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scifiscribbler (@scifiscribbler)
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Several times, over a few months, two friends meet for the first time, and each time they confirm their commitment to changes.
After her escape from someone who controlled her mind, a victim is interviewed by a policewoman.
The first story in the Kraft-Bimbeau saga, Doctor Candace Kraft is in the wrong place when a burgeoning mad scientist decides to put his invention to the test. But which of them has the strongest drive once it’s harnessed?
Microfiction, originally for the Mind Control Literature Discord server, from the prompt ‘hurt/comfort’.
A fan of mind control pornography finds it has more effect on her than she expected.
Britney’s job doesn’t pay her enough to get by, but her housemate Taylor is an entrepreneur and has a unique solution.
Microfiction originally written for the Mind Control Literature discord, under the prompt ‘community’
Why don’t adults read each other bedtime stories? And what do you do when the first time you trance someone is an accident?
Rose moves into a new apartment, but she keeps finding things that suggest she’s been there before, doing things she’d never do.
Microfiction originally written for the Mind Control Literature discord. The prompt was ‘unexpected’.
A superheroine’s guard can go down when she’s off-duty, at home, and exhausted, right? The odds of a villain living in the same apartment block have to be tiny.
Microfiction originally for the Mind Control Literature discord, to the prompt ‘morning’.
Seeking to reclaim her brainwashed mother, Kara Kraft visits an island belonging to a mad mind controller with a bioengineering background and an animal motif.
Two old friends and former hypno-partners turn back the clock for a time.
A TSA agent has a very, very strange day.
Over lockdown, a female-led team has let its motivation slacken. One of the team thinks he has a solution, if only he can persuade Brooke to be more assertive.
When new neighbours move in next door, their constant playing music might start out irritating, but it quickly becomes a blessing.
What kind of service do you need if someone might be meddling with your mind?
A difference of opinion matters much more if you’re not rich enough to get what you want.
This is the story of a policewoman who can’t get a mind controller out of her head. A self-contained part of the Kraft-Bimbeau saga.
Microfiction originally written for the Mind Control Literature Discord. The prompt was “admin privileges”
Conversations and DMs on the message boards of a fitness accessory and supplement company.
Microfiction originally written for the Mind Control Literature discord to the prompt ‘online streaming’
After decades of selling people, a quiet town’s cover is threatened when TV reporters come in.
An archivist’s account of strange goings on in the old west town of Silver Shallows
Microfiction originally written for the Mind Control Literature discord, the prompt being ‘promises’
A relationship with a deal; if I let you show me why you’re into rope, you have to let me show you why I’m into hypnosis.
Notorious hacker Heather McClure gets hold of some very strange computer code that gives her a new point of view. A standalone story that is also part 14 of the Kraft-Bimbeau saga, following on from A Penny Saved is a Penny Turned and preceding The Siren.
Sherry’s life is blissfully happy because she is a brainwashed slave. One of her friends is sad. What’s a girl to do?
Millie’s life has absences in it she can’t remember. But her roomie Zack might be able to help. After all, he only has her best interests at heart.
Long ago I wrote a story called The Tarot about two students and an unusual, enchanted tarot deck. Years later I revised it. This is that version.
Candace Kraft, on assignment from her Master, runs into a mind control conspiracy with every intent to destroy her mind and user her against her Master. To make matters worth, they have superheroes in storage. The second story in the Kraft-Bimbeau saga
Not having the time for a relationship, Nicole makes friends online.
Microfiction, originally written for the Mind Control Literature discord, to the prompt ‘virus’.
Microfiction from the prompt ‘hidden desires’, originally written for the ROM Discord.
Microfiction originally written on the ROM Discord server for the prompt ‘vulnerability’.
The chain Danielle works for has been bought out by a bigger company. A young man from Corporate has arrived to change how they work.
Once one YouTuber uses a hypnotist to create new content, others begin to get interested…
A microfic originally written for the ROM discord to the prompt ‘technology’.
A marketing prospectus for an unusual company in a world where legalities went very differently.
In a quiet little lane, too many people using the same product creates a surprising following for one of the residents.
Hayley is concerned she’s being brainwashed by her flatmate’s boyfriend. But according to him, she’s actually being unhypnotized!
As their marriage seems to be falling apart, Rochelle and Michael try the last option open to them; experimental brainwashing learned off the internet.
Hanae got through her student days using the Techno Teacher CD-Rom series. A chance discovery of a later CD might get her through single motherhood.
A sequel to Neighbourhood Watch and part of the Justice Guard Universe. Ms Miracle returns to Earth after a long mission to find her Master’s control has worn off. So why does she find herself still wanting to serve - and what will she do when the team A.I. reveals a secret?
You might think you know the worst that can happen with online gamers. You don’t. Sometimes, people encounter something quite capable of consuming their life…
A direct sequel to Morning, Sergeant and part of the Kraft-Bimbeau saga. A slave is pushed to serial recruitment as her Master seeks to take over a police department.
An extended story inspired by conversation with DarthKyra. A long-established law firm uses unusual methods to recruit, inspire loyalty, and even save money.
In a small English village, the new vicar runs into a quiet conspiracy that changes her outlook on life.
