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Title: As Seen On TV
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 1123

“Creepy truth
if you sleep with a tv in your room
then you have a black mirror facing your bed
and you are providing a portal for demons to watch you while you sleep”ExpandRead more... )
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Title: A Matter of Prompts or When You Find Your Prince and Drinking
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 489


I pet the laptop in my lap, giggling at the thought, ‘laptop and lap’. “Be strong,” I whisper, praying that the WiFi connection will be and will do what it’s supposed to, as in work. “Don’t drop off,” I croon. “I need you for spelling and thesaurus help.”

The two prompts are written in large letters, hovering high on the wall in encouragement.
“You can do this,” I tell myself. “Sure it’s been a while since you’ve done any fictional writing, but you CAN do this. You can write your way out of this.”

The furnace woke somewhere in the lowest level of the house, blowing warm air to flutter the prompting banners. I don’t want to go down there. It’s dark. There are eight legged beings lurking down there.. waiting.

Hmmm, I muse reading the topmost prompt, ‘Life is not a fairytale. If you lose your shoes at midnight, you are drunk!’

“Ha! The Cinder person only lost one shoe. So she must not have been drunk. If she’d lost both shoes then the Prince must have had her legs up over his shoulders and he didn’t want a shoe, glass or otherwise near his face. Nasty things those pointy heels. Nope, not while he was plowing the field, so to speak, not while trying to plant an other-side of the blanket product inside Cinder.”

Sigh. “So what’s my excuse and mine were slip-ons.” I shifted on the pillow cushioning my aching ass from the hard chair, not that it was helping much. I’d gotten plowed royally in both definitions of the word. “Here’s hoping there’s no little being trying to gestate in there.” I looked down at my belly and grinned, “Luckily guys only get knocked up in m-preg fairytales. Still I wonder where my shoes got off to, while my prince was getting us both off. A person needs shoes.” I was whining. I knew that.

“He could at least have left my shoes so I could walk home. Which brings me to the other prompt, ‘If you are going through hell, keep going.’ Good old Churchill quote.”

I shake myself trying not to dislodge the blanket I’ve wrapped around my body. The warm air flutters the banners but that’s not why I’ve wrapped myself up. It’s protection of another kind. My shoes weren’t the only things lost last night and “I’m not even going to think about what my tender ass means to my virginity status.” I’m naked.

“Is this enough?”, I ask the air. “I’ve used both prompts. Can I go home now?”

Laughter answers me and my ass reminds me that he said something about waiting for the test results. Demon pregnancy tests are sensitive, he said, and if it didn’t take this time he’d revisit me next drinking binge until I was. I sigh. “I never should have tempted him, telling him I used to write paranormal porn,” and I grinned.
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Sorry, Guys: Your Y Chromosome May Be Doomed But don’t worry, men aren’t going anywhere.

Winnowed (excerpted), copied and edited in various places so go read the original

The Y chromosome carries the “master switch” gene, SRY, that determines whether an embryo will develop as male (XY) or female (XX), it contains very few other genes and is the only chromosome not necessary for life. It has degenerated rapidly, leaving females with two perfectly normal X chromosomes, but males with an X and a shrivelled Y. If the same rate of degeneration continues, the Y chromosome has just 4.6m years left before it disappears completely.

166m years ago, in the very first mammals, the early “proto-Y” chromosome was originally the same size as the X chromosome and contained all the same genes. However, Y chromosomes have a fundamental flaw. Unlike all other chromosomes, which we have two copies of in each of our cells, Y chromosomes are only ever present as a single copy, passed from fathers to their sons.

Genes on the Y chromosome cannot undergo genetic recombination, the “shuffling” of genes that occurs in each generation which helps to eliminate damaging gene mutations. Deprived of the benefits of recombination, Y chromosomal genes degenerate over time and will eventually be lost from the genome.

genes

The Y chromosome has developed some pretty convincing mechanisms to “put the brakes on”, slowing the rate of gene loss to a possible standstill.

In a recent Danish study, published in PLoS Genetics, sequenced portions of the Y chromosome from 62 different men found that it is prone to large scale structural rearrangements allowing “gene amplification”—the acquisition of multiple copies of genes that promote healthy sperm function and mitigate gene loss.

