“Both men, oddly enough, separately expressed an interest in bringing another man into my bed” — The one-time immortal Peine begins to call in the favors owed him by fellow supernaturals in his quest to uncover who or what beguiled him and thus cost him his godhood. The remains of the evening at the Ball passed like a blur. After the familiar-looking vampire revealed her knowledge…

In which the former god seeks aid from some (very) old friends. Yet will they remember him? — Peine, once a minor deity and now a mere human male, seeks the entity which caused him to break the rules. Meet him here. Every year on the Saturday preceding All Hallows’ Eve (if it falls not on that day), the vampires of the world and their kin gather for…

In which we meet a former god and learn of his forfeit — Four years had passed since my punishment. Before that day, four years was not even half the blink of an eye to a thing like me. Now, however, as a mortal, the passage of humans’ concept of “time” is a monstrous ball of iron chained to my ankles for me…

Admit it: you didn’t miss me. I am writing this anyway. — Optimism, I have discovered, is extremely overrated, much like monogamy, online dating, and Wordle. As a witch, I have to be positive and patient, in a way; otherwise, spells and intent and speaking to the Universe won’t work nearly as well as I’d like. Yet when life continues to pitch…

Being on the outside looking in just became exhausting. — I see only a few, maybe a few hundred. Maybe more. But I am only one. One of a thousand thousands times that or this, A drop in the comprehensive ocean of an Instagram kiss, Why do I stare? When none of them knows I’m there. I count a handful…

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #53: ‘Penis’ — My blood pressure and attendant meds Have rendered my penis all but dead. Diabetes does not help; My penis will not be rated on Yelp. No one will do me anyway, Straight, nonbinary, trans or gay; My penis retired against my will Despite ingestion of any pill. Thanks to genes…

A paranormal enthusiast and Witch offers his view on (types of) life, death, and what lies between. — What Exactly is “the Paranormal?” As always with such potentially nebulous or broad-stroke concepts, the answer will depend upon who you ask. Let’s ask Ms. Dictionary and see what she says: : not scientifically explainable : supernatural Merriam-Webster That’s a start. Continuing on, this time with Google: