© Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
This house was my prison for seven centuries, ever since Lord Jaime Caruthers incarcerated me here. Then, the will of the Caruthers clan was invincible.
But long centuries passed, and the Caruthers descendants became weak, while the stone and mortar slowly crumbled.
The last Caruthers died last month, and with him, the fading spell that bound me.
Now, on this final day of October, as the moon rises, the would-be bride of Jaime’s son Ian will walk free. I renounced my heritage for my beloved, but Jaime wouldn’t have it. Now let all men feel the wrath of the succubus.
I wrote this for the Rochelle Wisoff-Fields photo challenge. The idea is to use the image above as the inspiration for crafting a piece of flash fiction no more than 100 words long. My word count is 100.
In the spirit of Halloween, I thought I’d write a wee horror tale, though I imagine it’s not particularly scary. Of course, the short definition of a succubus is:
A succubus is a demon in female form, or supernatural entity in folklore, that appears in dreams and takes the form of a woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual activity.
I guess she can capture the souls of men in revenge for what Jaime Caruthers did to her one conquest at a time.
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Locked away to prevent her marrying his son? I suspect the real horror of the story is what is about to happen from here… Succubus is such a great word.
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If a demon wanted to marry your son, wouldn’t you do something to prevent it?
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Did he know she was a demon though, perhaps he could just tell something wasn’t right!?
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I implied that Lord Caruthers did know she was a succubus.
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I’ve re-read, I don’t see the implication?
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Why else would he lock her up and use magic to keep her there, magic which transcended generations?
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I guess, although in history there’s plenty of mere mortals that have been locked away for life by jealous or mad rulers!
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Not ones who have lived 700 years. 😉
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One way or another, everyone dances with the devil
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I suppose.
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Great vibe in this piece, James
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Thanks, Josh.
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Cool post. The succubus has always been fascinating to me, especially it’s correlation to the psychological “sleep paralysis”.
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I think in the old days, it’s how people justified having erotic dreams.
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His magic was strong to have passed through the generations to keep her locked up. And he was worried about her? Makes one think.
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Makes me wonder what his son did about all this now. Thanks, Dale.
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Indeed.
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Oh, how scary! “Succubus” just sounds like something evil, doesn’t it? Really good writing.
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Thanks, Linda. Well, they are sexually seductive demons, so I guess that’s pretty scary.
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Sure enough.
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Dear James,
Hell hath no fury like a succubus scorned.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Exactly.
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Who am I, surviving for seven centuries? Am I a curse?
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Wow. You’re really that old? 😀
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I am ageless.
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I always think succubus is an odd word for a beautiful sexy demon woman. I wonder what she’s going to do next.
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Take out her vengeance on as many men as possible, Jilly.
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Unleash the Kraken .. l mean Succubus. Great story.
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Thanks, JoHawk.
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Was discussing Succubus and Incubus’s just this weekend, they’re such great words. Brilliantly imaginative piece.
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Thank you.
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After seven hundred years she’ll be a bit old for the seduction game!
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Not is you’re immortal and you never age, Liz.
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A very scary tale in what’s to come. Great ending line!
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Very horrifying & an excellent read.
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Thanks on both counts.
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