The study also showed that the Y chromosome has developed unusual structures called “palindromes” (DNA sequences that read the same forwards as backwards—like the word “kayak”), which protect it from further degradation. They recorded a high rate of “gene conversion events” within the palindromic sequences on the Y chromosome—this is basically a “copy and paste” process that allows damaged genes to be repaired using an undamaged back-up copy as a template.

Even if the Y chromosome in humans does disappear; Japanese spiny rats and mole voles* have lost their Y chromosomes entirely; it does not necessarily mean that males themselves are on their way out. Even in those species that have actually lost their Y chromosomes completely, males and females are both still necessary for reproduction.

In these cases, the SRY “master switch” gene that determines genetic maleness has moved to a different chromosome, meaning that these species produce males without needing a Y chromosome. However, the new sex-determining chromosome—the one that SRY moves on to—should then start the process of degeneration all over again due to the same lack of recombination that doomed their previous Y chromosome.

However, the interesting thing about humans is that while the Y chromosome is needed for normal human reproduction, many of the genes it carries are not necessary if you use assisted reproduction techniques. This means that genetic engineering may soon be able to replace the gene function of the Y chromosome, allowing same-sex female couples or infertile men to conceive. However, even if it became possible for everybody to conceive in this way, it seems highly unlikely that fertile humans would just stop reproducing naturally.


Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/y-chromosome-may-be-doomed-180967887/#lDBYDySBZF1u7WDY.99

This article was originally published on The Conversation.
image: https://counter.theconversation.com/content/90125/count.gif

The Conversation
Darren Griffin, Professor of Genetics, University of Kent

Peter Ellis, Lecturer in Molecular Biology and Reproduction, University of Kent

*
The Transcaucasian mole vole (Ellobius lutescens) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.

Chromosomes: The karyotype has a low, odd, diploid number, 2n = 17,X. Transcaucasian mole voles have no SRY gene or Y chromosome; both sexes have an XO sex chromosome set, a state possibly derived from an ancestral population in which males had an XX sex chromosome set, like E. tancrei. Their sex-determination method remains unknown.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcaucasian_mole_vole
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Title: Dragon U. Part 4
Part 3 - http://charisstoma.dreamwidth.org/1297382.html
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 949


“Finally, just you and me.”

Damien looked up at his now official mate. “Not just you and me, is it?” He patted his so far flat belly.

“Sorry.”

“Horton Mace Drakekin, do not lie to me. You planned this. You knew what would probably happen.”

“Still sorry. My… um acquisitive instincts kicked in. It wasn’t fair, I know, but when you find a treasure, one the dragon spirits throw in your way, you grab and make sure they are bonded to you. Instincts don’t always play nice or think first.”

“I’m a treasure?”

“My treasure,” Horry purred nuzzling behind Damien’s ear.

“Ooooooh,” Damien shivered, then paused to say more sharply, “Stop that! I’m still upset and that makes me want to curl into your arms and snuggle.”

“Are you sorry to be my mate?” If anything would make Damien’s heart clench it was the uncertain regret in Horry’s voice.

‘Being mated to you, NO! Being pregnant so soon when we’ve not had hardly any time to get to know each other…” more quietly, “yes.”

“Sorry. My sweet love, my sweet demon, my very own.” Kisses punctuated each endearment.

“I love you too, you know, you acquisitive dragon.”

“Shhh, I love you and we’ll work things out. First, try some of this.”

“What is it?” Damien looked at the potted plant in Horry’s hand suspiciously.

“Well, the name is Huernia schneideriana but the common name is Red Dragon Flower. It’s a gift from my mother who swears it will ease the effects of pregnancy providing it’s a dragon bun in your oven.”

Damien’s eyebrow went up, “’Dragon bun’ in my oven?”

Horry grinned. “Well it could be a demonic bun but chances are, since I’m the father, that it’ll be a dragon.”ExpandRead more... )



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Title: Dragon U. part 3
Part 2 - http://charisstoma.dreamwidth.org/1296623.html
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 703



Kyle groaned snaking an arm out from under the bedding and reaching to pick up his cell phone from the table beside the bed then struggled to focus his eyes to read the screen.

