Psychopomp Stories

When the world was young, Fox was all red. This is the story of how he got his black feet and white chest - and his job working for Death, guiding souls to the underworld.

Life in small-town America is easy for Grim. He can drink, smoke and sleep all he wants. But when he finds out that the cozy industry (soul guiding) he's “worked” in for millenia has just been privatized by the Powers That Be, he has to find a new income before he leaves his life of “booze, sex and rock 'n roll.” To reverse his fortunes, the immortal psychopomp teams up with geriatric goddesses, a brain-dead cadaver salesman and online ghost-hunting experts to create and expand a growing start-up company. A downtown office is established. A few high school kids are hired to ferry some souls, and Grim never sets down the blunt.

Follow the character Fox as he finds himself in a series of noir-style fairytales (some more bleak than others). This is a collection I am currently working on and hope to publish someday. Some of the other stories I write take place in this world though aren't directly related to Fox himself; those are not listed here. Most of these are first or second drafts and are not quite complete yet. Comments and feedback are appreciated.

Dove and 1-18 are psychopomps, those who help guide and console newly departed souls so that they may become one with the living universe. But they themselves are not the perfect paragons of order, calm and rationality that they are programmed to seem like for the newly departed. Dove questions the meaning of helping the newly departed if some of them are seemingly undeserving of forgiveness. 1-8 questions what it truly means to be a psychopomp and guide for the dead if they are forbidden from helping the souls who could not be freed from their mortal attachments. Each of these psychopomps has their own questions and all the time in eternity to find their answers, guide the dead and wonder why the reaper's name means kindness. (First Draft, revisions to be made later)

The psychopathic psychopomp Azriel has returned to the world of Cier, and her addiction to souls drives her to slaughter more, whether they be innocents or her enemies... Meanwhile, in the aftermath of his conflict with wandering blacksmith Puppy, Comet must protect his charges, the Cosmic Family, from harm, a task made difficult by the destruction of their starship. Conflict arises when the two Duelists meet face to face, and Comet must defend his friends from the psychopathic murderer who wants their souls. This is a story set in the fictional world of Cier, a land where magic and technology both thrive, and powerful warriors called Duelists come into conflict with one another. This world is also the setting for the animated combat system Dojo Duels, from the Hyun's Dojo community. This is a duel created under the guidelines for a official duel in Hyun's Dojo, but is not considered official due to it being in the written format. Comet, the Cosmic Family, and all associated concepts are property of Frest (http://hyunsdojo.com/user.php?u=frest). This work is a collaboration with Frest, and parts written by him will be specifically labeled, as will the parts written by myself.

When a restorative artist witnesses death collect a soul-and death looks back-Their quiet life unravels into a citywide hunt through laundromats, hospice rooms, and tunnels where trains never come...

Most of it are heartbreaking stories. Hope y'all enjoy it! Advance sorry for my errors.

Psychopomps walk among us-rare, burdened souls tasked with guiding the dead to what lies beyond. Sable Hayes is one of them. Ageless, marked by ink said to be a living map to the afterlife, she has spent centuries shepherding the lost. Some go peacefully. Others fight. All leave something behind.

Ensign Admeri Tryst is dead, and he's not happy about it. Who can blame him? Despite lifelong disbelief, the Afterlife actually exists, and it holds dangers of which the living know nothing. In order to reach the Hall of Judgment, he must face tasks where he confronts all he ever knew.

In a valley where love is forbidden, two test the waters but find themselves unwelcome. Believing they're destined to be together, they escape to the mountains that surround them. Such sweet love the two share, and yet, there's something else he doesn't speak of. Can he stay in control, or will the darkness cave in?

Ever wakes up outside her body. In Spectra City, the ties that bind can defy death. Enter a world of neon and glass, of echos and ghosts, of robots and gods; a world where innocence is as powerful as corruption, where technology and magic blur, and where sometimes your greatest foe is the one in the mirror. This is Spectra City.

William Byrne is a psychopomp.

Lyudmilla is thirty-three and is forced to live another life she never expected to live. When she bears the heavyweight of her life being on thin ice, she only wants to make sure her breathing, living husband is okay and comforted. But when your own life is on the edge, finding means and ways to live and survive becomes second nature. Justice may only serve you with peace. So, where do we go when we die, and do our souls need help discovering that?

Siobahn Downing's degree finally seems to make headway when she gets her first job as a psychotherapist at a mental institution when she moves to the city. Trying to help people work through their traumas and issues was always a passion of hers, but she didn't think it was going to be so hard! Enter Jack Frost, a patient in a section of the institution that features 'fantastical delusions'. He's eloquent, handsome, and claims that he is the REAL Jack Frost. At first Jack is a challenge for Siobahn to tackle, but the more he talks, the more it becomes clear that he's going to give her a run for her money. Who will convince who of what is true? NOT BASED ON THE 'GUARDIANS' MOVIE