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Weeping Machine

2013-05-04T05:49:32-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Horror
English, Rated: T
Sci-Fi/Romance
Chapters: 3, Words: 3,360, Reviews: 4, In-Progress

Maddened by grief, a gifted young man recreates his deceased lover as a doll. But dolls are lifeless. In remedy, he impregnates his creation with memories extracted from himself and his sister in order to grant it life and personality. Then he dies, leaving his beloved copy in the care of his jaded, closeted sister.

Molest

2013-04-29T06:03:55-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
General
English, Rated: T
Angst/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 147, Reviews: 1, Complete

I just don't want to feel anymore. That's what'll happen if you take advantage of me enough times, right? Allow me to grow accustomed to my role: a child at the hands of their damaged captor.

Milk

2012-11-15T01:22:03-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Horror
English, Rated: T
Family/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,036, Reviews: 5, Complete

My small, sickly child. I am tired. I let you go.

Abuse

2012-10-20T06:47:34-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Young Adult
English, Rated: T
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,562, Reviews: 3, Complete

A vicious circle of repetitive behaviour, empty promises, and pain. The snake forever swallows its tail. Senseless.

Howl

2012-10-18T06:13:54-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Fantasy
English, Rated: M
Supernatural/Adventure
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,106, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

A girl – but a lowly thief and prisoner for sport – frees an abused, starving and enlightened succubus from her magical bindings. Together they escape the clutches of a perverse king. A friendship like never before is born.

Always

2012-08-29T08:51:56-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Young Adult
English, Rated: T
Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 4,286, Reviews: 5, Complete

A lesbian deals with her wife's unexpected pregnancy.

Liberation

2012-07-25T04:55:59-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Horror
English, Rated: T
Hurt/Comfort/Crime
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,393, Reviews: 3, Complete

It's time to do something about that horrible man. Let's feed his body to the dogs, as deserved.

Belong

2012-07-13T04:09:46-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Horror
English, Rated: T
Drama/Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,134, Reviews: 6, Complete

You'll do whatever it takes. Make your parents proud.

Sanctuary

2012-07-08T06:26:18-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Horror
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 6,121, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

A girl is enlightened to the existence of monsters. She befriends a mysterious agent, who serves a secretive organisation that has existed for eons beyond human eyes, tending to the matters of creatures she thought only existed in fiction. A plot is afoot, one which threatens both beast and humanity. And she's fighting to save the woman she loves from her own changing nature.

The Garden

2012-07-06T13:41:23-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Horror
English, Rated: T
Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,601, Reviews: 3, Complete

And there she played, by herself, idly pulling the limbs off of insects. She was god.

Centaur

2012-01-25T13:30:34-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Fantasy
English, Rated: K
Mystery/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,418, Reviews: 3, Complete

I watch them from afar. I write hurried notes about their people in my father's old journal. I'm enamoured with the way they run. And then she found me. I offered her some of my lunch. Perhaps I've made a new friend.

Like Velvet

2011-12-27T06:42:58-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Young Adult
English, Rated: T
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,071, Reviews: 2, Complete

Angels have straight faces. Loosely inspired by an article detailing the cruelty of humour, but stands as a story about teenage affection, malice and typical ignorance all on its own. Kids are cruel sometimes.

Metaphor

2011-12-19T06:48:09-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Mystery/Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,331, Reviews: 2, Complete

Wake up on a beach. Fantasize about ice cream. Are you alone, spider, or do you have friends in there? Memory or dream? Written for those who like to guess.

You

2011-12-03T05:17:07-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Young Adult
English, Rated: T
Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,677, Reviews: 3, Complete

A failed student/teacher romance, told from the abandoned teacher's point of view. Love isn't really like the books say, after all.

Android

2011-11-23T06:53:04-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: T
Horror/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,572, Reviews: 4, Complete

I whimper as I dangle from the ceiling by wires; a puppet that can't control my own hands because they belong to someone else now, something else. And my legs, what's left of them, suspend pathetically beneath me, left useless and incomplete. I love you.

Regret

2011-11-17T04:38:31-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Spiritual
English, Rated: T
Hurt/Comfort/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,103, Reviews: 2, Complete

The ghost of a dead soldier watches his still living wife, and laments.

Orphanage

2011-11-17T03:04:47-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Horror
English, Rated: T
Horror/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,553, Reviews: 2, Complete

She'd warned them, but they never listened. History would repeat itself. A young girl unleashes her secret and the werewolf trembles in the screaming of children; they'd be the victims of adult stupidity that late hour of unfortunate night.

Amy

2011-11-14T04:05:27-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Young Adult
English, Rated: T
Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,629, Reviews: 2, Complete

Sam knew she was in deep with her best friend. But two girls can never love each other, and Sam's unrequited affections got all twisted up inside and burned, burned until they started going bad. Monster.

Naga

2011-11-13T14:34:32-08:00

Author: Absent Pulse
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Romance/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 9,343, Reviews: 5, Complete

And so it came to be that the tamed serpent fell in love with her human saviour. But jealousy and fear are powerful motivators, and as most tragedies go, the young girl's innocence inadvertently awakened a beast.