Months passed by as Mel and Vladimir traveled over the mountains of Transylvania, always avoiding the clutches of Vyeila and the Count. They had stopped in a clearing in the woods days before, and set up a tent-like canopy with whatever wide leaves and foliage they could find. Now they lay underneath, Mel eating an apple, and Vladimir silently reciting Lat...
The Human Animal Council had been structured during a period in history when the infant mortality rate escalated alarmingly, creating substantial social decay and presenting a serious threat to the long term economic stability of an ever expanding empire. Land transportation practices within imperial borders along the cross border trade routes were achieving...
*Ring ring* "Hello?" "Hey Eliza! It's Tara! Are you up to anything?" "Nope, just laying around the house." "Do you want to go to that old New Age shop? I'm thinking about picking up some pretty stones to make healing jewelry. I found it online." "Sounds fun! When are you going?" "Now! I'll come pick you up." "Okay, sounds great." "So, are you excited...
Copyright Otto26, 2007 * The dungeon corridors had very low ceilings, such that Abigail was forced to bow her head. The torch of the guard in front of her danced in the puddled water on the rough-hewn stone floor and left thick ropes of smoke that quickly blended into the darkness. Even in the relative warmth of the Hungarian spring the tunnels were cold a...
A special thank you to my editor just_a_bibliomaniac who not only edited but kept me encouraged and excited about writing. Also this is an actual story-no wankers need apply. Chapter 2: Sábháil Tréimhse Christina woke up the next morning with a killer headache and an excessively dry mouth. She stretched her arm out expecting to find her glasses but was s...
Prologue: In the year 1273, within a remote forest outside Transylvania, a strange light appeared in the nighttime sky. No one was awake to see or hear the intermittent whirring sounds when suddenly the ground shook from an impact. A large part of the vessel embedded itself within the soft forest floor, smoldering until a hand from below and inside the craf...
"This shall be the most lucrative invention I have come up with yet, Boris!" The Mad Scientist guffawed loudly as he pulled frantically at the chained pulley system, lowering the metal slab from the rooftop opening of his laboratory. After having been struck by several bolts of lightning, his experiment should nearly be reaching its conclusion. And he was...
Kat could barely keep her beautiful, light blue eyes open during Mr. Furgeson's English class. She could have cared less about the historical significance of Huckleberry Finn or what the fish represents in The Old Man and The Sea. More importantly she was eighteen and in serious need of some shut-eye. "Excuse me Ms. Alser, but if I catch you sleeping once...
(chapter 3 here, this one is much longer. I tried a lot harder on this one. Thanks guys.) * Arthur Livingston was a gigantic man, standing roughly 6 '10 with a skinny frame. His face matched his frame, thin and boney, with thinning brown hair and brown eyes. I saw him clearly as my eyes adjusted to the lack of light. My senses were in hyper drive. My ey...
A knock came at my door shortly after nine in the morning. I looked out the window from my upstairs room. Delivery truck in the driveway. Hmm? I didn't order anything? I was just getting ready to hop in the shower after a long shift at work and didn't want to run downstairs to answer the door. Maybe they would go away thinking I was not at home, or they wou...