“What?” came sleepily from behind him.

“More your brother, my brother news,” Kyle mumbled back. “Families all still here. Going 2 be a wedding.”

“Who taught your Mom about texting?”

“Ass.” a well placed jab of an elbow added some emphasis, though not much since Kyle was still partly asleep.

“Your ass,” was laughed and Elethiel’s cock still lodged inside was not asleep, prodding upwards to press into a spot that made Kyle groan and tighten down to hold Elethiel right there.

Much, much later when hunger drove them to think about rising, Elethiel laughed.

“What?”

“Either one of my kind relatives put a seeking spell on us as a wedding gift and sent us food which is currently hovering next to my side of the bed or hmm, nope that’s all I got.”

“Could be one of my relatives.”

“They know how to hover foods in midair?”

“Okay, no. Your side of the family.”ExpandRead more... )

Part 4 - http://charisstoma.dreamwidth.org/1297477.html - Damien's Blooming
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Title: Dragon U. part 2
Part 1 - http://charisstoma.dreamwidth.org/1295691.html

Author: charisstoma
Word count: 958

Meep commented:
I'm sure Elethiel misinterpreting that would have to get very claimy with his Kyle.
Kyle might let him, he seems good at Demon-management already ;)





A hand stroked down over his ass and only the fact that he could see Elethiel on the other side of the room told him that someone had mistaken him for someone other than the other groom. Elethiel’s face was grim, his eyes fiery. Their wedding was about to be one talked of in the family for years to come and not in a good way. ‘Don’t get involved with a demon; remember what happened when ...’

Turning Kyle smiled up into the eyes of his assailant and showed his teeth.

“I believe you have made a mistake. I’m one of the two who are celebrating their wedding at this event. Now if you want to continue to live for a long time free of the torture that is about to ensue, you will; abstain from putting your hand anywhere upon my person, smile and raise those same hands into the air with a shocked expression of ‘I’ve made a terrible mistake’, and apologize prettily.”

The demon did all of those things. “Sorry. So sorry. I arrived late. Didn’t know. Wouldn’t have otherwise. Been up 48 hours straight. Do you have a single relative who would like to meet a demon and take them to bed but won’t be insulted if I fall asleep after or even during fucking them?”

Kyle couldn’t help it, he broke out laughing.

“Problem, my love,” Elethiel purred with a hint of menace directed at the other demon.ExpandRead more... )

Part 3 - http://charisstoma.dreamwidth.org/1297382.html
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Title: Dragon U.
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 1764


Where was the blasted man. Kyle fumed, it was always like this lately. Ever since the new reference librarian had applied for the position and Kyle could imagine which position the IT guy would have in mind, there had been a few extra fuck-ups taking place in ‘customer service’ at the Academy’s library.ExpandRead more... )

Part 2 - http://charisstoma.dreamwidth.org/1296623.html


demon tiefling rogue B.J. Oliver dnd
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Buster Archibald Felix
Sheila - Secretary to Buster
Boo Archibald Felix
Alexis Archibald Felix III
Hsin (Hazy)


Apprentice
Intern -Apprentice Sequel
Colleagues
Claiming
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Title: Parenthood (PG, Fantasy, series)
Continues from Bath Time
prior Andy & Simon drabbles
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100


“He’s asleep ... finally,” was furtively whispered.

A hushed, “Good. Get the wine, I’ll go light the candles.”

Two figures separated to their tasks, to meet out at the pool for one of their rare romantic interlude.

“That was a good idea to wear him out at the zoo.”

“He tried growling at the lions and I swear they were laughing, roaring back. Newt squealed, ‘Look squirrel’, at the bear.”

Andy’s chuckle was cut off by a kiss and smiling decided naked Simons were a good thing to have in the pool. He opened his thighs.

“Daddies?”

'damn it.'



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“Newt. Andy and Simon’s son”

Title: The After Birth (PG, Fantasy, mpreg)
Continues from , I’m fine, I’m just fine. Part 3
prior Andy & Simon drabbles
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100


“Well everything seems to have come out alright, Andy.” Jennifer smiled, “Even if you had to do it all yourself without a doctor present.”

