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STORY STARTER

An elderly woman mistakenly adopts an eldritch being that she has confused for an abandoned pet.

Writings

Oh Sweet Darkness

Margaret had been meaning to get a new prescription for some time now, but still the misunderstanding is really not her fault. Anyone with her eyesight would believe a little sweet thing like Maximus to be a dog when faced with them.


How was she to know that she was petting a piece of darkness incarnate?


Okay, _sure. _The little guy introduced him- apologies, themself as Magnum Tenebrosum, but ...

2
Cutie Pie

_The elderly human suspected nothing. It was laughable how easy it was to infiltrate her frail spirit. Mortals are weak, foolish. They know nothing of the true nature of this world. They know nothing of the shadows. _


โ€œHere kitty! I got some tuna for you.โ€


Carlak bristled at the old womanโ€™s voice. They didnโ€™t care for the flippant attitude their new servant spoke to them. Still, they were famish...

Fluffy Shadows

I have watched thousands fall by the meer infliction of my gaze. Iโ€™ve toppled empires and left only destruction in my wake. Iโ€™ve assumed the mass casualities of a raging storm. Iโ€™ve been called many names, feeble human reductions in my power to try to understand me. Only nowโ€ฆ

โ€œFluffy!!โ€ I heard the old crow coo at me. She was nearly blind, with glasses that took up half her face doing hardly anyth...

Pet

My fur baby

Oh so lazy

Never moves

Never eats

Just sits there

At my feet...

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Strange & Perfect

Flashlight in hand, Izzy searched the wooded area behind her house. The last few days when she took Sheba for a walk she had felt eyes on her. Her old German Shepherd would growl and even lurch at the trees. Tonightโ€™s walk Izzy hadnโ€™t felt watched but she thought sheโ€™d heard a mewling. Sheba refused to enter the woods at all. Izzy couldnโ€™t get the worry out of her mind.


With a high-powered flashl...

1
Mrs. Whitaker's New Pet

Mrs. Agnes Whitaker had always been a woman of kindness, the sort who left out saucers of milk for strays and talked to the robins in her garden. So when she found the poor, shivering creature curled up beneath her hydrangeas one blustery evening, her heart clenched with sympathy.


โ€œOh, you poor dear,โ€ she cooed, bending down with only the mildest creak of her knees. The thingโ€”coiled, glossy, and ...

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š†๐šŠ๐šœ๐š—'๐š ๐™ฐ ๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐š...

๐™ธ๐šŸ๐šข ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ ๐š”๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›. ๐™ท๐š’๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šข ๐š™๐šŠ๐š ๐šœ ๐š ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐š™ ๐š’๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š˜๐š ๐šข๐šŠ๐š›๐š—**ูซ** ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐šž๐š๐š๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ. "๐™พ๐š‘**ูซ** ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐š˜." ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š’๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š—๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š’๐š–๐šŠ๐š• ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š๐šŽ๐š›. "๐š†๐š‘๐šŠ๐š'๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š”๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š—'๐šœ ๐š—๏ฟฝ...

No Soliciting

The little old lady at number 237 opened her green door to the wiry door to door salesmen.

His wide smile laid on as thick as his cheap cologne.

โ€œOh why hello dear.โ€ The old lady cooed, her chunky glasses made her eyes bulge on her petite face.

โ€œGood day maโ€™am, Iโ€™m Bucky Dutton with Spurious investments, I was hoping I might have a few minutes of your day.โ€ His voice was high and energetic, yet b...

Dearie

โ€œWell hello there dearie! You look awfully coldโ€

Midge had pulled her car over, well into the evening. She couldnโ€™t bear to leave whatever this was to fend for itself in the cold....

2
Reishi

It was the start of spring. The rain poured. When suddenly a little apartment door opened and a tiny old woman named Maria came out. Her hair was gray and her eyes were a gorgeous chocolate brown. She opened her umbrella and started to walk towards the grocery store.

When she arrived at the grocery store, she found a small orange cat. It looked like it was under fed. It was feeble. So out ...