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Before the Gate: Holy man
Trigger warning: crucifixion, death, murder, isolation, loneliness, neurodivergence Synopsis: Elske wants to achieve the power of a god, but it may come with a different sort of price Chapter 1: Rebellion Elske was eleven when he decided that religion was not for him. His family was devout, of course, everyone was, worshiping a host of…
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Before the gate: The Failure
Trigger warning: murder, birth, death, loneliness Synopsis: Orikka craves meaning, but the meaning they create is a complicated one Chapter 1: The very first Orikka’s earliest memories were of heat. Intense, blistering heat that went on and on and on, hotter and hotter. It wasn’t painful, exactly, they were just exactingly aware of it. Observing…
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Before the fall: Acolyte
Acolyte Trigger warning: amputation, depression, betrayal, death, surgery, gore Synopsis: Ceit is a young girl working on her family’s dairy farm, trying to find her path forward after a traumatic experience. Chapter 1: No rest for the righteous Ceit wiped the sweat trickling down her face with the back of her plaid sleeve. She had…
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Before the fall: Hubris is a virtue
Hubris is a Virtue Trigger warning: death, gore, genocide Synopsis: Roxom is a slumbering god awoken by a great disturbance Chapter 1: Gilded cage Roxom had been slumbering for a great long. He had gone to sleep several centuries before, surrounded by his forest kin, the single successfully purple glory tree in his territory, having…
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Before the fall: Devotion
Devotion Trigger warning: death, loneliness, gore, alcoholism Synopsis: Captured by the lights, Tva is forever changed whether he wants to be or not Message: Even if you try hard, that doesn’t mean it will work out Chapter 1: Dancing lights He had gotten separated from the pack in his hunt for an elk, successfully taking…
acolytes, alcoholism, bad parents, dance, dancing, devotion, family dynamics, fantasy, fiction, gods, gore, grief, lonliness, loss, love, parenting, poetry, rabbits, shape shifter, short story, vows, wolves -
Before the fall: All that glitters
All that Glitters Trigger warning: genocide, gore, cannibalism Synopsis: The cochineal are Ketsuri’s people and as their god, their blood is her right Chapter 1: First light She sizzled into sentience. The fizzing sound of burning cochineal beetles, the scent of their flesh in the air was the first thing she noted with her newfound…
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Before the fall: Liar liar
Liar Liar Trigger warning: neglect, loneliness, betrayal, low self-esteem, profanity Synopsis: Verro is the nicest adult Hiru knows, until his betrayal Chapter 1: A new beginning ‘Hiru, darling! Come on! You’re going to be late for your first day of school!’ Veridia called up from the entrance way, Hiru could practically hear her checking her…
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Before the fall: The unlucky few
The Unlucky Few Trigger warnings: zombies, addiction, serious accident, death, tragedy Synopsis: Sym is just a normal high schooler until her Grandmother’s vice catches up with her family. Chapter 1: Just a girl The zombie jumped up on the upturned emergency vehicle, blood dripping from its snarling mouth, its clothes tattered, barely clinging to its…
addiction, adoption, anger, apocalyse, bad flirting, betrayal, catacombs, chemistry, death, death of a parent, family dynamics, fantasy, fiction, friendship, gambling, girls friendship, goddess, gods, grief, mining, misfortune, pop star, serious accident, short story, tragedy, vice, wealth gap, zombie king, zombies -
Before the fall: How not to make friends
Table of contents: Trigger warning: cannibalism (kind of), body dysmorphia, vomit, gore, broken friendship Synopsis: Novem is a god eater and that cute little bunny god is going to be a delicious treat. Or so he thinks Chapter 1: It looks tasty Novem crouched in the tall grass with his belly flat to the ground,…
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Before the fall: The fishmother’s son
Table of contents: Trigger warning: cannibalism, death, gore, violence, smoking Synopsis: Viisvang is a baby god, hiding beneath the fishmother and eating everything that falls within reach Chapter 1: Born a crab The fishmother was a good parent, Viisvang thought, gnawing on a bone she had discarded. She ate all that came within reach, snapping…