#the night guest

[taylor-titmouse]

The Night Guest (18+)

Ever since the death of her husband, Mrs. Arakawa has run her inn alone. There's never been a guest the seasoned innkeeper couldn't handle... but she's never had to host a hungry oni. It'll take all her wits and wiles to survive the night in his service--or else she may find herself in his mouth.

The Night Guest is a spin-off from The Dragon Double Feature 2, but takes place before it and can be read as a stand-alone story. This book features an older woman seducing a younger man, size difference, and more. You can find a full list of its contents on the shop page.

19k words, 11 spot illustrations, 3 half-page illustrations, one full page illustration. Available as a DRM free PDF or EPUB, and comes with a gallery ZIP of illustrations and development art, including subscriber exclusives.

Get it today for just $5!

Want more monster erotica? Check out my other works!

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

just BARELY sneaking in under the wire for National Buy A Book Day, go me!!!

[libraryofbaxobab]

September 15, 2024:

I thought I was in for a dramatic healthcare horror scenario where a woman is repeatedly ignored about her medical issues, but this is not quite that book. It's got other things to do.

It's giving modernized folklore. Other than the mythic origins of "nightmare," I couldn't give you the name of a specific creature or monster, but the vibe is recognizable.

Short and spooky, although it was the mystery portion that I found spookiest, rather than the monstrous parts.

7.5/10 #WhatsKenyaReading

[allbookedupblogstuff]

The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir

TL;DR: I doubt I’ll remember this, I really do. It was… okay? Source: Netgalley, many thanks to the publisher! Plot: A short story about a woman loosing her mind to pain and lack of sleep. Characters: Our only real character of note is Iðunn and I have to be honest, she wins my rarely awarded ‘Maybe Too Stupid to Live” award. Setting: The only real setting I can recall is a bit of a spoiler, but…

[victoriaperpetua]

The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

This novella drew me in right away as I kept finding myself saying, “just one more page, just one more page . . .” Is this story about Iðunn’s descent into insanity or is there something more nefarious going on? I have my opinions, but I believe one has to read The Night Guest and decide for one’s self. It all starts out pretty normally but the next thing you know Iðunn is waking with…

[thebibliosphere]

I'm scrolling through some ambient noises to help me write, and it got me thinking. Y'know those white noise machines people use for sleeping?

Do you think there's a very specific brand marketed at Gothamites?

Like everyone else has rainy nights on the beach, whale song, the crackle of the campfire, and everyone's all-time favorite "rickety fan about to oscillate off your shitty ikea desk at four in the morning."

And then there's "The Sounds of Gotham," a nighttime ambiance made up of heavy thunderstorms interspaced with the wail of police sirens and the occasional smattering of gunfire.

If you upgrade to premium, you can get the added sound effect of "small vigilante child dropping onto your apartment roof followed by the heavy pitter-patter of their combat boots as they dropkick a criminal off the fire escape."

Mm. Cozy.

[moderndaypandora]

i recognize that simon and edwin meeting and parting in hell is narratively very good and provides closure for all. but imagine if simon had agreed to try and escape with edwin. and charles doesn't have time to really question it, because anybody who likes edwin is aces in his book and it's hell, they need to leave. (edwin, out of courtesy to their third companion, puts his plan to confess on hold until they've escaped.)

suddenly the edwin harem of "supernatural boys who all hate each other but are attracted to that negative rizz" gains another member, and at some point edwin is going to have to mention that simon was the boy who sacrificed him to hell.

the chaos. crystal's bitchy commentary. charles going from friendly smiling to clutching his cricket bat. niko's whispering "200k slow burn schoolboy rivals to lovers" with heart eyes. it'd be chef's kiss good. edwin fleeing to his books and praying that nobody, but especially not the cat king, finds him because there has been SO MUCH emotion already. hysterical.

[riverlarking]

Succession (2018-2023) / The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015-)

[september-skeleton]

andrew garfield chicken shop date video of all time to ME. somehow simultaneously has the most (seemingly) romantic and natural chemistry while ALSO being the one that most blatantly acknowledges and almost criticises the pretence and orchestration fundamental to the format of the show. like it’s inherently paradoxical which makes it so FASCINATING. despite their flirting and dropping lore of their real life previous encounters (quote unquote meet cutes thanks for that one mr garfield) they also explicitly mention the facade of the show AND break the fourth wall- when he repeatedly touches the boom mic between them, and when they keep looking at the camera.

they deliver more successfully than ever on the central idea of the show while also actively deconstructing it! while breaking its established conventions! absolutely insane media experience 10/10

[bogleech]

The complete walkthrough is too huge a video so here are just select highlights from our friend demonstrating her homemade escape room, really just three or four of a dozen puzzles @revretch and I found really fun and engaging! Friend is in engineering and spent her entire summer on just the light up map alone so I'm including her entire explanation of that part uncut. She isn't on social media but she hopes she gets nice comments and feedback anyway!

