Chapter 1: A Miner Problem by Tgawsome, literature
Literature
Chapter 1: A Miner Problem
Chapter 1: A Miner Problem February 14, 1876, Winter’s icy chill seeped through Lyosha’s yellow robes, cutting right to his old bones. On a night like this, a man his age should be sat in a comfortable chair by a roaring fire, bundled in thick blankets with a good book in hand. Not standing on a balcony of the tallest tower of Vinogradov Keep in the heart of Baradov fiddling with Astrological instruments, but these were strange times. Lyosha shuffled through the snow towards the large brass telescope mounted on the stone railing to survey the dark void, finding the distant twinkle of distant stars beckoning to him. “Hmmm…” Loyosha pulled away from the lens, reaching for the Astroblade placed precariously on the stone railing. The golden sphere had already accumulated a fresh layer of snow since last use, which required a careful brushing to remove lest he tampers with the delicate instruments coordinates. The dim light is hard on Lyosha’s weathered eyes, and the cold remains a
Mira and the Thieves by RudiciusCaesar, literature
Literature
Mira and the Thieves
Mira, her family members, and her friends have returned to Kiev after their trip to the Elven land of Elfrein. Alwin and his expecting wife, Gwen, return to their humble home. Nesting at home, Gwen often awaits Alwin’s return from his work at the local lumber mill. Mira and her husband Romanos spend time at the court of Grand Prince Vladimir, attending to various duties as boyars of Kiev. Irina remains at home with her own daughter, Lidia, and Mira’s eldest daughter, Katarina. Warm spring air continues to roll of the Eurasian steppes into the Rus’ lands. Flowers sprout from the earth and pure white clouds soar in the sky. Al
Bad Dream - brain3times3 by BetterBelly, literature
Literature
Bad Dream - brain3times3
Content Warning: Nonsexual Vore
"We should probably go to sleep soon," Jessie said, stretching dramatically.
"No way!" Jill piped up from where she was sprawled on the floor. "It's not even eleven o'clock!"
Carrie propped herself up on her elbows next to Jill. "That's already two hours past my normal bedtime," she chimed in.
"What, you're tired already too? Sleepovers aren't for sleeping at, silly!" Jill laughed.
"No," Carrie defended herself, "I was just standin' up for Jessie. Look how much she's yawnin'!"
Taking the hint, Jessie opened her mouth in an impressively huge, not-entirely fake yawn. Jill giggled. "Wow, m
Derrick considered the question carefully, “a maternity store of some sort?”
Keeping her attention to driving Charlie shook her head slightly. She smugly grinned, “No, you’d think they would be a good place to go, but usually not.”
“Alright, I give up?” he shrugged.
“Guess!” Charlie insisted.
“I did, I got it wrong.” Derrick smiled helplessly at Charlie.
“You only took one guess! Alright, a clue,” Charlie narrowed her eyes conspiratorially, “it’s ironically named.”
Derrick stared blankly back at Charlie in the driving seat. “Ironically
The frigid embrace of autumn coiled itself around the entirety of the bare forest, stripping all trees of their leafy apparel, leaving only their gnarled and skeletal branches unveiled. A solitary beacon of luminescence, the pallid full moon, held court high in the celestial tapestry of the inky night sky. It bestowed a ghostly illumination onto the landscape, casting eerie and capricious shadows that danced like wraiths across the forest floor. Without warning, an ebony cloud of ravens tore through the icy ambiance, their obsidian feathers gleaming with an uncanny iridescence under the spectral moonlight. Their piercing caws shattered the frosty silence, ricocheting through the forest's hollow expanses with a haunting resonance. In the unsettling wake of the avian storm, a figure emerged, shadowy and relentless. An enigmatic presence, it pursued the raven mass, its silhouette slipping and sliding within the twisted mesh of tree branches and flickering moonbeams. A ghost in pursuit