Tag: short story

• Demon Lover: Part Five

  

  In the quiet of the dark room, I curled around my girl’s heart and smiled.

  kdhumewriter

  July 27, 2020

  fiction, horror, short story, Stories & Essays

  demon, fiction, horror, short story, urban fantasy

• Retelling Beauty and the Beast

  Just because something has been done before, doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing again. I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for a good fairy tale retelling, and Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites. The story form is rich emotional soil for drama and intrigue, be it Cruel Beauty, A Court of Thorns…

  kdhumewriter

  July 21, 2020

  fiction, short story, Stories & Essays

  beauty and the beast, fairy tale, fantasty, free book, short story

• Demon Lover: Part Four

  

  Elise existed in the most delectable state of shame, and had only grown more succulent by the day. She would taste so pretty, writhing in pain within my grasp. And now she was out of my reach, at a hospital somewhere, from what I could gather from the man’s murky thoughts as he shuffled through…

  kdhumewriter

  July 20, 2020

  fiction, horror, short story, Stories & Essays

  fiction, horror, romance, short story

• Demon Lover: Part Two

  

  Some people beg for demons. They fall easily, writhing with regret. Even in those who summon demons, attempting to bind us with foul symbols of the false god, there is a frisson of fear. Unbelievers are as easily haunted as the devout. Shame is the only requirement. We always have options, if we’re willing to…

  kdhumewriter

  March 28, 2020

  fiction, horror, pacific northwest gothic, short story

  fiction, horror, pacific northwest gothic, short story