Your name is Jack Bell and you are 21 yrs old For the summer you got a job taking care of a dying old man. as thanks the old man, you have come to like and respect him. He name was Mr. Smith. He tells you his story. He is over two thousand yrs old, he has seen empires rise and fall. And all of this was possible through the power of the reality stone. This st...
King Arthur and the Holy Grail inhabit one of the most potent of mythical Realms, a Realm that serves as a backdrop for dreams; dreams that are dusted off from time to time. Close your eyes and breathe in the essence of age old battles and epic romance, where Knights fight for honor and maidens anxiously await their return. Step into a world where passions f...
To relax and get away from my job and the stresses of not having enough money to pay my bills, I'll watch a movie. I have that Blockbuster home delivery and for twenty bucks a month, I receive an unlimited amount of movies to watch. Only, to make matters worse, to rub my face in what I don't have and wish I had, there have been lots of movies lately about mo...
The Infinity Stones. Each one has power over an element of the universe. The Blue Mind Stone, which strengthens and enhances mental powers. Both intellect and the ability to process information and reason, as well as psionic powers of telepathy and telekinesis. Boosted and controlled by wielding the Power Gem, one could enter and control all minds at once, a...
© 2002 Orion Stories A shadow moved slowly through the darkened lab. A few dim lights showed the doors and a few display screens were still active. Moving to the master control panel the figure typed in a password that silently activated the main systems. More displays came to life one by one. As the light came up the dark figure of a person dissolved into...
There was no water. This close to the heart of the mystical Evergreen Forest was a verdant paradise. The grass was tall and green, sprinkled with brightly-colored wildflowers. Every boulder and tree trunk was blanketed in jade moss. The canopies of the bigleaf maples and alders were thick and lush enough to keep the ground below in a perpetual twilight, tho...
My people have, for years, been exploited by the humans for our capacity for work. Our people live for centuries longer than that of our oppressors, yet our numbers remain slim, allowing them to hold the reigns. And in our time of strife, we have been stripped of our freedom, ability to express ourselves, our musics taken from us, capacity for creativity slo...
When I gathered my senses to me, I knew I was back in the museum and I had to return as quickly as I could. Each second was an hour. Each moment was a lifetime. I stared at the stone as I touched it, chanting the words, but nothing happened. No spark. No lights. Nothing. "Oh Vytex..." I breathed, frantically thumbing through the tome for maybe a diffe...
This is the first time I have publicly posted anything that I have written. I know that it is not what you would normally see. Any feedback/suggestions are welcome as I would like to become better. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Stormchaser ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That was really good. It has been some time since I l...
Samantha did not go quietly. She had tried to maintain the mental distance she had found earlier, but the moment the guards had lead her naked into the courtyard, and she had seen the so-called altar she was going to be chained to, she panicked. Telling herself over and over that she was merely a tool, and that the crowd of men who were packed within the sur...