey

  by OboeTheres 4 months ago

  They were roughly shoved into one of the small cells in the brig. The fact that they could all fit in one cell was a sign of …

• Captured!

  by MoonyBassoon 4 months ago

  Captain Hayward laughed. “You thought you could beat me? You really thought you could beat me, beat us, with that little ragt…

• Lucifer

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet 5 months ago

  “Lucifer” Dear son of mine!

  “What” Oh sorry mother I was miles upon miles away.

  You know what father says about that. How i…

• Castle of Night 6: An Ostrich Named Braden

  by flute faerie 6 months ago

  “An ostrich!” I exclaimed.

  “Yes, I am studying their breeding habits in various conditions,” he said.

  “But don’t you, l…

• Castle of Night 5: An Assistant

  by flute faerie 6 months ago

  “I need… an assistant,” he said, lacking for better words.

  “An assistant? Hmmm…” I said, thinking it over. It would giv…