by Brittany Noelle | May 17, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement The Excalibur residents crowd into the living room to watch a streaming reality TV dating show. Something about teams and silly obstacle course game. Acantha tries to pay attention, but instead loses herself in...
by Brittany Noelle | May 16, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement On the drive back, Acantha stares out the window, watching the streetlights flicker by, fiddling with the edges of the red felt blanket. Over and over, she questions the conversation she just had. Where had he...
by Brittany Noelle | May 15, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement Ghost steps out of the red room to collect the fallen Diner box and place it back on top of the tote in Acantha’s arms. She can only stare. He’s supposed a figment. Just a dream conjured from stress...
by Brittany Noelle | May 14, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement Acantha trudges up the creaking steps of the shared house, fishing her new key out of her bag. She unlocks the painted red door and steps inside, immediately comforted by the odd quiet on the first floor. She...
by Brittany Noelle | May 13, 2024 | Monday Musings
Hi hello— If ever there was a bane of my existence… it’s a deadline. Homework deadlines, project deadlines, work deadlines—I very much loathe them. As a chronic and indulgent procrastinator, any sort of deadline makes my skin crawl and my sense of freedom cringe away...
by Brittany Noelle | May 13, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement Once Acantha’s confused and tired mind finally disconnects from reality to fall into the syrupy world of dreams… the creeping-crawling begins. She cradles her red felt blanket close, inhaling the soft,...
by Brittany Noelle | May 10, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement “What…?” Acantha whispers, flipping the letter over, expecting more. Behind, her bedroom door bursts open, clattering against the wall. A sizzling, reddish light crackles around the corners of the...
by Brittany Noelle | May 9, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement Spine tense, Acantha rushes back inside to investigate. She passes a yawning Pete on the front porch. “Did something happen?” he asks, lazily scratching his chest. Acantha races back up the two...
by Brittany Noelle | May 8, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement Acantha startles upright and searches the dark but sees no one in her new bedroom with her. Another creak slices the night-thick air, and another. From above. There wasn’t another floor, right? But that...
by Brittany Noelle | May 7, 2024 | Penn and Sword, Web Serials
Copyright © 2024 by Brittany Noelle Copyright Statement Tonight, 2024 Settling a cardboard box on her hip and straightening her green checkered skirt, Acantha Sword holds her chin high as she follows her new roommate inside the shared house. The prominent dorm,...