Lorraine, a beautiful princess from the kingdom of Bondoc, has been locked away in a tower-guarded by a terrifying dragon-for years. She waited in the dragon's keep, in the highest room of the tallest tower for her true love and true love's first kiss. Until one day, her handsome prince charming had finally come. Only it wasn't a handsome prince charming. It wasn't a prince at all. (This story is inspired by Shrek from Dreamworks)

As an important pawn in her father's game of chess, Violet Alexander has one simple job: smile pretty for the press. But even this proves too difficult. Her mood has seemed to be permanently dampened by her father's perpetual need to lock her sexuality in a box that not even she is granted access to. Brooklyn Frank has spent her entire life worrying about how she'll get by- where her next meal will come from, how her next bills will be paid for. Moving from job to job, criticized for something she can't change and won't lie about, Brooklyn can't seem to catch a break. But the two have yet to meet. And when they do? Who knows ~ things change. ~NOTE~ This is a modern retelling of the Russian fairytale "The Princess Who Never Smiled", written for the lgbtq contest 'Once Upon A Time'.

This is going to be an anthology of short stories, starting with the title story, "A House with Legs and Tentacles," which is about... Well, read the story to find out. Feel free to post your interpretations in the comments, but don't post something like "I don't like it, because it is too confusing." Yeah, I know it is confusing, but that is the point of most of the stories on here. It is ok to comment that you don't like the stories, just give more reason beyond "it is confusing." This will be marked as a completed work, despite the fact that I will continue posting parts, because each part is a completed story.