Inhuman - A Ghoul's Tale
Synopsis
Murdered by his wife, a man meets Peyra, the goddess of mischief and lust, who saves his soul. While her motives remain unclear, the murdered man becomes her pet, a ghoul called Grym the Faceless. Grym carries the insatiable appetite for human flesh, but he also carries the frightening power of a dark sorcerer.
In a world that shifts to human ingenuity, using cannons and muskets against mages and monsters. Magic is no longer vital when the empire grows by using steam ships and trains to haul goods and passengers. The rulers replaced heroes and their supporters with armies and telegraphs.
But Grym has a plan to shake the empire to its core. Discovering the eternal tomb of Valary, a healer hero betrayed by Emperor Nazalath, he releases the woman who seeks vengeance for her betrayal. Together, they start on their separate paths of revenge. While it appears the ghoul’s focus centers on short-term revenge, he has much bigger plans. Grym intends to take down the empire using the ancient sorcery he’s learned and the underlying strife inside the empire. He will turn the world into a bloody realm filled with anarchy and chaos. For a ghoul sees no reason to help a humanity filled with a history of hypocrisy, cruelty, and stupidity.
Inhuman - A Ghoul's Tale
This is a new ongoing webnovel as part of adding more short stories and webnovels on this Substack account. In the vein of old magazines like Weird Tales or The Magic Carpet Magazine, I will have illustrations in these stories. You can find 3 chapters on Scribblehub but this site will have the latest chapters first starting today.
Inhuman Chapter 1
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Inhuman - Chapter 2
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Inhuman Chapter 3
AUTHOR’S REMINDER: Morbid Ink will be sending out multiple stories by chapter each week. Also, if you would like to add your stories for others to read, send them to me via MORBID INK website. I will add your shorts/poetry/illustrations to this email for other authors/creators to share.
Inhuman Chapter 4
Stillness quickly descended on the camp. Valary continued working on controlling her golem legs as she waited. After several clumsy attempts to stand, she finally crawled over to the closest tree and the trunk for support. Surprised at the strength of her new limbs, the woman carefully allowed the legs to take her weight. Finally, she slowly stood for t…
Inhuman Chapter 5
At the end of the passage, the maid and her prisoner reached a stone staircase. After climbing to the next part of the tunnel, the maid stopped at a gate and used her key to gain access. She led the prisoner to a closed door, which Eostre opened. Lights inside the room greeted them as she pushed the boy through the door. Shelves of books and parchments …
Inhuman Chapter 6
Inside the Hajoon palace, Erdem the Proud stood by the window that looked over the gardens where slaves meticulously maintained the plants. However, the son of Emperor Nazalath paid no attention to the activity. Instead, his mind focused on the letter he received from Dennel Veil that morning.
Inhuman Chapter 7
“Where is the next stop?” Valary asked. As expected, Grym remained quiet. He spoke to her only a couple of times since they left their campsite that morning on his horse.Morbid Ink is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Inhuman Chapter 8
The screams of women and children came back to Valary. Still, amid the carnage occurring outside of the tents, she made sure that she never watched what occurred. Instead, the woman cowered by turning away from the scene and focusing on healing those men injured and maimed by the brief battle. Even those who normally did not need her help received it th…
Inhuman Chapter 9
Emperor Nazalath looked over the papers, unconsciously pulling at the hairs of his heavy eyebrow. Making sense of the reports that were filled with diplomatic language and written in cursive script gave him a headache. He sighed, debating whether he was too hasty in hanging his last aide. Filko, his trusted spy, proved the aide’s disloyalty by tying him…
Inhuman Chapter 10
[Author’s Note: Only a few more chapters to continue this story if you’re a free subscriber. Consider becoming a paid subscriber to get the complete story with others as well.] Grym punched the woman who stumble across him in the stomach hard. She doubled up in agony as the ghoul struck her again. The violence cleared his mind enough that he got to his k…
Inhuman Chapter 11
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Inhuman Chapter 12
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Inhuman Chapter 13
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Inhuman Chapter 14
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Inhuman Chapter 15
[Author’s Note: This is the last free chapter for this story. Use the subscribe now button and help keep the stories coming to Morbid Ink.] Two days of boring meetings and dinners with the nobles in alliance with the House of Raragel left Prince Erdem irritated and restless. He recognized his role limited him to nothing more than a figurehead. However, i…