Reblog if you agree with us that she should consider doing this professionally, especially since this is a glimpse at how much she managed to build around a packed college schedule???

[taylor-titmouse]

The Night Guest (18+), Releases 7/12!

Ever since the death of her husband, Mrs. Arakawa has run her inn alone. There's never been a guest the seasoned innkeeper couldn't handle... but she's never had to host a hungry oni. It'll take all her wits and wiles to survive the night in his service--or else she may find herself in his mouth.

The Night Guest is a spin-off from The Dragon Double Feature 2, but takes place before it and can be read as a stand-alone story. This book features an older woman seducing a younger man, size difference, mommy dom, cunnilingus, praise, teaching, cowgirl position, and mating press.

19k words, 11 spot illustrations, 3 half-page illustrations, one full page illustration. Available as a DRM free PDF or EPUB, and comes with a gallery ZIP of illustrations and development art, including subscriber exclusives.

Pre-order today!

[rainbow-sunshine-unicorn]

The way Kate and Anthony were really just canoodling by the drinks table for most of the Ball

[foldingfittedsheets]

There’s nothing I can say to out of town guests to make them understand. You cannot shut the washer once it’s task is done. You cannot leave the bathroom door shut. You cannot leave a damp towel on the ground.

The mold is coming. The mildew creeps ever closer. You cannot defeat it but you must take all the steps you can to fight it lest it overtake your dwelling.

[rcmclachlan]

OSCAR PARTY FIC WHEN??

How early does Tommy start taking bets.

Is the dress code themed every year or is it just black tie?

Tommy has a buddy who usually makes all his themed Best Picture charcuterie boards and he is MIFFED that this year Tommy's stupid buff boyfriend has been fine tuning full ass meals for a month: Tommy this is just a plain ass meat and cheese board you are insulting me and My Vision.

Buck makes all his picks based on Vibe (he fell asleep during at least three of the movies Tommy showed him) and somehow wins the pot. Literally every pick is right even the Upsets. Only Tommy knows his bf made most of his decisions based on the movie poster or the actors IMDb page.

After everyone has left and Buck is picking at grapes while they pack away leftovers, Tommy grabs Buck's hand and twirls him into his arms and when Buck laughs and laughs and laughs Tommy admits he's been chomping at the bit for a dance since they didn't get to dance at his sister's wedding and this suit (Buck pulled out the red velvet smoking jacket) has been driving him WILD all day.

(also "suck the filament out of a lightbulb" I'm OBSESSED with you)

@alchemistc you are SINGING my SONG.

Tommy's been running a movie club called The Talkies for the last eight years that is made up of various coworkers past and present, three former Army buddies, and Janusz Kaminsky (as a favor to a friend, Tommy flew Kaminsky around Berlin for a few days of shooting establishing shots for Bridge of Spies, and they were good friends by the end of it).

There are two rounds of betting: a practice one in October for the year's movies up to that point then the real one in December after all the Oscarbation films are released. There's a $50 buy-in and each person can do two brackets. The first year Buck wins it, everyone chalks it up to beginner's luck. The second year, they grumble but congratulate him (after everyone grudgingly acknowledges there's no way in hell he could possibly cheat). The third year, they eye him nervously. The fourth year, Sal corners him by the bathroom and demands to know what the winning numbers are for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing.

The first time Buck attends, he gets into a conversation with Kaminsky and asks a million questions about cinematography, which Kaminsky is more than happy to answer, but then it comes out the only films of Kaminsky's that Buck has seen are The Lost World and Cool As Ice, and then Tommy has to stop a two-time Academy Award winner from strangling his boyfriend to death.

[itsrheasgirl]

ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ʟɪꜱᴛ

ɪ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴄʟᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ɪ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴜ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇᴀʟ ɴᴀᴍᴇꜱ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ɪɴ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀᴋꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʙᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ.

ʀᴇQᴜᴇꜱᴛꜱ

ᴄᴀɴ’ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ

ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟꜱ ɪꜱ ᴍɪɴᴇ - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 2 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 3

ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪꜱ ʙʟɪɴᴅ

ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ

ʜᴀᴘᴘɪʟʏ (ɴ)ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 2

ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ

ꜰᴏʀʙɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 1: ꜰᴏʀʙɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ

ᴘʀᴇQᴜᴀʟ: ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ʟɪᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ

ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 2 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 3 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 4 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 5

ᴘᴀʀᴛ 6 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 7 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 8 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 9 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 10

ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 2: ᴀɴ ᴜɴᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɢᴜᴇꜱᴛ

ᴘʀᴇQᴜ���ʟ: ɪ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ

ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 2 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 3 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 4 - ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ

ᴘᴀʀᴛ 5 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 6 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 7 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 8 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 9 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 10

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3: ᴏɴʟʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴜʀᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ

ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 2 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 3 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 4 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 5

ᴘᴀʀᴛ 6 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 7 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 8 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 9 - ᴘᴀʀᴛ 10

ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ

ᴍɪɴɪ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ (x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ)

