Prologue Gadget stumbled out of the machine, stepping into a lush green forest. His head was spinning from his recent travel and he almost collapsed from the strain. Gadget sat down on a moss covered rock and took a deep breath, collecting his thoughts and letting his queasy stomach settle. "Unnkasha! Dabula mekioth!" came a high pitched cry from several m...
At the height of the 21st century, mankind believed he was destined for greatness and was years away from going to mars. While sources of unlimited energy seemed to be at the brink of society. That was before the bombs fell. Wiping out every major world power and leaving those left alive to suffer for years and years... Generations have passed; no one left a...
/ /Author's Note: This story, Terrible Company, is sprawling sword-and-sorcery fantasy satire with a diverse cast of characters. Over its many chapters, those characters will have interactions (both with each other and others) that cross many of the lines that exist between Lit genres. I have come to believe that breaking the story into those different categ...
Once in a while I get reports of a robbery, followed by sightings of a person jumping from roof to roof wearing a pink-and-yellow leotard. She weaves in and out of anywhere there's money—homes, banks, businesses—and escapes. Witnesses said that she carried a 9mm handgun and wears a pink mask that conceals her face. Her nickname, the Bubblegum Bandit, comes f...
What I'm about to tell you came to me, while watching the dogs playing in our yard on Sunday the 4th of November, so I threw some ideas together and cobbled up a quick story for a second entry into A Sunburnt Country Story event. ****************** My sorry tale is based on certain events, and I'm sure that you won't be inclined to contact the cops and rep...
At five the next morning Taggart slipped the dock lines from their cleats; he hopped back on board and into the cockpit, and once there he put the transmission into reverse. Using the bow thruster, he kept Time Bandit centered in the slip as he backed-down into the marina's entrance channel, then he pointed the bow upriver and motored towards Gothenburg's ci...
Sailing into Reine proved to be a turning point in Henry Taggart's life. He had, he thought later that evening, never seen anything like this place. Towering, diamond-shaped spires rising up from the sea, and an isolated, rockbound series of little harbors and anchorages, most with red and white fisherman's cottages perched on rock ledges jutting out over th...
Natalie Beaufort pulled weakly at the chains which bound her and, for the thousandth time, wished she were somewhere else. Less than a week ago, she'd been snatched off the streets of Aversol by some faceless criminal, kidnapped in broad daylight while on a shopping trip. Since then, she'd been passed between owners, usually drugged to ensure her docility,...
Taki woke up. She rolled around in bed, trying to get comfortable and go back to sleep but could not. She ran her hand through her dirty-blonde hair and looked at the clock on her nightstand. It was almost ten, so she decided to get up. She stretched as she looked over her naked body in the mirror. She got her taller, fuller figure from her dad, but always...
Hello everyone. This is set in a very low-fantasy world with some very realistic and some violent themes. I'll split the story into multiple parts to make it easier to read in multiple sessions, as this is a long one. Enjoy! ***** Chapter 1- Travels Marina walked beside the carriage, leaning slightly forward and keeping her arms pressed tightly to her si...