“Sloppy,” Naberius says, the point of his sword just barely brushing against Austin’s throat. “Try it again.” He shifts in his chair, crossing one leg…
The party takes a long time to wind down. Even after most of the crowd has left, there’s still a few stragglers - Austin sees Abyss among them and gets…
“Nice to meet you,” Austin says automatically. He can barely feel his lips moving around the words. The unpleasantly familiar feeling of dissociation is…
His time with Abyss is over faster than Austin would have anticipated - they insist on only keeping him for two dances, in case any other demons want a…
The food, Austin finds, is perfectly edible. He’s not entirely sure what any of it really is, but Naberius and Morse have both assured him that none of…
“It’d be a funny old world, he reflected, if demons went round trusting one another.” - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens Austin swallows past…

February 2023

don’t worry, we’ll be watching you is an interactive fiction story hosted on the card zero press website. click here to read it.
author’s note: this story was originally published in the middle of chapter 5, but i like to move it to the end for the sake of pacing. it takes place…
Landis sits on the back porch of the lake house, listening to the sound of Grace pulling Abbie’s car out of the driveway, taking Abbie back to the…
CONTENT WARNING: This update contains vivid descriptions of internal injuries. It’s dark. Austin blinks, not even sure his eyes are still working…
“Let go of him,” Landis says, struggling to keep his voice even. He can’t look directly at Mal - he trains his eyes on Abbie’s face instead, feeling…
CONTENT WARNING: This update contains vivid descriptions of body horror. “You could help,” Austin says dryly over his shoulder, hopping out of the way…
1