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 1 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 2 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3 - ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʙᴀ

ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴄᴋꜱ

ᴛᴇᴀꜱᴇʀ

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 1 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 2 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 4

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 5 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 6 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 7 - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 8

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 9 - ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʙᴀ

ᴏɴᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴛꜱ

ᴏɴʟʏ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ (ᴠᴀᴍᴘɪʀᴇ!ʀʜᴇᴀ)

ꜰʀɪᴅᴀʏ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʙɪᴛᴇꜱ (ᴠᴀᴍᴘɪʀᴇ!ʀʜᴇᴀ)

ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ (ɢʜᴏꜱᴛꜰᴀᴄᴇ!ʀʜᴇᴀ)

[starry-bi-sky]

Part uh, four? of "Clone Danny"

...taking a risk and @ing @minnesota-fats since they seemed pretty hyped about this au. So i figured they'd want to know when the next part came out.

So where did we leave off? Oh yes... Danny taking the stairs two at a time to book it away from Bruce Wayne before he realized that he and Danny shared the same face.

So safe to say after Danny calls Tucker and they both panic over Bruce's appearance, and he finds himself slinging on his black hoodie and stuffing his pockets with his mask and his jawbreaker gloves before scaling down his second-story window to book it over to Tucker's place.

(you never know when there might be a ghost attack)

It's of no surprise to him when Sam is already there when he arrives at Tucker's, and they all migrate to Tucker's room to come up with a plan of attack. Was Danny gonna tell Bruce Wayne that he was a clone? hell no! He decided to let the man live in ignorant bliss and he is sticking to that decision no matter what anyone says.

Besides, his parents can open that pandora's box, considering they created it.

So their plan of attack? Literally just "avoid Bruce Wayne like the plague until he leaves" which is... a bit difficult right now.

"you could stay at our place until he leaves?" Tucker says

"And what if he stays for a month?" Danny asks, overthinking as he's become prone to do. Ghosts are unpredictable after all. "I cant have a month-long sleepover at your place."

"You could wear a mask?" Sam suggests

and Danny makes a face, "What kid wears a face mask in their own house?"

"You could feign an illness."

...And so on and so forth. They discuss ideas for nearly an hour until Sam leaves and Danny needs to head out as well before his parents discover that he's gone. (he cant exactly tell them he snuck out his window)

(He crawls back through his window only to get the daylights scared out of him by Jazz, sitting on his bed and wanting to talk to him about Bruce Wayne being, apparently, in their living room. Danny kicks her out instead because he already talked about it with Sam and Tucker and doesn't want to talk about it again for tonight)

Skip to later that night when he gets woken up by his ghost sense triggering. He wakes up with a chill and mist breathing out of his mouth, tasting like what freshly fallen snow smells like and ozone. It makes his teeth chatter.

Danny doesn't bother checking the time, and grabs his mask from under his pillow and his knucklebuster gloves. he all but sleeps in his hoodie and padding so all he does left is his boots and vest and thermos.

(He grabs his bat on the way out, and keeps his mask in his pocket until he steps outside)

when he sneaks into the kitchen, halfway through pulling his hair into a ponytail, light draws his eyes and there, up at who-knows-o'clock, is Bruce Wayne on his laptop. In their living room. He looks up at the same time as Danny.

Danny makes direct eye contact with him. Again. But there's no door to slam in his face....and behind Bruce Wayne, standing ominously at the window outside, is fucking Skulker. of course it is.

"...Mister Wayne." He says after a considerable silence where he's not sure if he's staring at Skulker or at Bruce. Skulker just stands. Menacingly. Like he crawled straight out of a horror movie.

Danny's not sure if Wayne's seen him or not.

(Bruce has, indeed, seen him in the reflection of his laptop. And considered investigating the problem just before Danny appeared.)

"...Mister Fenton." Wayne says moments after, sounding pretty calm and uncurious about what he's doing up. "What are you doing up?"

…Nevermind.

"Go…ing on a midnight stroll?" Danny says, he's a terrible liar but people never seem to assume he's off kicking ghost butt.

"With a bat?"

(Note: this is the only time Danny curses the fact that the Fenton Creepstick is painted with glow-in-the-dark-ectoplasm-infused paint. It's saved his butt numerous times in both finding it and smashing it into ghosts' faces. But now its just a hindrance.)

"...We have a ghost problem." Danny says, feeling like he came straight out of a sitcom. "What are you doing up?" Skulker looks like he's getting impatient behind the anti-ghost glass. Danny promptly ignores him.

"Just doing some Wayne Industries work." Bruce says.

And Danny nods thoughtfully. "Cool. Cool... Bye." And he turns and books it out the door.

He just barely has enough time to make it to the street and put on his mask before Skulker damn near takes his head off with his usual proclamation of skinning him. Danny, pointedly, sarcastically signs back his retort until he can get further away from the house.

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 4.5 (Dani interlude) Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 7.5 (Dan Interlude) Part 8