Synopsis: While out walking her dog, down-on-her-luck Kylie McKenna has the misfortune of looking a gorgon in the eye. As the consequences of this act catch up, Kylie tries to rationalize away what is happening to her even as her sense of reality gradually begins to unravel…
NOTE: the thumbnail images for each chapter of Stheno are by EliseEnchanted and Kizuna-Chan, on DeviantArt.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: A Rocky Start - Kylie McKenna takes her dog Tig for a pre-work walk and on a secluded path runs into a mysterious Muslim lady named Stheno. They talk congenially about each other’s respective pasts, but when Tig begins acting aggressively, Kylie accidentally gets a glimpse of Stheno’s face through her burqa…
Chapter Two: Light And Local, On The Rocks - Despite feeling extremely ill, rent anxieties force Kylie to attend her job as a dive bar waitress. Customers and coworkers alike express concern for her, and she soon realizes that her malady is like nothing she’s ever suffered before…
Chapter Three: Scared Stiff - Kylie endures a tense walk home, and her illness progresses until she can no longer escape the reality she’s been hiding from all day…
Chapter Four: Taken For Granite - Stheno returns to taunt Kylie, and the latter is forced to endure a humiliating cocktail party where she is very much the center of attention…
Chapter Five: Stone Cold Killer - A friend arrives to crash the party, and the grand finale ensues.