The Protector stripped off this torn and shattered Armor and lowered his aching body into the pool of nearly-boiling water to relax and soothe away the pain. The nine Steeds already were in their magma-lake, doing the same. HellJaw, StarSwallower and GriefClaw must have taken less damage, because they already have their sinuous draconine shapes entwined, cop...
Top of the morning to you, my devoted, at times surly and always fun readership. The name is Natalie Xiaowei, and I'm something akin to a unicorn. An Asian female living in Canada who doesn't worship White guys or prop up White Supremacy, quite unlike the majority of my people. Why am I so different from the others? I love chocolate and I cannot lie. Anyhow,...
It's not my fault, it really isn't. I know that it's not my fault but there is a wide chasm between knowing something and feeling something. It's something that people who've never experienced that gap between reality and realization can never truly relate to but that doesn't make it any less true. Saying that it's not my fault, looking at the facts none of...
Author's note: Thank you for reading, I've been pleased with the reception I've been getting so far. Just remember, feedback is always appreciated, and the only real way I have of knowing what people are enjoying about the story and would like to see more of. Votes are also lovely, and I hope you enjoy this and many chapters to come. Karl Lykos lived a soli...
Author's Notes: This was written originally for the recent 750 word event. Although I contributed another story I wasn't happy with the original ending on this one. For those readers not familiar with the 750 event, it's an author sponsored event where you try to write an entire story from beginning to end in exactly 750 words. (The minimum the site allows...
Speciation. How exactly does that occur? When does it occur? What would it mean for the world if it happened in humans? Once upon a time, the answers to that line of questioning would have meant very little to Clarence Brownstone. He's never been the scientific type, to be exact. A tall, slim African American fellow who seems quite bland when one first meets...
What if my government lied to me and all of us...again? "Happy Earth Day Everyone!" Happy Earth Day? Wait, hold on, not so fast. Stop! Deflate the balloons. Cancel the caterer. Return all the bottled water. Stop the music. Stop marching. Disband the parade. Everyone go home. "Hey, I see you trying to hide with that tuba. Go home. And you! Stop banging tha...
Edvard Roosman was starting to think this was not one of his brightest ideas. As a mountain climber who had scaled some of the most challenging slopes in the world, including Everest, he knew his stuff, but this was a challenge unlike any he had ever tried before. Edvard was climbing the west face of the Nordkjolen, less than 100 miles from the Arctic Cir...
I made my way to the forward deck. I was positive that the crusty and old-fashioned captain would attempt to talk me out of my mission. I was just as certain that I would not back out now. Not that I didn't have a qualm or two, but this mission was far too important to fail. Its interplanetary implications were profound. I had no illusions that my job would...
We left mid-morning to avoid the commuter traffic, making it into the city by 11:30. We dropped the car with the valet and checked-in. A little hungry and we wanted to get to the art museum, so we had the bags taken up to the room. Since it wasn't all that far, we grabbed a light lunch and beer on the way and walked down to the art museum. In the museum, we...