📚 Short Stories From The Immortal Quill – Issue #59
Sugar, Schemes, and Spell-Sticks
The next morning dawned with suspicious serenity, the kind that usually precedes either a fairy blessing or a full-blown candy-coated mutiny.
At The Immortal Quill, the scent of melted sugar, roasted espresso beans, and questionable ambition hung thick in the air like enchanted fog. Rapunzel had turned the corner booth into her unofficial candy lab, surrounded by glimmering jars of mysterious ingredients, parchment scribbled with formulas, and a single mischievous squirrel she swore was “part of the flavor testing team.”
Goldi was first through the door, arms full of chaotic joy and a glittering box labeled Experimental Caramels – Do Not Eat (Yet). “I couldn’t sleep. My brain won’t stop inventing things,” she chirped, dropping the box with a thunk. “So I made caramel nougats filled with enchanted fruit. One of them might whisper plot twists.”
Dorothy peeked in from the kitchen holding what looked like a tray of pale gold sticks. “Alright, team sugar chaos, hear me out—honey wands. Not just any honey sticks. Flavored. Enchanted. Multi-use. Think ‘Lemon Hex’ or ‘Midnight Lavender Lucidity.’ Sip it in your tea, stir your coffee, or bribe a minor fae.”
“Oooh, market it as multitasking magic,” Rapunzel cooed. “Functional AND tasty.”
Red stalked in, her SLA$HERBUCK$ ‘Rage Red’ brew in hand, taking a slow sip before eyeing the growing table of sugar experiments. “So what you’re saying is we’re launching an entire magical candy apothecary now? What’s next, enchanted fudge that reads your aura?”
Goldi gasped. “YES. WRITE THAT DOWN.”
Tinkabella popped in next, wings slightly singed from what she described as “a tiny incident involving glitter, a blowtorch, and marshmallow fluff.” She dropped a bowl of shimmering cubes on the table. “Sugar glass nougats. Each one cracks like a fortune cookie but leaves behind a tiny glow for 30 seconds. You know, for aesthetic.”
Cindi walked in fashionably late, wearing soft cashmere and sipping her usual salted caramel macchiato like a queen. She surveyed the table, then raised a brow. “Is this still product development… or are we just collectively coping with our various sugar addictions?”
“Both,” Goldi said brightly. “And also, research.”
Rumple popped his head in with suspiciously perfect timing, holding a box of SLA$HERBUCK$-labeled syrups. “I just came to deliver some flavor samples. Totally unrelated to the fact that you all look like you're on the verge of inventing a sentient marshmallow.”
Tink squinted. “Are those SLA$HERBUCK$ syrups?”“Oh no,” Rumple said innocently, “these are limited-edition artisanal infusions from an undisclosed source that I absolutely don’t own, trademark, or profit from in any way. Wink.”
They collectively ignored his wink.
Dorothy rolled out a brainstorming scroll titled “Taffy & Tales: Launch Edition Possibilities”, complete with scribbles, flavor combos, and questionable doodles of sugar gnomes.
Possible Product Lines Under Consideration:
- Sticky Lore Sticks – Flavored honey wands with magical quotes or spell phrases on each wrapper.
- Whispers of Nougat – Soft nougats with enchanted fruit centers that occasionally whisper helpful (or unhelpful) advice.
- Cursed Caramels – Wrapped in riddles, some sweet, some spicy, some downright cryptic.
- Spellbound Sugar Cubes – Drop into tea, potion, or enemy drinks to activate… surprises.
- Plot Drop Pops – Lollipops that change flavors mid-lick and come with mini plot twists on the stick.
- Inkberry Fudge – A swirling purple fudge said to inspire poetic outbursts. Or insomnia.
- Bewitched Brittle – Shards of enchanted candy laced with luck (and maybe glittery curses).
- Mystic Mallows – Flavored marshmallows that float in mid-air for three seconds before landing in your cup.
Rapunzel added her idea for a “Fairytale Fusion Box” - a sampler featuring candy inspired by their own tales: Rapunzel’s Lemon Cream Tower Bites, Dorothy’s Twister Lime Taffy, Red’s Spicy Blood Orange Bites, Tink’s Wildberry Stardust Pearls, and Cindi’s Pumpkin Spice Royal Crunch.
Cindi, not to be outdone, added a column for “Elegant Enchantments” - a line of luxury confections that were soft pastel, wrapped in spell-scripted lace parchment, and only sold at full moon markets or select castle pop-ups.
Tink, mouth full of glittery nougat, suddenly blurted, “Okay but what if one flavor was a total mystery and every customer had to guess what it was to unlock a story ending?”
Goldi screamed. “YES. A mystery flavor unlocks a plot twist in the digital storyline!”
Red leaned back, arms crossed, eyes glinting. “We’re going to need a legal department. And maybe a dragon.”
Rumple laughed darkly. “I know a guy.”
And just like that, the magical R&D madness continued. Pages filled with notes. Fingers sticky with dreams. Every flavor more chaotic and charming than the last.
Because in this realm of ink and lore, even candy comes with a curse, a tale… and probably a glitter explosion.
And Taffy & Tales?
Oh, darling. It hadn’t even launched yet. But the sugarstorm was brewing.
Stay tuned.
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The Immortal Quill Short Stories
🩸✨ A Bloodthorn Publishing™ Original
From the twistedly magical minds of the Immortal Quill™ Storytellers, welcome to the World of 4EverMore™ - where fractured fairytales wear combat boots, myths misbehave, tea spills itself, and chaos is couture. ☕️
Featuring your immortally iconic favorites:
• Goldilocks (paranoid and perfect)
• CindaSpy™ (that’s Cinderella with a security clearance)
• Red (badass in boots)
• Snow (soft goth apple queen)
• Dorothy (click it and rip it)
• Beauty (rose-stem sharp)
• Wendy (shadow-slick rebel)
• Alice – Queen of Ink & Lore™ herself
• Loki (divine trickster snack, taken 😘)
• Ivy (Rumple’s sister, lethal in Louboutins)
• and Rumplestiltskin (unhinged, unmatched, unstoppable)
✨ Guest appearances may include sentient teacups, tragic ballgowns, questionable prophecy scrolls, and one flirty, possibly dangerous Elven stranger...
🪄 Storytime just got a whole lot more immortal.
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