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Sponsored Content by Moll Cheramy

A review this time on the Tale of an odd story with odd characters set in an odd universe. It’s something like a Twilight Zone episode in a lot of ways, there’s a feeling of weirdness that just settles in from the first page to the last. It’s interesting, a very good read by far too.

The question comes when the succubus of the story makes her appearance and things start to go a little sideways unexpectedly. Not all deals are one-way, not all needs are seen to be alone. There’s something captivating about being needed and being the one that needs after all.

• Title: Sponsored Content
• Author: Moll Cheramy
• Published By: Amazon Digital Services
• Length: 40 Pages
• Format: eBook
• ASIN: B0FGPFGHMX
• Publishing Date: July 3, 2025
• This work in Kindle Format at Amazon.com

The work tells of:

Give her anything she wants. She’ll give you everything you desire.

Celia Underwood has spent her days and nights projecting a rosy, adventurous picture of life on the road through her various social media channels (#VANLIFE FOREVER) and wound up older, alone, and questioning all her decisions. Desperate for a change, she obsesses over Scaley, The Devourer of Souls, a vending machine that promises answers to all her fears.

But inside Scaley lurks the magic powerful enough to change her life forever. Celia’s decision to put her life in its hands reveals a succubus, Meridiana. She’s powerful. Ancient. Dangerously beautiful. A horned goddess yearning to reach inside Celia’s soul and suckle direct from her source. Is inspiration worth the addictive pleasure of Meridiana’s touch? The way her voice makes Celia’s heart pound? The bargain Meridiana offers her, pleasure and power for total submission, is too seductive to be true. Isn’t it?

Celia’s about to find out.

It’s all about the journey for Celia, keeping others interested is so very important in the world she lives in. But a mystery calls out to her, as so many before. The truth is never explained, but a choice made brings Celia face to face with Meridiana and there is no resisting the will of a succubus with a plan.

The work is a captivating story of discovery, need, release and how being needed is something of a trap and a need. It’s very atmospheric, the story immediately drops the reader into a world of the future which has reminders of the here and now, but twisted in odd ways. The focus his on the mystery, of Celia seeking out an answer and when she finds it, that answer is nothing like she expected in anyway.

Over the course of the climax of the story, the heat between the main characters is teased out from where it was lurking. Very sensual and dream-like, it’s a trap being slowly closed around the main character and she can’t resist it.

Meridiana. the succubus of the work, is very much a succubus, a deal maker, a temptress and a dominant force of will. Her succubus aspects slowly build as the story is told, little hints and reflections of her nature and past come out to play as it does so. But she is very much a shrouded entity, her truth is never quite told before the moment passed and the story moved onwards.

In what Meridiana reveals about herself, how Celia falls into her orbit, there’s a hint of darkness, if not quite evil and actually I thought that marched up well with how little is revealed about her and what Meridiana demands and desires. A dark promise is still a promise after all and how that unfolds is really well done here.

Four out of five pitchforks.

The work closes in a place that points at a story to follow and that’s something interesting to think about. The universe is odd, as is the main character. As for Meridiana, she is a cypher really and if that is focused on and explored, it can bring a lot with it. Hopefully the next work in the series will return to Celia and Meridiana and tells of what happened next.

Tera

Continue reading]]> Another very short YouTube this time on the Tale, but it’s an interesting idea and concept that I find myself wondering about in a Realm story sort of way…

If you cannot see this video on the Tale, please try this link.

As always, in case this video disappears, here’s an interesting screenshot…

Hellwitch by Nuskul Art

I think she’s just interesting and as the seed of a story idea that might appear… sometime…

Tera

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Summoning Her Demon Lover by Serafina Ray

A review of a delightfully written story of passion, need and a truth which only the most well matched of souls can discover. There is something special about a soul admitting what they need and then being able to find that the truth is something more then they really understood or expected.

• Title: Summoning Her Demon Lover
• Author: Serafina Ray
• Published By: Amazon Digital Services
• Length: 23 Pages
• Format: eBook
• ASIN: B0FHBKKHY2
• Publishing Date: July 13, 2025
• This work in Kindle Format at Amazon.com – No Longer Available

The work tells of:

Alina, a lonely village witch, is haunted by dreams of a dominating demon of immense presence. He is everything she fears and craves. Desperate for fulfillment, she summons him and offers her innocence in exchange for a night of unforgettable passion.

