Jack Poignet

There, I did it. I left an emoji under the „anxiety“ post. Of course, I questioned if that was even appropriate, because… What‘s the correct emoji here? „Thumbs up“–too generic, impersonal. „Love“–might make me seem like a heartless and tone-deaf monster, even so it touched my heart and made me emotional. „Haha“–can‘t say it‘s funny even though it is and probably is meant to be. „Wow“–could be interpreted as „what a freak“, even though it‘s meant to convey „Greatest Respect“. „Sad“ or „Angry“–might be conceived as „I hated this, don‘t bother me“ instead of sympathy or compassion. So I settled for „Fingers crossed“… yeah, it‘s not easy, you just can‘t do it right. Btw. I‘m currently editing my story „BigPaws“ and a main character there is very „funny“ and „chaotic“… my beloved and always right internet editor Gemini AI suggested I should elaborate on this behavior as a coping mechanism for PTSD. But I guess putting different names on a beast doesn’t really change it.

@Bill W I was actually very tempted to do a Steve/otter story at first, but then–in the chat about „Creature Feature Anthology“–the others began going off on vampire-unicorns, penguins on pepsi, and wiener dogs. So, after a bit of back and forth in the chat, I felt compelled to write „challenge accepted“…. I was still very tempted to add a major part for Steve, but somehow Kevin came along and enough is enough 🤷‍♂️. I actually had to reign in my tendency to say „let‘s add…“ and then somehow I desperately tried to come up with anything remotely resembling a story (that was the really hard part, all the rest is just me on a normal tuesday afternoon). But no worries, Steve is happily swimming in the backwaters of my mind and just might pop up one day in another story.

@Thirdly Thank you so much for taking the time to do one of your famous and beloved comments of story/chapter this long… I‘m now very tempted to reread my own story 😱

Part 1 Lord Percival Nocturne was, for want of a better word, bored. It was a boredom of breathtaking antiquity, a boredom that had seen empires rise from dust and crumble back into slightly more worn dust. He had tasted the blood of kings, poets, and the occasional tax auditor (which was, he’d found, uniformly bland and unimaginative). He had seen the turning of ages, the shifting of continents, and even the invention of the Spork. He had met each with a progressively more

Lord Percival Nocturne is an ancient vampire suffering from a profound boredom. His fate is sealed when a meal on a virgin porn author fills him with untapped creative energy. A subsequent attack by a rabid unicorn doesn't kill him—it transforms him into Sparklehoof, a glittery, fanged unicorn who excretes rainbow ice cream . He realizes he is a cosmic antibody against "The Beige," a universal force of soul-crushing blandness . Can his army of Pepsi-addicted penguins and furious dachshunds save existence from total monotony?

I started writing/posting on here quite exactly one year ago… while I believe I have improved, I wouldn‘t exactly call myself an author just yet. But thanks a lot 🤗

Thanks a lot @AlexLittel! I‘m pretty sure I‘ll start on the second Lightbringer story soon (maybe this time I‘ll actually fully plot it before I start 🤔).

I‘ve read all your other stories (including „Unchained“, which touches related themes to this story), so I’m looking forward to reading your SciFi when it‘s finished.

Loved the story and especially the open „ending“. I wouldn‘t mind at all if you took the material and turned it into a complete novel, but of course that would mean that you‘d have to deal with the questions Jordan asked himself in the end. Very interesting, thank you!

Loved the story and the setting. The world building, the family descriptions etc. were almost a bit much for just one chapter… but I think I’ll be able to overlook this if more chapters follow…

It is done. I've submitted the story with days to spare! (In the end, I simply did not include the main hero bursting into song every now and then, and the artisanal cheese making Minotaur with his ottoman lover (traditional upholstery!) were only mentioned once)

If I don't get an extension, I'm pretty sure I'll finish it just in time. If I get an extension, I'm pretty sure I'll struggle even more to finish just in time... 🤷‍♂️ Currently, I'm hard at work editing and putting in some last new absurd bits... the story is >15k words now, BUT I WILL FINISH IN TIME!

Oh, please. Jackalopes are just a poor fantasy rip-off of the (obviously existing) Bavarian Wolpertinger. No, I have totally ignored that (until now. I still have a few days) But I have added werewolves, because I just didn‘t have enough creatures fighting the enemy…

I’m still working hard on editing my story… It’s just so damn long and very confusing. Vampire-Unicorns? Unicorn-Vampires? Penguins on Pepsi, Wiener Dogs… 🤪 But I’m hopeful I can make it in time...

Thanks a lot! It seems you are reading the stories in the newest to oldest order. Be prepared to noticed that I’m still developing my skills so the older the stories get … oh well 🤷‍♂️This one isn’t too bad.

… reading through the comments I have a feeling people wouldn’t mind reading a sequel called “BigFangs” 🤔

Interesting: I was "discussing" the story with Google's Gemini AI and it almost insists that I turn this into three "Epic Fantasy" books because the pacing is too tight and there's just too much going on and humor and drama is just too closely spaced together. But I wanted an extremely high powered story, over the top humor and drama telenovela. What's your opinion on this? Gemini has a point, but it's also missing the point? Anyway, I have started editing. Eirene gets hinted at much earlier, just when Mother first appeared at the Lodge. She's now also there in the village when they sacrifice the young witch, Sister Kate. Feels much better this way. Next, I'll look at everything Renato says or does, especially his words and actions concerning Valerius and their bond. What was your worst moment of "Eh, that could have been written better"?

❤️ I have so many other stories waiting to be written... a sequel will have to wait for now.

Exactly. And being with Ariadne doesn't stop him from doing all the other things you mentioned!

I haven't really pushed that storyline (there was just too much else going on) but I always planned/imagined Renato and Ariadne coming together.

A shadow detached itself from the black pines and moved through a forgotten stretch of forest. Lord Valerius did not walk not with the caution of a trespasser, but with the venomous patience of a ruler forced to bend his knee. The humiliation of the valley was a physical acid in his gut. The peace that was forced upon him was a cage, and for days he had paced its invisible bars, tasting nothing but the ash of his own thwarted ambition. He had an eternity to wait, but patience had never been his

@Seraph28Can’‘t finish it today, but tomorrow is likely.

I’m trying to wrap up:/mention every major character in this last chapter and the epilogue … three are currently still missing

Let’s just say i’ve changed my mind about some things and the epilogue is going to make several of my readers happy

The silence was the first shock. The valley, which had rung with the shriek of tearing metal and the roars of the dying, was now utterly still, cushioned by a fresh blanket of snow that had fallen in the deepest hours of the night. The rising sun bled pale gold across the eastern ridge, casting long, blue shadows from the five great Guardian statues that watched from the cliffs, their stone forms impassive witnesses to the carnage below. The air, scoured clean by the cold, tasted of pine, b