
Starlight Spectre • Part 1: No Ghosts
👻 This horror novella was originally serialized on the Hive Blockchain. The corresponding post for Part 1: No Ghosts is here. Hive is a community owned and operated DPoS chain, offering gas free, 3s transactions since 2016. This post was created so that this chapter could become a collectable item, and to support the author’s work.Part 1: No GhostsThe library’s aging caretaker arched an eyebrow at Barton. “If you’re done work for the day, what’re you hangin’ around in this heat for? Waitin&a...

Starlight Spectre • Part 1: No Ghosts
👻 This horror novella was originally serialized on the Hive Blockchain. The corresponding post for Part 1: No Ghosts is here. Hive is a community owned and operated DPoS chain, offering gas free, 3s transactions since 2016. This post was created so that this chapter could become a collectable item, and to support the author’s work.Part 1: No GhostsThe library’s aging caretaker arched an eyebrow at Barton. “If you’re done work for the day, what’re you hangin’ around in this heat for? Waitin&a...

The Department of Minor Inconveniences
Stregg was great at pissing people off. It was an art form, really. You couldn’t just irritate and it was too far to infuriate. One mosquito hovering around, with its little drone siren: that was just irritating. Even a bite might not piss you off. You had to make sure there was a bite and then a return bite, same mosquito. Not the same thing if it was several mosquitos. That was technically a Nuisance, and out of his jurisdiction. And if you pulled some novice move, like trying to execute a ...

The Department of Minor Inconveniences
Stregg was great at pissing people off. It was an art form, really. You couldn’t just irritate and it was too far to infuriate. One mosquito hovering around, with its little drone siren: that was just irritating. Even a bite might not piss you off. You had to make sure there was a bite and then a return bite, same mosquito. Not the same thing if it was several mosquitos. That was technically a Nuisance, and out of his jurisdiction. And if you pulled some novice move, like trying to execute a ...