Darkest Reflection (Lovecraftian Horror)
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[June 2023 Royal Road Magazine Contest Entry]This story is a work of Lovecraftian horror set in the 1920s, detailing the inexplicable happenings at the Bergen Estate, and the only one Josephine can turn to for help is a 200-year-old vampire. Though she has thwarted many smaller evils, and is not without her own powers, sometimes only a monster can hope to defeat another monster.
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- Status
- Completed
- Year
- 2023
- Author
- DWinchester
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- Rating
- 4.8/ 5.0
- Followers
- 59
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- 10,069
Chapters(7 total)
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Community Reviews(4)
- HenryTSRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0This story despite its shortness awakens many questions, and potential conclusions. Less spoilery ones include:
One mustn't underestimate the clinical benefit of removing memories if you get to pick which ones.
The question of course being if you could prevent a creature that feeds on them from just taking everything on offer and more besides.
The word requirements for a review on RoyalRoad, especially along with a lack of a word counter is sometimes very frustrating. I understand that we wish to avoid low effort reviews, but sometimes a review of a couple dozen words can be plenty, especially for shorter stories. - Slender Snek1Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0simple reveiw it is
well written
describes well enough that your mind can easily envision each richly made scene
long enough to tell a story without cutting corners but interesting enough that i look forward to more of these charaters
an interesting story with well written characters. a short read that won't take any time at all to enjoy - sloth357Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0An entertaining short story - a witch and a vampire go up against the Watcher Between the Worlds. We know just enough about the characters to bring them alive (or as close to that as a vampire can get) and just enough about the setting to give the action a coherent space. All in all it is very nicely done - an excellent bit of world building on a small canvas. The author suggests that he might revisit the characters in time, and I certainly hope that he does.
- zombieleighRoyal Road★★★★ 4.0A quick and fun story capturing an interesting monster concept and good characters. The combination of Lovecraftian mythos and noir sets a fun tone that I read over the course of a few hours. I highly recommend this story and the other works by the author, especially Tenebroum! I hope to see further developments to this short story, perhaps as future short stories.