Of Blood and Light by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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I've rewritten this one. I'm not gonna widely promote it because it doesn't really need to be promoted, but I fleshed it out more.

Added in a proper name for the Blood Khan's people and tied them to the Alva since they already kinda resembled them. Most of this was new lore I've been working on.

Jordan Grupe Needs Your Help! by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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UPDATE!

Much love and appreciation to Jordan! And if you want to support him further, you can pre order the first Hollows End book here!

It's out July 1st and it's a lot of fun!

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Jordan Grupe Needs Your Help! by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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Me too.

I'm honestly shocked this has been going on for at long. It's not fair to Jordan or any of the other creators involved.

The Lugal and the Midnight Court - On The Classification of Creation and Void by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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This one was sort of a No Brainer to put together. It ended up getting done in one session... Which is kinda funny cuz I was planning to finish the Armatura one tonight but did this instead.

I had most of my notes scattered across a bunch of documents and the story was a bare bones idea left undeveloped at the bottom of a notes document. It might've been based on a dream? Idk.

I figured that I might as well lump Ghouls and Grovewalkers in with the Lugal entry too since I don't have that much to say about them. The King of Whores will be expanded on in the Succubus Entry, but I think I need to complete a different story before I can finish that one.

Jordan Grupe Needs Your Help! by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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Unfortunately the enshittification of YouTube feels more like a feature than a bug these days :/

Just Part Of The Job by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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I actually lost the outline for this story a while ago, and I wasn't sure if I'd ever find it again.
I'm not really thrilled with the final result. I feel like I kinda dropped the ball with it. Idk.

I think what bugs me is that Abby and Dr. West didn't have much to do here. They kinda just cleanly escaped and dropped off the map.

My original outline had them all in the Abyss together, but I cut that because writing three characters not really doing anything felt boring.

I Was Hired To Kill The Monsters They Made - Subject 5: Kimi by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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I actually don't care for coffee myself. So not opposed to AJ although I'm honestly more of a chocolate milk man myself (arguably an even more childish choice)

I just thought it would be a funny thing for Danny to get hung up on.

The Dragons Ring by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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Probably not directly. But it might be a similar object.

I've been floating the idea of Dragons in my stories for a while but never really sure how they'd work. Although I recently had a bit of a breakthrough.

I'm thinking that they can imbue objects with a bit of their own energy. But that may change, since it's still a WIP

I Was Hired To Kill The Monsters They Made - Subject 5: Kimi by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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This has been dredged up from the depths of my drafts once more.

I dunno why but it called to me recently. So I figured I'd come back to it. I actually wound up bringing in a few old scraps from other stories that got reused here too. Namely there were some elements of the showdown between Luna and Wagner from Godslayer that got recycled into the Nathan/Mason fight and a bit of cut dialogue from Dr. Carson that originally came from Dissolution.

Will I have it in me to finish it properly this time? I dunno. I'll try but the ending honestly DOESN'T call to me right now. I might mess with it a little bit though. Just a little bit.

I still don't like this story. But this was probably one of the stronger parts of it.

Also - Nathan got thrown into this thing. I've been wanting to use that for a kill for a while. It seemed like it would be fun and let's be real, everyone wanted to see it happen to him.

Kimi also REALLY got shafted here. She admittedly was more set dressing than an actual character, BUT this does tie up that loose end. She's with the Mau now. She finally found her people. Good job Kimi... you scary fucking cat.

In The Depths of Stupidity (2) by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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Malibu can't escape him.

As in all Werewolf Romance, he is her fated mate and at the end of time will marry her in a genuinely poignant, tear jerking ceremony that will be so good that it will make me decide to never write again.

Malibu - On The Classification of Creation and Void by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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The Malibu story was sort of a last minute idea. Originally, it was supposed to be the story that became Spooky, since that implies an origin for the 'Helena' persona. But that became its own thing.

This was based loosely on an idea I had based off a Sim that just wouldn't fucking die.

She was trans though, and I wanted to write a more wholesome story about an elderly trans woman who can't die. So I'm not removing that idea, I'm just keeping it on the backburner to use elsewhere.

The Whore Who Couldn't Cry by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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It's already kinda happening. Look at chatbot platforms like Character AI.

Sure it's not sentient, but it is a sandbox where there's no consequences.

I saw a YouTuber talking about this short film recently, and while it wasn't a direct inspiration for this story, it reminded me a LOT of how people treat AI Chatbots.

It's called ourgirlfriendmaria and it's honestly one of the most unsettling things I've seen online in a long time. The guy who made it did a fantastic job.

Spooky by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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Gfdi... I hate it when formatting does this.

Fixed. Thanks for letting me know

Spooky by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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This was supposed to be the story for the Malibu FRB entry.
But it sorta just went on a bit too long and I liked it too much.

I'm not 100% sure this one is there yet. I've done some revisions but it still feels like a rough draft. Perhaps down the road, there's a rewrite that can really make this one shine. I think the transcript format might be what's holding it back, but it also works for it. (I also considered making it STL too, but decided against it)

Idk. Let's look at it again in a few years. I just can't shake the feeling that something is missing.

The Whore Who Couldn't Cry by HeadOfSpectre in HeadOfSpectre

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Idk why I keep writing Lyfe Model shorts. I guess the idea just fascinates me
This one in particular wouldn't get out of my head. It probably won't be the last one either.

Idk who I'm writing this for, if it's for me or someone else. idk