I swear I spent so long trying to figure out whether this was linked to the stuff going on with Duncan and Company. However, the mentions of Venusian cloud cities and other off-world colonies implies this is a different setting, somewhere in the far future. It seems that this horseman here (the horse is Fallow, so maybe he's Famine) has some sort of amnesia. Is that something he placed on himself, or did he commit some sort of crime and this is the punishment?
I am also curious about these other characters. Lucifer is generally referred to as the morning star, so the evening star is likely another person, and Mr. Blue is a complete mystery. Still I get the gist of it, as we may be seeing the end times beginning by the time the story stops, what with the Beast rising from the sea and all.
I do find it interesting to think about who the woman Famine's thinking about was. It seems to be something left for a potential follow-up in years to come. Whether you do follow this up or not, it's still a cool little piece; thank you for sharing!
Aww! I love that while I was writing smut and Invidia was writing apocalyptic drama, somebody was holding down the traditional holiday spirit. This is a wonderful little piece of poetry about everyone's experience with winter days.
Well, almost everyone. As a Florida Man, I do not experience this, but it seems accurate! I like the sequential nature of it, moving from the initial reaction to seeing the first flakes falling, to kids playing and having snowball fights, to the adult grumbling about shoveling the driveway, and finally to maximum coziness relaxing inside while snow falls outside (hot chocolate mandatory).
Man, forums really have lost their influence… the holidaystories used to get loads of contributions…
Insidious by InvidiaRed
…is it bad I know what Therion means, but couldn’t quiteremember the word/root for Amato? I know more beasts than loved ones I guess.
I’m not… entirely sure what happened overall. This is very much a fault of mine rather thanthe story. The protagonist is a horseman of the apocalypse? Famine? The colt isthe horseman’s horse, Fallow? Good name for famine’s horse, that. And theserver was just an employee except when it was being an angel with his voice? Igot all that. I liked a bunch of the individual sentences I could follow, likethe destruction of the satellite, that was cool, and the beast rising at theend, and the description of the endless battlefield. All good stuff! Also, Ifound the half-remembered J, and the past time compelling. Feel like it’d be neat for ‘em to hook upagain.
“Terrible and proud as only a living blasphemy could. Thesalted sheets cascading off its lumbering form.”
That’s my favourite bit, right near the end. Really good bitof imagery.
JD,
Also a living blasphemy.
What Am I to You?
by George Glass
Ah, now this I get! A kid and the snow. First of all I thoughtit was meant as a snowperson, but it’s the snow itself! Time to put the magicfrosty hat on that full snowy field of white and see if it becomes even more abother.
It’s like the magicof a snowy day for a kid, and it’s great that it’s clearly a kid the weather’stalking too, it feels like if it was to an adult or a couple the tone’d bedifferent, but there’s that real sense of play, I remember that, decades ago!Now… now it’s just a nuisance.
Meaningful Gifts
By InBrightestDay
“ “it’s the best…part…of waking up!” “This story is sponsoredby Folgers coffee. The only coffee firm where the commercial director said, ‘let’sremake the old wholesome siblings at Christmas advert with sexual tension.” Saywhat you like though, it worked, people who don’t even live in countries withFolgers like me have heard about the stuff. Sorry, had to get that out the way.Ahem.
So, the long time you spent working on it, getting it to thepoint where it was ready, it kind of echoes their slow building relationship.You had to get to the right time to get it done in the right way!
I thought the way it moved through the scenes was great forbuilding the background without going for just brutal exposition dumps. Usingthe diner conversation and Drew’s mopping apartment memories to draw out thepast events. It was really easy to get a good idea of how life had been forthem, and how it was for them. Kinda a messed up childhood experience, but thenthey’re sharing the bed for warmth and comfort completely non sexually forages. I liked that point about how the extra year’s wait was good for them.
I really liked the “little brother’s staring” call back tothe much more playful tone near the start, and I really really liked that chokerand chemise combo description! Lexi’s not your first tall woman with a fullchest, but she’s definitely up there amongst the most sensual.
The sex was super sweet, but erotic as hell too. The chokerhelped! But also the whole, technical, getting him ready for her to be readykind of climax. That was pretty nice!
I hope you’re satisfied with how it came out, with all thattime working on it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMwFWDIFVCU
That's very sweet, and I'm sure Frosty would be touched. It really covers all the bases of people's reactions. I couldn't help but think of all the times as a kid I'd sneak out at night just to look at the snow-covered yards and fields under the moonlight.
And I HATE being out in the cold.