The Crisis The kingdom of Aksala was in crisis. It was surrounded by Invader's army by all sides. The army had cut off all the trade routes. The food stores of the kingdom could only survive for one more week. The king had called an emergency gathering. All the efforts of negotiation with Invader's army had failed. Evacuation of civilians was not possible d...
It is a warm summer evening in Staten Island, a young man closing up a comic book shop for the night ponders going for a late night run to shake the doldrums of a slow Tuesday. As the door is locked, a streak of red and black flashes behind the man in the windows. He turns and looks around, seeing nothing. As if by premonition, he looks up. His eyes are gree...
The towering, ancient trunks conspired with the looming branches overhead to devour the sound of her quarry. For long stretches, Marissa was left with only the hiss of her own breath and the creaking and cracking of the shambling things she had instinctively called forth. The canopy above filtered out most of the stars and moonlight, so limiting her vision t...
The meeting place of the Council of Elders was a huge building with a central open air courtyard. Filled bleachers ringed either side of the courtyard except where a huge dais with multiple thrones sat. Of the five thrones, two were filled, the rest sat empty. The central chair held a mole-like yukoi, short and stocky with a young looking girl kneeling next...
Thick, white froth gathered around the edges of Troy's thin, black lips and his chest heaved despite the docile pace. Slater eyed the horse's flank and took note of the sheen of sweat glistening on his sleek, black fur. No cause for concern there, but the wheezing sound Troy made every time he gasped in air through his flared nostrils could be a problem. Wit...
Author's Note - Please read from Chapter 1 to make sense of this. This is not a quick stroke story. There will be sexy-times, but they will only happen as the story's pace dictates, and that won't start quick. Thank you for reading this far into this tale! Edited 19 November All characters participating in sexual activities are 18 or older. Chapter 25...
Prologue: A lifelong collector of goods and objects from far and wide has passed away and left the entire collection and the business built around them to the only remaining relative, a niece on a career path of her own. Vikki has taken on the task of administering the estate and liquidating the business and collection. However, she has come to find out tha...
I awoke with a start, jumping up into a sitting position. I at first didn't realize where I was, and quickly looked around. I was in a decent sized room, with one other bed in the room. After a second, I remembered that I was in Italy. Recognizing where I was only led me to freak out about what had happened the previous night. Looking down led me to initia...
A Tale of The Far Shore FLC Warning: This modern fantasy story is about an ambitious woman getting her wish for the power to work miracles in exchange for what seems like a very trivial cost. If transformation, a dishonest antagonist, or power plays are something you want to avoid, perhaps consider reading something else. Otherwise... enjoy the beginning of...
"What's wrong?" Alex asked. "That smoke, it was magic. If I had to guess it was how she planned to trigger the spell all along. As I said, a demon can't free Lucifer BUT if she used the magic from the objects she stole and combined them with another spell that was activated by you killing her, it would bypass it," Corvac theorized. "Is that really possible...