Chapters tagged corruption

by Zeebop

Chapter 37

Anya rose to pick up a candle a few feet away. She held it up to her upper right arm. There was a pentagram in a circle there, surrounded by circles of zodiac signs and Hebrew characters. "The pentagram is an odd symbol. Depending on the context, it can be a symbol of protection...

by Zeebop

Chapter 80

There were so few candles left now, compared to when they had begun. Even Asenath in her white dress looked like a corpse in a shroud as she picked one up. "I remember a story from the 1920s. A woman who wasn't satisfied with her lover, and thought she found a way to improve thi...

by Zeebop

Chapter 89

Leroy picked up two candles, handing one to his sister. He sat back down, leaning against her. "It ain't all about making babies," he said after a moment. "No, sometimes it's just about sex...and all the horrors that can bring. I call this story > THE SUCKLING Mister Estovi ha...

by Zeebop

Chapter 90

Latoya held up her candle, and her smile died. It was a black candle, and there was not much left of it, so the flame seemed to hover an inch above her palm. "Where my brother shied away, I grew closer. I contacted Mina Wolff. We became friends, and began to meet up weekly for c...