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Toward Dark
Hmmmmmm...
Rated:
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This is the folder for stories that Grandma maybe wouldn't like. Anything 18+ or higher automatically goes in here.

"Revenge Fantasy [18+] is the very first item I put up on WDC. I worked in a supermarket, you see, and there was this dreadful supervisor -- so I put my alter ego to work. Since I'd never written a story before, I concentrated on getting the action out there, trying to make up some kind of understandable plot. Since then I've written a couple more Genna stories, where I give my real problems to this character who isn't that much like me, and so look at things from a different angle.

"The Unmead of Unpoetry [18+] is my first comedy story. It came about when I had this idea for a story while I was biking to work, that Pluto would get kicked out as ruler of Hades because Pluto is no longer a planet, and Dick Cheney would get nominated to take his place. I was rolling with this thing all the way to work, but by the time I got to work the idea sounded so stupid that I was laughing about THAT. So I wrote this silly thing about getting useless ideas. This is my only present tense story, but I have an excuse: I wanted it to have a guy-on-a-barstool feel to it.

"The Rape of Winnymuir [XGC] is a fantasy story. It's about a Viking raid among the Picts which gets foiled by magic. The story's pretty brutal, which is the reason for the rating. It's never been reviewed.

"Family Values [18+] was written for the Seven Deadly Sins contest. It's about a wholesome family of Satanists. Seven normal human emotions is what they are, unless the world around us tries to suppress them out of existence; that's when they fester into sins. In the unlikely event that I should ever be called upon to give a sermon, this would be it. This is such a bizarre premise for a story that I wrote it completely straight.

"Message of the Runes [18+] takes a story from the Elder Edda and fills it in. The original Lay of Volund doesn't entirely make sense. I've added some detail to the action, a subplot about runes, and something about the characters' emotions to fill it out. I wonder if maybe the bards did the same thing when they sang those old stories, and it's only the bare bones they wrote down. It's pretty long.

"The Fairy's Kiss [18+] is a rewrite of one of my first stories. I was trying to think of the plot of Stravinsky's ballet of the same name and couldn't, so I put on the headphones and listened to it, and wrote down what came into my head. Reviewers found quite a bit wrong with the original, and my first revision only made things worse, so this is the third version. It's about a prehistoric kid learning the properties of plants the hard way.

"...And I Feel Fine [13+] and "Dragon's Playroom [13+] are dragon stories, both set in the same world. I'm working on a novella that incorporates both of them. The dragons are an ancient race, far more evolved than we are, and far more powerful. Both stories involve a child who accidentally comes into their domain.

"Emoticons: Spawn of Satan [13+] is a comic fantasy set in WDC.

"The Recruit [GC] is a fantasy story that dips into erotica. Which is about as close as I'm ever likely to get. It's an Amazon vs. Dragon kinky battle story.

Funny poem that rhymes:
"If Shakespeare Had a Blackberry [13+]

Poem that isn't funny (at least not intentionally) and doesn't rhyme:

"Enmity [18+]

On this one, I haven't figured out whether I'm joking or not. In any case, I'm not aging gracefully: "Oldies

"Invalid Item is just a journal. Somehow it got filled.

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Holiday Home Invasion "Holiday Home Invasion 1356262
…And I Feel Fine "...And I Feel Fine 1389293
If Shakespeare Had a Blackberry "If Shakespeare Had a Blackberry 1577969
Oldies "Oldies 1554954

Problem Child:

Loup Garou "Loup Garou 1683846 It's been published, but I wasn't happy with the website at all. I'd like something better for this story, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do. This calls for research.

Portfolio -> Toward Dark

Holiday Home Invasion  [13+]   3.1 KB
Don't read this if you like Santa Claus!

...And I Feel Fine  [13+]   9.7 KB
Innocence, dragons, and the end of the world as we know it.

Message of the Runes  [18+]   41.9 KB
A dark elf in the world of men finds love, magic & revenge; adapted from the Elder Edda.

The Unmead of Unpoetry  [18+]   7.7 KB
I have a great idea for a story. Now make it stop.

Emoticons: Spawn of Satan  [13+]   11.1 KB
People sometimes wonder why I'm scared of these little guys.

Dragon's Playroom  [13+]   5.8 KB
A human girl gets a chance to wander in a dragon clan's home.

Family Values  [18+]   7.2 KB
The positive side of the Seven Deadly Sins

Revenge Fantasy  [18+]   16.5 KB
A work story

The Rape of Winnymuir  [XGC]   15.7 KB
Vikings plan a raid, but their victims won't cooperate. No actual rape in story.

Siren Song  [13+]   5.9 KB
Change is always hard to live with.

Samantha and the Queen  [13+]   8.3 KB
A feminist response to Robert Pearle's Samantha and the King

If Shakespeare Had a Blackberry  [13+]   0.4 KB
A text message sonnet

Oldies  [18+]   0.9 KB
With apologies to the Beatles.

Worst Job Ever  [13+]   5 Additions
A bored angel signs on to test out plot devices for a luckless author