Chapters tagged erotic horror

by Zeebop

Chapter 1

The cemetery was a walled garden of stone, interrupted only by a few trees. It was a moonless night, and windless, so that the stars seemed to be holding their breath. The participants came through the old wooden gate by ones and twos along the loose gravel path, navigating towar...

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Chapter 2

Anya lifted the nearest candle. It was black, small, and when she held it in the palm of her hand the others could see the strange sigils inked into her skin. She stared into the flame as if she could see something in it the others could not. "Many people do not believe in the o...

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Chapter 3

Asenath smiled as she picked up the next candle. It was slender, and as white as her dress. She held it with both hands, elbows on her knees, and her voice was soft as she said, without preamble: "I call this story, > A POUND FOR FLESH Sisa had always been a rather heavyset yo...

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Chapter 4

Roberta smoothed her skirts. One gloved hand picked up a candle, and held it aloft. "I have often sought proof of the supernatural. Of the survival of something after . My investigations have led me to some strange places, although to my surprise, the most interesting cases...

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Chapter 5

Leroy shifted his legs to lean down and pick up a candle. In the dark, it played across the pale patch of skin that cut across one cheek and the round, flat nose. His mouth broke into a bright smile. His voice, when he spoke, was deep and melodious. "In this world, people will d...

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Chapter 6

Latoya already had her candle in hand, as Leroy doused his. She leaned against her brother's shoulder, the patch of vitiligo along her chin catching the light of the small flame, even as her flat cap hid her eyes from view. "A good story about how one step into darkness can lead...

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Chapter 7

Miu held her candle. The white kimono seemed to reflect the light, so that she almost glowed in the dark. With her left hand, she gestured around at the shrine, the stones with their carved Japanese characters. "This cemetery is older than the town of Dagon's Hollow," she said,...

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Chapter 8

Jason lit a cigarette off of the candle nearest to him. Hands rough with scars and calluses. He wore no special costume, just black jeans and work boots, a worn jean jacket over a black v-neck. "Y'all know I come from carny folk. Town to town with the seasons. Been a lot of plac...

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Chapter 9

The candles around Anya were all black. She selected the one closest to being burnt out, and held it in her hand. "I've gone back to the brothel a few times, since I left. Not to work, not to stay there, but to listen to the other women. They all have stories to tell. Sometimes...

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Chapter 10

Asenth selected another candle. It was one of the larger ones, six inches tall, an inch thick. A dribble of wax ran down the pale shaft, onto her hand. "Phallic," she pronounced, with a smile. "Most men and women come to accept their bodies. What they have, and what they don't....

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Chapter 11

"There are farmhouses, in this county, over a century old. Soil that has soaked up blood. Scythes that hang in toolsheds which have a history so dark and traumatic that sometimes it casts echoes into the present," Roberta said, as she picked up a candle. "Once, I was called out t...

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Chapter 12

Leroy's long fingers stretched out to snatch a thin white candle, holding it in his hand like a Frenchman holds a cigarette...and smiled. "We all think we like secrets. That we want to know what people have locked away, even if it's something uncomfortable. Nasty, even. Sometime...

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Chapter 13

"Of course, the story of Andrew and Andrea isn't a closed book," Latoya said, as she picked up her own candle. "Quite the opposite. While Andrea was busy with the baby, Andrew just couldn't help himself. A new chapter was opened in their life, after all. It was time to turn the p...

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Chapter 14

Miu's small, delicate hand slid out of the sleeve of her kimono to pick up another candle. "It was difficult, the first years here. The Japanese population was small, and mostly young men. There was when the young men looked at the white women, or at the Black women who...

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Chapter 15

Jason glowered as he picked up the next candle. "I didn't want to tell this story tonight. It's not a nice one. No happy ending. Some things in life are just like that. Nasty," almost spat the word. "And things in the sideshow can get nastier than you imagine. So let me tell you...

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Chapter 16

"Witchcraft," Anya said, as she picked up a candle, "has been grossly misrepresented by pop culture. A generation thought the secrets of the Black Mass were available in English in paperback, that a pentagram tattoo made you a sister those accused at Salem in 1692, that the great...

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Chapter 17

Aseneth gave a strange smile as she picked up the next candle. As if she had waited to tell this story. "There is a difference between knowing what you want, and being willing and able to do what is necessary to get that. For one young woman, her dreams would lead her down the r...

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Chapter 18

Roberta took a deep breath, then leaned over to lift another candle. Its soft white glow seemed to form a halo for a moment. "In my studies of parapsychology and unknown phenomena, I have often wondered if truly is an end," she said, her voice suddenly cold and sepulchral....

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Chapter 19

"Sex and horror go hand in hand," Leroy said, as he threw an arm about Latoya's shoulders. "Fear and lust are both states of excitement. There are moments of pain so intense that they verge on pleasure—and they speak to something primal within us. Some instinct deeper than reason...

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Chapter 20

"As I'm sure many of you have picked up on, the stories of Dagon's Hollow—both the cave and the town—are generational. Sure, we got some one-off craziness," Latoya smiled at that, as she leaned against Leroy's shoulder, one arm stretching out to grab another candle. "But this pla...