Discipline

Chapter 1: Heaven It has long since been known that angels and demons despise each other.. But for these two lovers, neither can agree that that is entirely true. It started out easily enough with her taking watch at the Purgatory gate and graciously welcoming the new incoming souls. And then he showed up, taking watch over his own gate. She found it strange though that when he would snap at her for taking his damn souls or would growl in annoyance and flash the whites of his teeth that rather than feeling frightened, she was....intrigued, to say the least. Maybe...

It’s been weeks since I’ve seen him, smelt his cologne, felt his presence. He’s much older than me; he walks with a confident demeanour, gently etched muscles and dark exotic features. I’ve just moved into my new apartment, frantically trying to find where I’ve put my favourite sweater when my phone vibrates. I peer down at my phone and see his name in the message bubble on the screen. My heart skips a small beat. I’ve been hoping for him to contact me for what feels like forever. I miss him more than he could understand, even though I was the...

Engineering A Horror The whole riverside was cordoned off, with saws and torches hissing and whining in the cold. Every construction worker in the county had been hired for this project, many of which required either bribes, threats, or extortion to accept the job. They were paid in gold, conjured into existence with Dominion’s powers. They worked day and night, no matter how much it snowed or how sharp the northern winds were. The warehouses were being renovated under the guise that they would be turned into slaughterhouses and processing centers, while new buildings sprung up like weeds. Others were told...