Nearly a half-century ago, the Kingdom of the Gods fell into a ruin born of its own decadence as seductive demons claimed the minds and souls of the Royal Family. The demons began waging war upon the scattered knighthoods, wizards' towers and militias that remained. The native fey, however, often proved a complication—though a welcome one, more often than no...
"So, you don't want to talk about it." There was no reply. Nico chewed the inside of his cheek. He thought about it, then added, speaking louder as the wagon's clanking and clacking rose while cresting a bumpy patch of gravel, "It's just that you seem a little... on edge." Snatch grunted. Nico hesitated. "... see, usually, when someone is found covered i...
TP TP TP TP I glance out the window. It's raining. It's always fucking raining around here. I pick up my hat from the desk and trundle towards the office door; it's about time to clock out for the day. TIING! It's the phone. Well, not a phone per se - it's more of an interdimensional transponder but that's just a glorified fairy phone. HQ has officially name...
I could not wait for my mother to get home. I had so many questions and feared what would be the inevitable breaking of my mother's heart. After seeing the pain, my father's memory left upon her, I did not want to be the cause of more tears. Disappointment was another emotion that until now I had not thought of, I mean your only daughter leaving to marry a f...
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...
To the eyes only of His Excellency, the Sovereign Guardian of the Free Peoples of Nyaska and the Nyaskan Mountain Range, Duke Horatio II, I'm writing simply to apologize for the delay in my return. My allotted time away from my duties has expired by at least a week, I think, and I'm aware that my services are no doubt sorely missed, as I am still your only...
Goblin's Note: This story is set in the distant past of the Cloistered Lands. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "Help! Help, I'm stuck!" Loralei paused by the doorway. "Hm? What's that, now?" She nudged the door—a woven mat of thick bark strips—open with her foot and peered in, brushing a stray strand of emerald hair from her eyes as she did so. Within the Pitcher Chamber...
Anna awoke. The first thing the young woman was aware of was that she was a little bit...upside down. She dangled by her feet, her long blonde hair cascading down into the darkness. It was very cold. Cold enough that she could feel her hardened nipples beneath... ...Okay, the second thing she noticed was that she was bound head-to-toe in sticky webbing. It...
"Yup." Nerka peered down the underwater tunnel they had passed through. "Yeah, if I had to guess, I'd say he grabbed her back at the fork." "Larya." Snatch rubbed his eyes, his jaw clenched hard enough to crack macadamias. "Goddammit. Can't we have one mission where she doesn't run off to fuck something?" "I'm sure it's not her fault." Nerka rubbed her arm...
Tatiana woke slowly, convinced she'd dreamt up the mysterious stranger in the forest and his nonsensical talk of fairies and favours. The bed beside her was warm, like she'd slept in the arms of another, but she brushed the idea out of her mind. Nothing more than wishful thinking and years of habit that she had to readjust now that she had broken up with her...