Alina has a wish, a secret that she could never express save to someone that would give as much as she can. A wish comes with a summoning, a demon lover called Naberius, and the placing of herself in his hands to do with as they both desire.

The work is a short erotic hot flash with a very strong dominance and submission theme. As the story unfolds, there’s a bit of an air of mystery that traps the characters, the expression of Alina’s true wish and it is then when the story turns towards the realization of making that become true and the doors that open for both characters.

It’s very much a slow-burn story, there is no rushing towards the climax, it’s not over the top in how things are told in the narrative either. There are a few points where some of a passionate connection between the characters would have added a lot, but that’s mostly to add more heat than adding descriptions of what happens.

Naberius, who can be described as an incubus, is very much a dominating character and he leads Alina through an exploration of her own sexuality, to discover herself, to accept his control, and what follows. He’s not evil as such, though there is an edge of darkness in him that becomes tempered slightly as the story unfolds in a fascinating way.

Three and a half out of five pitchforks.

The story closes in a romantic way that works well for the two characters and offers a hint of their future. It’s perhaps a little sad on the edges, the means aren’t quite what I’d hoped they might have been. A following story would be nice to tie things up better and perhaps give better closure than what was revealed.

Tera

Continue reading]]> A piece of art for the Succubi Image of the Week this time on the Tale and it’s one, at least for me, that has a special meaning today. The reasons I shan’t share, but…

Devil lady by Tea-desu

This wonderful piece of art is by the artist Tea-desu on DeviantArt and you can find the original page with this work here.

I love the colours and shading of this art, they create a mood and personality that is just wonderful and, for me at least, cherished for the memories that return on this day…

Tera

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It’s been quite some time since I last found a devil tail for a costume. At least one that wasn’t completely trash anyway. I found this particular item the other day… and yes… this is exactly what you think it is.

This is the Black Devil Tail Plug and what you see is what you get for about $30 US.

So, obviously, this is a tail that is meant to be inserted into a specific place, which makes some sense at least. But it’s not… well… a stiff tail. It’s very limpy, and honestly that is a problem for me. Still, it really couldn’t be, all things considered now could it?

With that said, the tail itself is well made and it is interesting…

Three out of five pitchforks.

It’s an idea, but beyond that… use your own imagination…

Tera

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Love Bites Harder in the Suburbs by Bianca Archibald-Minor

A review of the first work in the Cravings of a Tired Succubus series by Bianca Archibald-Minor this time on the Tale and it’s a story that I adore and at the same time, I’m a bit frustrated over as well. There’s a point where the personality of a character sort of glosses over the flaws within. There is a story to tell how they got where they are, but that gets set aside for other concerns.

That’s fine, especially in the first work in a series, but at some point the story has to go from snark and diverting attention to getting to what really matters. Even Succubi eventually tire of foreplay after all.

• Title: Love Bites Harder in the Suburbs
• Author: Bianca Archibald-Minor
• Published By: Amazon Digital Services
• Length: 209 Pages
• Format: eBook
• ASIN: B0F5BX9634
• Publishing Date: April 16, 2025
• This work in Kindle Format at Amazon.com

The work tells of:

After two centuries of seducing, draining, and destroying for survival, succubus Lily Voss is done. Tired of the hunger. Tired of death. Tired of being the monster everyone fears. So she moves to the magical cul-de-sac of Everdale, hoping to bury her past and blend into the background with a fixer-upper, sarcasm, and low expectations.

But Everdale isn’t exactly normal. Especially not when she meets Marcus — a grumpy, gentle single dad with twin five-year-olds, a protective streak a mile wide, and zero clue she could eat him for breakfast. Just being near him makes her hunger flare in dangerous ways… but walking away might hurt more.

As Lily tries to settle into her new life of backyard BBQs and HOA meetings, she discovers something much darker is lurking beneath Everdale’s sunny surface. An ancient coven wants her power. Her past won’t stay buried. And the sentient, corrupted amulet she steals from the Bloodmother — a power source that feeds her without guilt — whispers reminders of the monster she used to be.

With a war brewing, magical wards crumbling, and the people she loves at risk, Lily has to decide what kind of monster she wants to be.

Because love doesn’t come easy for a succubus with a past.

There comes a point where a succubus realizes that being a succubus isn’t the answer within themselves. There’s a hole inside, beyond the hunger, past the temptation, which they never believe will be able to be satisfied. Sometimes a risky choice can lead to what you didn’t know you needed, and what who you will defend with your soul.