Simon sighed in relief as the onus shifted away from his being Parentis in absentia during the birth, too soon. “There is the matter of how the labor went though. I’ve never witnessed a familiar-snake birth, perhaps Simon could help.”

“I... wasn’t there.”

“Weren’t you?” Jennifer’s brows raised. “I thought you were concerned about the safety of Andy and your child.”

“He’s apologized and I can tell you,” Andy offered. “I was right there after all.”

Continues with Hungy.
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Title: I’m fine, I’m just fine. Part 3
Continues from , Part 2- I’m Fine. I’m just Fine.
prior Andy & Simon drabbles
http://charisstoma.livejournal.com/1144665.html Part 2
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100



Andy narrowed his eyes, “Hmmm, animal, vegetable, or mineral, which is an asshole? ”

“Animal,” Simon answered quickly, “and I sorry. Really sorry. And don’t swear in front of our child.”

“Newt is too young to pick up words yet.”

“Asssssssssho,” said a little mouth around Andy’s nipple.

“Whaaa-?”

“Told you,” Simon smirked and then straightened his face. “Really sorry. I missed our son’s birth and I failed to be there when you needed me, though you did it well all by yourself, but still I’m sorry.”

“You should be,” was directed at Simon, “and Newt don’t say that word.”

The After Birth
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Title: I’m fine, I’m just fine. Part 2
Continues from , Part 8- I’m Fine. I’m just Fine.
prior Andy & Simon drabbles
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 827

“See, I told you I was just constipated.”

All that Simon responded with was, “Huh.”

“You were all keyed up for being a Daddy tonight, weren’t you?”

Simon just threw a glance over at Andy and kept walking, walking fast enough that it was difficult for Andy to keep up until he ended up out of breath and bent over with his hands on his knees.

There was a nice large rock just off to the side that looked inviting, just until he caught his breath and the cramping on his right side became more manageable, Andy told himself. Except it didn’t, not exactly.
There was a faint blip in his abdomen as if gas had shifted and relief was in sight.

“Oh, finally. Maybe the gas will push you out and Simon will love me again.”

Pressure built, in that way that flatulence does as it tries to escape. This felt like there was something there pressing to get out. Andy tightened down. In the snit that Simon was in, he wouldn’t put it past Simon to make him walk home rather than take home in the car a former lover who’d fouled his pants.

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Continues with Part 3
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Brought to you by the words “Lief” and “Weild”.




Title: Expecting part 5 – Panicking
Continues from Part 4
prior Andy & Simon drabbles
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100


“If you wouldst lief weild an axe as bear this bairn… What the hell,” Andy looked up from the parchment at Simon.

“Don’t panic,” Simon’s eyes, in Andy’s opinion, were the ‘little panicky’. “It’s just if you’d rather I bear and birth, damn it now I’m doing it. It’s a spell that switches the child to another just in case events,” Simon paused, “change.”

Andy’s hands stroked down over his belly, actually considering; he’d be amused later; savoring now the love behind Simon’s fear. Finally shaking his head Andy smiled, “No. I’ve got this this time. Maybe next time.”
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Title: Prior Planning: Expecting - part 4
Continues from Part 3
prior Andy & Simon drabbles
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 350

“Simon, am I oviparous, ovoviviparous or viviparous as far as giving birth?”

“I wish you’d asked Jennifer, your OBGYN, that.”

“Well?”

Sighing,“the last one, same as humans, Andy, or I think so.” Shaking his head, “I didn’t think I’d have to explain sex until our child was older.”

“I AM NOT a CHILD and no I don’t need the sex education lecture. I just want to know if I’m going to be passing eggs, or egg shells pieces afterwards or if our child is going to come oozing out in a burst of fluid.”

Simon paled, “he’ll come out without a shell. You have to understand, I was very young at the time and don’t remember much other than being squeezed out into the world rather suddenly and missing my parent’s warmth around me. It was traumatic.”

Arms surrounded Simon. “I love you Simon.” On a mischievous note, “want to be enclosed by me to show how much? Just a part of you, you understand, a certain snaky part of you.”

