12/07/2022
Two new Squid stories are live! Free for your enjoyment. Please LIKE this post if you enjoy Space Squid stories!
Imagine this: 1) you're the famous Dunk witch and you're stalking the Man in the Hood before he wreaks havoc at the town's chicken-catch. Or this: 2) You're Garret, a recently deceased fellow who's got a special favor to ask of Jophiel (angel? demon?), the dude handling recalls in the afterlife.
Please give them a spin at https://www.spacesquid.com/ ... and let us know what you think!
Here's an excerpt:
The Man in the Hood tilted his head backwards as if waking from a deep trance. He might have been an attractive man, if it weren’t for his yellow eyes that burned with hatred, and the scar where his nose used to be. He drew a needle from the candle fire and jabbed it towards the doll’s heart.
“No!” shouted Rose. She hurled a bag towards him. It bounced off his nasal cavity and fell into the naked flame. She had just enough time to brace herself before the gold dust exploded.
A myriad of enchanted shellfish spiralled from the blast. They smashed against the walls, and shot fluorescent lights from their antennae. A pink beam ricocheted off a vanity mirror, blinding the Man in the Hood. He dropped the Mayor Doll into a pool of molluscs. Rose leapt forward to retrieve it, but tripped on an overweight rat, and smacked into an eerie pendulum clock.
The Man in the Hood drew a curved blade from his cloak. “Your entrails shall decorate my bread basket,” he hissed.
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