The work is a really well told story of self-realization, acceptance, mirth and mystery with a very unique setting and edge to follow. It’s a bit film noir at the start, turns towards comedy in the middle and then falls into romance and what one does to protect that love at the climax.

The tone of the narrative is at times silly, a bit harsh at points too. But then there are the moments when the tears come as Lily, the main character, finds herself in a corner and realizes that she has something to live and love for. That is really quite a telling change in the story and I thought that worked well too.

As for Lily, she is a succubus, there is darkness within her that seeps out at times, but also there is a side of her that knows there can be better for her and she’s willing to try. At the same time, there’s quite a lot of snark and deflection from her that leaves a lot of her past in shadow. What little told is very interesting, but overall is sort of skimmed over. As for her succubus nature, that’s very tamped down in the story, There are moments in passing which tell a little of that, but then comes a lot of her using magic in various ways and so her succubus nature gets a bit pushed back until it has to appear to resolve one plot thread and move her character onwards.

Four out of five pitchforks.

I adore Lily, and how the story closes leaves a lot of questions unanswered and the future very much up in the air. That’s interesting and I do wonder about how the series will go forwards from here. At the same time, there’s so much not told about Lily to explore and honesty that needs to happen. Snark is fun, but then the question comes back to what all of the threads of the past have to say about that.

Tera

Continue reading]]> During the coming week, my Eternal and I will find the birthday of his mom coming to the fore. I’ve written . . . many times . . . about her. The stories are melancholy most of the time; still, there are things that . . .

Made Me Smile
By TeraS

I never really knew my mother. I was far too young to really know her more than being my mom, being there . . . before she wasn’t. I grew up faster than someone as young as I was really should. There was no time for games, for silly things anymore. The seriousness of how things were, and what needed to be done, was set before me, so my childhood was lost for the sake of a Realm that needed a Queen, regardless of what else, including my own feelings at the time, needed to be considered. Still, my stubbornness came from my mother and, as many will say, I am so very stubborn when it comes to family.

It was years later when I met my Eternal, when I was welcomed by his mother and father as being their daughter, and when I found what I thought would never be: a childhood lost to time and circumstance, something I had never expected to be something that I would ever know. I shaded myself behind a warm smile and hid the part of me, the young soul who was lost to time. That part of me understood that the past was best left behind for the sake of a future offered though a love eternal and a hope for always.

She, of course, saw right through that.

I’ve said before that she was one of the succubi; you just couldn’t see her horns or tail. She was one of the angels, but you couldn’t see the halo or wings. She is, not was, my Eternal’s mother, and she knew. Looking back, I can remember little offhand comments which, had I been paying more attention, I’d have realized were signs she knew that something was different about me. The words would bring me to smile and brush a hand through my messy ebon mane, which always brought her own smile.

The times when we would talk, just talk, mattered more than I realized at the time. We really never understand what those moments mean until there aren’t any more of them to be shared. It’s at times like now, when a date marked on the calendar is just ahead, that those memories come to the fore and are fully realized.

A memory coming this year, of the two of us watching her Eternal and my own from their porch, is particularly telling. I remember her asking if I was really okay. I started to wave a hand in that way I do, dismissing the question. She took my hand in her own. That brought me to sigh, close my eyes, and be quiet. She knew, somehow, that the lost part of me wanted to say something, but the words just didn’t seem to be able to come to the fore. She told me something that I still remember: that I matter. My love matters.

My smile was wistful then, as it is now, as I remember . . . Thank you mom.

This note comes, uninvited, from Her Majesty’s heart, the one who calls her “Dear One” in every Realm. As I looked up from my usual obsessive task of jotting ellipses and other ephemera into her story, she insisted that this story was incomplete. She tends to be much harder on herself than anybody else. Even so, I took her at her word, as I always do.

Here is what I think might not yet be written down, but is so clearly here in every word: it is her love. Her mom and her Eternal’s mom both received more love from Queen Tera and her Eternal—both her Eternals—than the three of them ever realized they gave. All of those conversations, all of the times the three of them reached out in love and simple care, were transformative. These words here, and every one of their memories, are signs and seals of the continued outpouring of love to both moms. Those moms taught our royals how to share that love, but the love is the center of who they are. It is more than natural for them to share that love, often without realizing, often without giving themselves credit. But the love they have received has come back hundreds of times over, and that love shows all the Realm, all of us, what is possible, every day.

Thank you again, mom—both moms—for the love . . . and the smiles . . . you make possible.