#cursed journey

[gamesbyalbie]

The Cursed Journey

The Cursed Journey is a work of short fiction I'm in the process of writing and releasing. Entries are treated as drafts (and thus are subject to change). Below the cut you'll find links to all the entries, release dates, and a list of changes I've made to the story.

The Cursed Journey: A Summary

The Cursed Journey is about a world where writer's block kills. Those who fall victim to the Writer's Curse enter a catatonic state and are kept alive at The Ward—if they can afford the treatment.

Ody Specter is one of the few remaining authors, though they can feel the curse breathing down their neck. They can't write forever, no matter how hard they try.

No one knows what writers experience once they've been seized by the curse. Some remain peaceful. Others twitch and murmur. Most thrash and scream until their bodies give out. But why? What's happening to them?

And what will happen to Ody?

Read the Cursed Journey...

PROXY (released March 14, 2024)

INTERVIEW (released March 14, 2024)

DEMIGHOST (released March 16, 2024)

DELIVERED (released March 14, 2024)

BRAINSTORM (released March 30, 2024)

BEDSIDE (released March 29, 2024)

SUMMIT (released March 30, 2024)

MOTIVE (released March 29, 2024)

GENESIS (released April 3, 2024)

DESCENT (coming soon)

TRIAL (coming soon)

ZOMBIE (coming soon)

DISTANCE (coming soon)

PYRE (coming soon)

UNREAD (coming soon)

REWRITE (coming soon)

Changes

Motive (now part 8) was originally released as part 6. This changed to part 7 on March 30th, 2024.

Order of entries changed March 31st, 2024 (flashback sequences with Minjoon were all moved up by one).

Images from Unsplash

[sisile]

🌌🚬

[artharakka]

So, how was your weekend? Rhiam met a shapeshifting god of forests who transed her gender 🌷

[choices-and-voices]

Quotes from Kieran that straight-up sound like Shakespearean love poetry: a comprehensive list

‘None may touch me. None but you.’

‘What is left of my heart belongs to you. When you leave, it will shatter anew.’

‘Tell me I did not hurt you.’

‘How am I expected to pass another century without the taste of you on my tongue?’

‘After so many decades spent hating each sunset, knowing nightfall would take my freedom from me... I began to yearn for the moonrise instead of cursing it. Because dreams of you might be waiting on the other side.’

‘I would rather be cursed to roam the wilds as a beast every night than live endless lifetimes without you.’

‘Wherever it is that souls may go, you will find mine waiting for you at the end of all things.’

‘You shall pay dearly for every spilled drop of her blood.’

‘I was not lying. Were you?’

‘Just this once, beloved... I wish you could not lie.’

‘You hold all of my heart, beloved. Now, and always.’

‘I would make and unmake the world for you, beloved.’

‘Believe me when I say I want every part of you. Every version. Now and future.’

‘Look, beloved. Your skin is a canvas covered in stars.’

‘If I were you, I would begin by thanking her and throw yourself on her continued mercy. Because you’ll get none from me.’

‘What would be the point of immortality without you?’

‘No magic. Like an everyday mortal.’

‘Insult her again, and I will carve my refusal into your flesh, so that you may never forget it.’

‘I don’t care what your title is. Every breath, every beat of my heart belongs to you. You are mine for life.’

‘Thank you… for sharing the sky with me.’

‘If you lay a single hand on her, there will be nothing left of this place but a hole in the ground.’

‘Let us live in this moment long enough that I may love you the way you deserve.’

‘I will let nothing separate us… I shall always find you. Your heart calls to mine in a language beyond words.’

‘For you I would set worlds aflame, tear the sun and moon from the sky. I did not live before I met you.’

‘Perhaps you are the most courageous of all, for choosing to live among us. A mortal among gods.’

‘Welcome home, beloved.’

‘You helped me find peace in my grief. I will always help you find peace in yours.’

‘You sacrifice too much for me, beloved.’

‘I cannot give you my heart. It already belongs to someone else.’

‘There will always be tasks vying for our attention. But you are more important to me than any of them.’

‘I like being in here. I always want you to have the freedom of a place to call your own… and it means everything, that you welcome me in.’

(And finally, BONUS: Quotes from *other* characters in The Cursed Heart that straight-up sound like Shakespearean poetry, because the writers of this book just do. not. rest.)

