Chapter One: The Fall of the Void It began as all endings do: with a mistake. The Void Walkers—immortal, eternal, and unknowable—had not always been this way. Once, they were mortal. They had names spoken with reverence in their crumbled world, names that inspired hope and fear alike. But power has a way of changing all things, and in their unrelenting que...
The wind cooled as the sun began to set. It tangled Leda's hair, pushing her messy curls into her face as a warning. It would rain soon, she thought, digging into the sandy bottom of the creek with her hands. The horses wouldn't like it. She had managed to thatch the roof of the barn herself, but ever since the winter, muddy puddles would emerge from the gro...
You grew up in the suburbs of Silv, the capital of the frontier world of Lore. Lore is a vast 8888 parsecs, almost 30,000 light years, from the human origin world of Earth. That yawning distance places it second farthest from Earth among the 1280 known, fully-inhabitable planets. Only the newly discovered Xin is further distant, with that planet located on v...
I feel the desert winds blow across my face as I scan the sea of dunes. The sun overhead has risen to its zenith, and the land burns under its glare. I subtly adjust my hood to give my face more protection in the shadows. I turn away from the railing and look across the deck once more. This ship, the Golden Wind, has been my home for the last six years. I f...
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Michelle Bannon washed dishes. They were not hers, only her responsibility as a dishwasher. She puffed a white curl from her face and tried to blink stinging sweat from here left eye. Up to the elbows in suds, she thought about home. It had been months since she arrived on the Qadesh Hub Station, fleeing the boredom of a small family farm of a small moon of...
This story is inspired in part by the archaeological discovery in 2010 of the remains of a 15 year old boy found near Stonehenge in southern Britain. The manner of his burial and the objects he was buried with suggest that he was from a wealthy and important family, but what is even more surprising is that archaeologists were able to determine that he was no...
Copyright© 2010 by Stultus Synopsis: A fantasy/romance novel of young blacksmith who rescues the Duke's daughter from a demonic attack. He breaks off the horn from the creature's head and slays the monster with it, nearly dying himself in the process. Recovering with the aid of a traveling gleaman and Lore-Master, the lad finds himself at the center of a ne...
Author's Note: A nice long chapter for you, since there might be a longer than expected delay until the next one. I'm hoping to have it in three weeks, but I haven't been able to write for the last two, nor will I be able to write for the next two. Luckily, I already have chapter 6 done, and most of seven. I am trying to stay two chapters ahead so I can make...
The sun pierced the far horizon of the ocean and began to shine on the grey cement walls and floor of the balcony they had fallen sleep on. Bill was flat on his back on the floor and Valerie had cuddled up beside him. They still remained naked and covered in each others bodily fluids. The sun slowly roused them from their deep slumber as it began to pierce...