“Scales, I thought you’d never ask,” Simon smiled and then sobered as if the smile hadn’t been truth, “I love you too.”

“You’re an idiot, you know that don’t you? Do you remember that video I caught you watching?”

“Um, I can explain…”

“No need love. I’ve been doing some researching too, how else did you think I knew about the various ways snakes can be born? I was thinking, when I’m closer to giving birth maybe you could partially shift and use one of your hemipenes instead?”

“We are following Jennifer’s advice,” Simon said firmly. “We are not risking you or our child. I can put you before any of my baser needs.”

“Baser needs? You’ve been reading those historical romances again.” Andy kissed the corner of Simon’s jaw smiling, “you romantic snake you.”

“Hush. I’m a big bad snake familiar and don’t you forget it,” was spoiled by Simon’s leaning more into Andy’s embrace.

“MY big bad snake familiar, who happens to like watching snake porn and reading romances, and that’s just between you and me, love.”

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Part 5 - Panicking
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Title: Magical Technology Toys
Andy & Simon drabbles
Follows Cravings & Field Trip
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 336


“Why are we babysitting these little monsters again, Simon,” Andy asked sotto voce out of the side of his mouth.

“Because their parents kindly did not prosecute us for damaging their young psyches and they turned out to be good people,” was responded.

“Sir, that’s not nice to say about us,” Hector, the kitten from the nature walk that had interrupted Andy and Simon’s fun times al fresco in the shrubbery, stood looking up at them.

Grinning down at the cute kitten, because yes he was, “all small kittens with too much energy are little monsters; monsters that steal the energy from the adults around them. That’s why parents and kittensitters are so tired by the end of the day if they survive that long.”

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Title: The Family Way (Fantasy, Wizards' World series, m-preg)
First Impressions: Part 4
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 200


“So?”

Finian smiled, “Positive.”

“Good,” Jasper said with a satisfied nod. “Now those two will have to stop dragging their paws and we can finally hold their mating ceremony.”ExpandRead more... )
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Title: First Impressions part 2: The Juliet Stage
Part 1
Author: charisstoma
Word count:527
*Meep corrected me so this is corrected... slightly.

“Let me show you the rest of the house,” Leon dragged him along. “It’s not all as coldly ornate, some of it is fussy ornate. Wait til you see the stairway that goes absolutely nowhere but up.”

They stopped in front of a spiraling staircase with thick wooden columns and yes it was ornate. There were capitals in every style it seemed, Ionic, Corinthian and for good measure Doric thrown in wherever the builder or homeowner wished. Jessie looked up, spotting a lone painting mounted discretely on one corner of the top landing and a couple windows to light each landing. He quite like the large oval on the lower landing, the other was framed by more columns.

“You sure that it doesn’t go anywhere?” he couldn’t help asking. “Seems an awful lot of expense and work for nothing but a view. And why the painting?”

Leon grinned, “well we had to put something up there. And it is pretty kitten friendly; all those places to peek out from.” He paused his grin increasing, "alright it does go up to my room."ExpandRead more... )
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Title: A Familiar Problem after a Night Out
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 329



William looked around the coffee shop he'd dragged his body into this morning, luckily even in his condition he'd chosen a table off in a corner away from just about everyone. Sipping the bitter but essential essence of the gods that he loved so much, he concentrated on the laptop screen in front of him imaging pictures from his mind onto it. To anyone looking it would seem as if he was working in some new art or photography program, not that photography wasn't an art when done right. It had taken a while to develope this ability and it was still a bit of a struggle each time at the beginning.

"Hello."ExpandRead more... )
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Frogs_of_war posted this in her Boys on the Hill 3way familiar mpreg story

This all has sprung originally from Meri's mpreg familiar tale Part 1
So ...Catnip in the brownies at one of those parties they tend to have on institutions of higher learning.


Anyway in Frogs story was these two sentences. A Prompt if ever I read one.
Rumor had it that one of the dozen or so pregnant underclassmen was the culprit. Trying to hold on to a failing relationship.




Now if someone could write a story where a cat isn't affected by catnip.... there are some cats who aren't interested in catnip at all and one asks 'why'?

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