An anthology of holiday related stories which I’ll be releasing or re-releasing at around the time they’re seasonally appropriate. So far contains: Trixie Treat, Happy Hannukah and Advent Calendar.
A young enby discovers the blissful truth behind a local urban legend.
Nicole receives a message from herself before she was brainwashed. Can she really trust a past self that took her graduate studies seriously, thought large breast implants ridiculous, and seemed kind of offended by her boyfriend saying he could hypnotize her into his doll?
In the aftermath of an argument with his best friend Chelsea, Davis resorts to extreme and unusual measures.
From a commission. A song infiltrates a police department.
A standalone story about super spies, superhumans, and mind control in the Kraft-Bimbeau Saga.
Featuring characters from Rental Agreement. A businesswoman miscalculates her budget in her first year and has to find support from a company working off an unusual revenue stream.
Not so much a story as the background to a hypnotic cult, plus notes for using this cult in various tabletop roleplaying games.
After work, someone receives an unexpected visitor, and memories stir that this may have happened before.
When a famous MMA star is assigned a grizzled veteran pro wrestler to train her, her biggest obstacle is getting into character. But he has some ideas for how to help her…
Some students just can’t stand the fact their teachers have authority over them. Miss Li never imagined Lewis might be one of those.
The third story in the Kraft-Bimbeau Saga. Doctor Bimbeau is abducted by a top-tier villainess, and definitely has no plans to change the situation. Follows on from Thank You For Your Service.
When a student is called to a private appointment with his tutor, he takes advantage of the situation. This is a revision and expansion of an earlier story.
Originally a commission. Two advanced humans with genetically-designed abilities find themselves in another galaxy, where a sinister villainess has plans to use them for her conquest - but first, they must be brought into hand.
After a rough couple of years Jan is back living with her mom. In the meantime, her mom’s entire friendship circle have taken up bingo, and Jan doesn’t know why.
Karin works in a theatre, behind the scenes. Podcasts screen out the silence, but will her newest listen change her?
After her eighteenth birthday, Kara and her friend Michelle discover the true purpose of the finishing school they enrolled in - too late? Part of the Kraft-Bimbeau Saga, but designed to stand alone.
Formerly one of the world’s most hated villains, new heroine Mercy has her hands full when a world-shaking crisis sends her best friend home subtly changed.
The FBI Deprogramming Department wants to go pro-active, and they’ve developed an online outreach strategy.
Lewis and Miss Li continue their training.
A former adventurer finds fulfilment in quieter, more loving days… but why is she remembering something different?
After her time in active duty, a soldier looks for a chance to forget and a better way to live.
As his relationship falls apart, Troy decides to try a technique his friend has used, hoping to turn his not-quite-ex into Troy’s Toy.
A noble knight of a galactic empire has been marked for corruption by a hidden faction.
Professional domme Clarissa hasn’t been hypnotised. There’s nothing making her do these embarrassing things. And her theory of life isn’t being turned against her; believing people can be alpha or beta won’t bite her, because she’s alpha. Right?
A couple explore what it’s like for one to become a drone.
A dark magician and the elf sent to stop him, with a detour into the art of tattooing.
Why DID PsyKick get kicked out of Justice Guard?
Gail starts working at Doctor Adams’ clinic, and is confused by the dress code.
Two college students have funding and theories. The subjects of their experiment have very, very different reactions.
At her lowest ebb, a noblewoman’s life is changed by the magic of an enchanted flute. Originally a commission.
A revised take on one of my older stories. The original description runs: “Rebecca visits her old friend Stephanie, who announces that she is now bisexual.”
Originally a commission. An adventuress has wares to sell, and has certainly not earned the wrath of a deity by her dungeon raiding…
I’ve had a fairly steady if irregular flow of people asking for this, so here it is. I’m going to present this story by story; characters will be described as they are when they come into the story and we’ll track their appearances through the series.
Ms Miracle runs into an old foe ahead of Christmas. It should only take a couple of minutes to solve, and she’ll be back in time for her date.
Originally a commission, the elite guard of a powerful queen is sent to dispatch one of her enemies, a prince of a rival nation who dabbles in magic.
Miss Li and Master Lewis continue their studies and their projects respectively.
A stranger sits down to dinner with Liz, and events are swiftly beyond her control.
Originally a commission. Contains some French, with thanks to my translation advisor.
Ricky is very surprised at his brother’s lawyer when she calls him in for an estate reading.
The new CEO of HyperCorp had a tough enough job repairing the image of a company formerly run by a supervillain BEFORE she discovered his old lair.
Conflict erupts in D.C. as multiple mind controllers take steps to gain power in the political system. A standalone story in the Kraft-Bimbeau series.
In which we learn why Erethnis ceased to be a conquering nation, and hear the legend of the Silver Princess who forged an empire.
We may never know the outcome of that night entirely, but the security recording from the penthouse gives us a rough outline.
A college student takes up the violin, rekindles an old celebrity crush, and learns to make beautiful music on another instrument.
Investigating the question of why one Safeguard member always seems to end cases needing to be deprogrammed from brainwashing, cub reporter Zoe is sure she’s onto the scoop of the century.