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    Clark did not expect Lex Luthor to knock on his door at four thirty AM holding a child.

    He was even more surprised to learn that the child was his. Or, Superman's.

    or, Lex Luthor needs someone to raise Conner who won't call Superman. He decides Clark Kent, who criticized Superman once, is perfect for the job.

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    28 Oct 2025

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    The call of the ocean was strong tonight.

    Percy walked along the dock at the edge of New Rome. Everything was silent except for the chimes of ropes banging against masts and the restless flap of tarps in the wind. The salt in the breeze tasted sweet and heady.

    Percy made his way over to the bottom of a wooden jetty and sat so his legs dangled over the edge, his feet hovering just above the water. The sea below him was black and fathomless. But he could feel how it was teeming with life; he could hear the fishes chattering as they swam around and under the hulls of the twenty-or-so-dinghies crowded into the dark marina, he could hear the distant calls of dolphins wanting him to play with them beyond the sandbar.

    It would be so easy to push himself off the edge and be swept away by the currents, to breathe seawater again and to feel it fill his lungs. He missed it. Gods, he missed it.

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    Or a short horror story where Poseidon forces Percy to ascend just in time for Halloween, enjoy!

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    27 Oct 2025

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    “You were supposed to help me,” Tim says. The accusation is more resigned than angry.

    What did he think Bruce would do? Honestly? Adopt him on the spot?

    “This is help,” Bruce says, worming a nail under Tim’s fingers, peeling them away one by one. He backs away from Tim, glancing between the officers, and leaves, ignoring the betrayal Tim is aiming at him.

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    AKA:

    Tim's parents died on March 17th.

    On May 3rd, Tim shows up on Bruce Wayne's doorstep begging for help.

    It doesn't come for years.

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    26 Oct 2025

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    The Metkayina are a perceptive people; they watch with greater focus than the Omatikaya or humans. They pay attention to small nuances in both the people and their surroundings. They understand the water and it's creatures because they grow up taking in information most people might not even notice.

    To them Spider is new and strange; so they watch him. They worry that he will be cruel, set their Maruis on fire, or attack their ilu. What they find out is that this boy is actually quite intelligent, tireless, and always trying to help; a promising young warrior. He does more chores in the village than any other youth. He seeks to not hold a weapon and is always around when more help is needed. He gathers, weaves, and hunts for the clan. He provides.

    But he is also clearly very lonely. He cares for others- but no one cares for him. The Sullies are not his family, so... The boy is free to join another? Right? And who wouldn't want another child, especially such a mentally strong one.

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    24 Oct 2025

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    The gods of this world were ungrateful, caring little for their children,for they were as numerous as the stars in the sky.

    But what if that was not the case?

    What if the gods had a curse, a curse that prevented them from bearing children without great pain and sacrifice, that those children would crumble in their arms or become horrible monsters that would be slain by their own kin.

    Or

    The fates of a world were the gods can't have kids take some of the children of the gods for their own.

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    22 Oct 2025