Through The Window (part 1)
It is dark. Whenever I wake up when it is still black outside my window I feel empty. The black abyss sits restlessly outside my window. I stand erect and walk…
Titan
Air whooshed in and out of the titan’s lungs like enormous bellows. The sound flowed through the mountainous cavern with a sonorous resonance that would have…
The Gauntlet
There is a restlessness inside each one of us. A spirit of adventure, which leads us into the unknown. A feeling that does not let us stand still and that is…
The Forest Warden
The Warden ran. A warning siren blared behind him as he vaulted over logs and ducked low hanging branches, heading deeper into the darkening woods. He flicked…
in an alien jungle
above wine branches emerald leaves cyan sunlight shimmers. ------------
Chess: To the Victor Go the Spoils
The demon hissed. He now saw it as plainly as I did. “Mate in four,” I declared, unnecessarily. The demon’s eyes flashed. The game was all but over. The…
Chess: Endgame
The next several moves were made in silence. White’s Bishop moved here. Black’s Knight developed there. A Pawn exchange opening a file for Black’s Rook…
Chess: No Concession
Panic clawed at my belly. A drop of sweat slid into my eye, burning fire. I blinked, rubbing my eye with the ball of my hand, then turned my attention back to…
The Lonely God
He walks slowly, each lumbering stride carrying him a dozen leagues. Entire villages are crushed beneath his feet; whole nations are shaken by his passing. He…
Called
Allandra stared at the stone that lay on the ground before her. It was flat, round, and perfectly smooth -- and it hadn’t been there a moment ago. Now, it…
Witches Are Not Included In Census Data
Boredom was the order of the day. Boredom and... paperwork. Who knew life on a military base would be so dull? Even for a civilian contractor. “Sam! You’re…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the flyer
“Why, hello there, visitor!” she said, her ocher eyes looking me up and down. “What is your name?” I opened my mouth to speak, but Mr. Conner beat me to it…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the mistress
Mr. Conner knocked on the door until a voice called “Enter!” It was a girls voice, not a woman’s voice, and suggested her age to be early teen, unlike me at…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ a honey-colored door
“A fixer-upper,” Mr. Conner said, “But we’ve found the living arrangements quite to our liking. Quite.” ” ‘We’ ?” “A grand tour, Plum, and then I’ll introduce…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the arrival
The building was tall, with a row of windows on each floor and a large amount of space in between. Fingers of ivy picked at the blue-gray boards, exposing a…
The Less Glamorous Side of Dungeon Crawling
Idly, I traced different pawprints into dust that had accumulated undisturbed for centuries. Forimus and Bedewin stood in the corner quietly arguing over which…
Strong Incentives
Everyone in the bar was hustled out into the snow at sword point. The sober ones were tasked with bringing out those too drunk to stand. Soldiers, their faces…
Grim Company: Degrees of Responsibility
“It’s all well and good for you two to disappear, but what about the rest of us?” Sahlina’s voice was still angry but it was subdued, almost whiny. Elein…
Dawn of the Iconoclast: A Lack of Regrets
Traian adjusted his grip on his still-sheathed sword, closed his eyes and took a slow breath. The Magnuroc had told him they would ask much of him and had told…
How He Walks
Whenever he walked and was not otherwise engaged or in a new place (and sometimes even then), he re-saw the world. Usually in fantastic ways. The tiny shoe…