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The Touch of Abundance

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  -Artwork by Shenjudongmandabanban- It was as if the world itself were wrapped in song, Sihan embraced by the reverberations he helped give rise to. He and many others filled the space of hallowed temple walls with choir—the space returning their song back in earnest echo. White walls and black tiled roofs riddled the large expanse of the metal temple, with traditional wood carvings of his group's deity, Yaoshi, adorning every other row pillars within. The structure was a testament to an ancient devotion. It all made Sihan feel so small, but a part of something greater. That greater purpose had called out to him years ago upon being welcomed into the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus after the death of his parents. He had always felt as if he were sleepwalking through life, drenched in the bureaucracy of his job at Xianzhou Luofu's research division. The floating world within a ship he existed on was a tiresome routine of overbearing structures and constricting order. All he cared ...
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The Dark Caress 4

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  artwork - doiparuni This story is a sequel to Dark Caress 3 Darkness, the enemy of the light. Rightfully it is feared, yet still there are those who celebrate and even wield it. Tharja and her coven are such people—a sorceress supreme who is the very envoy of the great abyss that exists beyond the veil of humanity’s eyes. A realm shrouded in the dark that blinds them. Whether her goal spells doom for the world is yet to be seen, but plans have begun in motion, fresh off the night of yet another individual becoming one of Tharja’s thrall. The morning after, the two began a meeting. Tharja clasped her hands, seated a table opposite of her servant Orochi, the room lit only by a dim candle, whose only purpose seemed to make the shadows of the room more brilliant. “Remember, your powers are drawn from a well that is my own. Siphon too much and it might end you.” Tharja was teaching the woman on how to harness and control her dark powers, powers birthed by the connection Sorceress Thar...
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Love Potion 68

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  This story is a sequel to   Love Potion 63 How long had it been? How long had it been since Jessie had concocted the potion that unlocked a vast potential within the human brain. There was no doubt in her mind that it remained her greatest creation. Ever since that day, she had made many renowned breakthroughs in her field. Most would assume her proudest achievements were the strides she had made in creating more effective treatments, hell even cures, for many long standing neurological disorders. But no, Jessie was far more vain as an individual. Her proudest moment was the moment she was born. The potion she had made on that day so long ago, the one meant to expand the brain’s capacity for passion and emotional analysis, had achieved much more. It had also increased the size of her neocortex, multiplied the number of neurons bouncing around her brain matter, and strengthened her neural networks. It has turned the brain and body of what was once a sorry excuse for a male sc...
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