Matthew J. Fromm
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Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
I can be reached at [email protected]
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One Last Caress . Content Warning.
There is nothing like taking a life. He remembered exactly how the man looked after: how the bones bent in ways they shouldn’t, how the bruises slowly, delectably, crawled out of the yellow skin, but the mouth…the mouth he remembered the most. For an orifice always in motion, it always followed a certain structure. Speaking, chewing, fucking, it always had an expected shape. But the way his victim lay there, mouth slack and ajar, without form, framed by the faintest trickle of lush crimson…that stirred Michael in a way he didn’t know was possible.
By Matthew J. Fromm8 months ago in Fiction
Hunger
Hana sat in the kitchen, a cool breeze laced with fragrances from the rūtos and daffodils below rolling in from the open window above the washbin. She stood on the chair watching over her grandmother’s shoulder as she rolled the potatoes reduced to paste for the cepelinai.
By Matthew J. Fromm9 months ago in Fiction
Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
“Bob, Bob, Bob wake up! Wake up!” “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmph” “Bob, Dad needs us! Wake up!” “Lois, dad’s fine. Humans have these things called thumbs that let them take care of themselves. It’s midday nap time. Bob’s midday nap time is sacred. You’ve got a lot to learn, little pup.”
By Matthew J. Fromm9 months ago in Humans
How Much Is It Worth? . Runner-Up in Tomorrow’s Utopia Challenge. Top Story - May 2025.
Never to his face obviously–that would be cruel, far too cruel, and the world today tried to be less cruel than it once was, but his colleagues all laughed at him for how much he spent on the drugs.
By Matthew J. Fromm9 months ago in Futurism
2016 CAVALIERS. Top Story - April 2025.
He remembered when she gave him that box, wrapped with a little gold bow. He may not have had the best grades, that was always her, always, but it didn’t take a genius to see how excited she was. Looking back, it was crazy how young they both were, yet seemed like yesterday.
By Matthew J. Fromm10 months ago in Fiction
