Love has been conquered. All the heart-shaped boxes of discount chocolate are rotting on store shelves. Dead and withered flowers fill the landfills. Cute little teddy bears lay unclaimed and abandoned. Love has been tossed into a giant blender, liquidated, and consumed by the forces of darkness and despair.

It was yummy in the tummy and I am now diabetic.

Yes, this post is rather late. Unfortunately, the evil of the blue screen of death has befallen my 2009 computer. May it rest in pieces.

Anyway, here are you winners!

Congratulations to /u/A_Clockwork_Monkey for their icky, but also winning story:

World Orgy

As stated, /u/a_clockwork_monkey will be rewarded with the following prizes:

• $5 Amazon Digital Gift Card (Donated by yours truly and Commander-in-Creep, /u/Human_Gravy)

• Customized SSS flair – We shall come up with something totally rad for you!

• A narration of the story on my YouTube channel, should I ever get a functioning computer again soon. And if it is acceptable.

Here are the results of the Contest:

Congrats to all the runner-ups and everyone else who submitted a story! Without the participation, the sub wouldn’t be as wonderful as it is!

With Valentine’s Day finished, we’ve officially tapped out on holidays until the end of the year.

For now, we return to our regularly scheduled unprompted tales of twisted terror!