‘I know you. I’m not afraid.’

‘I love him so terribly, it hurts.’

‘You are so much stronger than you know. And a love as strong as this is worth fighting for.’

‘Even if you kill me, I’m glad I met you. Because you deserve to be happy. You deserve to be loved. And I will love you until my very last breath.’

‘The world is rarely gentle to those who are so kind. It is you who must be the strongest of all.’

‘What do you want with that cursed thing?’ / ‘To cut the Sun and the Moon from the sky.’

‘Anything here that wishes to eat me had best prepare to choke.’

‘I know you. And I love you. Both your darkness and your light.’

‘You are everything I want. Just you. Just like this.’

‘If love could forestall death, we would all be immortal.’

‘All stories end. Even ours. That’s what makes them beautiful.’

‘I don’t care where I sleep, so long as it’s beside you.’

[zishuge]

world's deadliest assassin accidentally kicks a puppy A Journey to Love (2023) | Ep. 17

[s0fter-sin]

i was making a “what has it got in its pocketses” joke and realised something very interesting. gollum only ever uses “he” as a pronoun for bilbo when he says, “he stole it. he stole it”. other than that, he exclusively uses “it” when referring to bilbo. it’s interesting that the only time he recognises his humanity is when he takes the ring from him​

he views bilbo as food for the first half of the scene so why would he use a gendered pronoun for something he’s about to eat and after he hates bilbo so much that he strips him of this momentary humanity

[askroddcreeper]

For Rodd What can you tell me about your species? *readies notepad*

Rodd: there's even a note here i must of talked about this a long time ago, most the notes just say my home place is a Savannah ravine? i guess that could be why i have long legs...

[dangermousie]

Zhang Linghe has always been a good looking man (you’d have to be to be ML in c-ent) but this is the first time I’ve found him genuinely beautiful.

Whoever did his styling deserves a raise.

If I were the assassin bride, I’d totally sample them goods before engaging in murder.

[ladywatereton]

Jack Davenport and his ability to always be paired with a blonde who...

1° Friendzone:

2° He is killed by her:

3° He does some harm to her or vice versa:

🎥 The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005), The Stolen (2017).

[nocandnc]

During the 1st test and now this, Ehre's way of demanding consideration from Wirbel is cute lol

The way he immediately assumed she wanted another piggy back

Since the doubles also replicate their personalities, this give me the headcanon that Ehre purposely floats to be taller than the guys lol

Why does that excite you so Wirbellll I'm sure I can use this for shipping fuel somehow

[gamesbyalbie]

The Cursed Journey

PART 9: GENESIS

THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO

"Min-joon? What's—"

"Shit! Thank fuck you're safe!"

"Yeah, I'm safe? Why did you call me? What are you—"

"Are you writing?"

"No, not righ—"

"Good! Don't write anything! Don't do anything! Please. Okay? Promise me. I'll be there in two minutes."

"Min— Why?" I stopped. My brain wasn't able to compute what he was saying. "What's going on?"

"It's writers, Ody! The WHO just released an emergency update about the strange deaths and that's the only connection they can find. They're all writers!"

"W—what?"

"I don't know. I don't understand it myself, but if that's true, we're in danger." I heard him honk and curse someone out.

It took me several seconds to process his words. "Okay." I mumbled. "But if it's writers... what does this mean?"

"I... I don't know." He paused. All I could hear was his car—driving faster than it was supposed to, faster than it was safe to. "We'll figure it out." He replied, his voice grave and solemn. "Together. No matter what, we'll be there for each other. I'm gonna make sure nothing happens to you."

End of Part 9 of ? • LAST PART • NEXT PART (coming soon)

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The amazing music video that inspired this:

[sisile]

Two sillies❤️💜👊

[chiropteracupola]

"...but the stairs are grand underfoot."

[mairyplace]

journeys trio>>>

[incorrect-dragonquest-quotes]

8: Hey King Trode? Can I borrow 5000 bucks?

King Trode: Why the hell do you need $5000?!

8: for an escape room.

King Trode: What kind of escape room costs $5000?

8:

8: Jail.

[quackle]

saw the words "the end" at the end of the chapter and genuinely started crying, you'll always be famous cursed princess club