The Story Aerie

Author: Jess Mahler

  • Silhouettes of four people talking, backed by a giant moon. "So we're both young, awkward, and foolish, I guess?" "With no clue what we're doing."

    The Last Lady of Luna (S2, E4)

    Season Notes: violence Benj Benj took midwatch. It was quiet, had been quiet all night. He wasn’t surprised — they hadn’t left anyone alive behind them, not even the drone. And they’d paid for the motel with cash, so there was no trail. It left Benj a bit more confident than he should have been.…

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  • The Last Lady of Luna (S2, E3)

    Season Notes: violence Nastasia When I was able to stop crying finally, I washed my face with cold water and put on the best confident smile I could. I stepped back into the overcrowded motel room and pretended not to see the concern on everyone’s faces. “Sorry I took so long. I know you all…

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  • The Last Lady of Lună (S2, E2)

    Season content notes: violence, blood Karen Karen could have spent hours examining Nastasia’s sharps. Instead, she had a few minutes in the back of a van. It was a decent collection. Small and mostly K-bar, like Nastasia had said. Karen approved. There was a false bottom in the knife case. Curious, Karen pulled it up…

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  • Sorry for the Silence

    health shit, blah blah blah. Chronic thing has gotten worsts, gettnig tests and shit done to determine treatment. I’m grumpy about it. Some radical changes to life and schedule, I’m a lot less functional but prioritizing writing (for y’all, but also for my mental health. I need my fiction friends.) I’m not going to get…

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  • The Bargain (S3 Finale)

    We’ve come to the end of the season. Don’t worry, as currently planned, there are two more seasons. Plenty of time for Jahlene and Mattin to get themselves out of (and in to) more trouble. Next week we’ll pick up with season 2 of Mighty Hero Force Epsilon, and see how our erstwhile sentai team…

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  • A woman sits with her back to the viewer looking at an oversized moon. An image of dried, cracked earth is superimposed over the image. Black text reads "I'll be back, Mama."

    The Last Lady of Lună (S2, E1)

    Nastasia I knelt by my mother’s grave and ran my fingers over the tips of the grass. “I don’t know when I’ll be able to come back.” I turned and smiled at Marcus, standing a respectful distance back. “You’d like them, Mama. We’re still figuring things out, but I think they’ll be good for me.…

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  • The Bargain (S3, E10)

    Season Content notes: con noncon*, pain play, sexual contact, trauma reactions, people handling emotions badly, rape (not explicit), torture (not explicit), pony play, mind fuck (minor), privileged ally is privileged, confronting abuser/assailant Jahlene’s discussion with Collanne soon bore fruit. The next day, she left Mattin in the suite and presented herself to the Emperor and…

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  • The Last Lady of Lună, Season 2 Cover

    I was a child when enemies destroyed our clan. My mother escaped and raised me in secret. Without my fathers’ blood, she aged and died. Now I am the last head of the Lună vampire clan. My enemies think I am dead, my clan is scattered to the winds, and I am starting to come…

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  • The Bargain (S3, E9)

    Season Content notes: con noncon*, pain play, sexual contact, trauma reactions, people handling emotions badly, rape (not explicit), torture (not explicit), pony play, mind fuck (minor), privileged ally is privileged Before Jahlene could say anything, Collanne crossed the room and seated herself with all the dignity of an empress. “Jahlene, this hasn’t been your style…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City (S3: Kolchais, Season Finale)

    We’ve come to the end of Kolchais’ season. It’s in many ways it’s been a quieter time than Lefeng and Tsouchm had, but I think that fits the wise-one. When we return to Planting Life it will be the Spinner’s turn to take center stage. But first, season 2.5 of Mighty Hero Force Epsilon starts…

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