Hood and Boots
Sunlight dappled along the lazily flowing river, creating a deceptively peaceful atmosphere. Zakkar didn't expect any real trouble, but even as he sketched the river and the trees beyond in his journal--with Alyara helpfully adding flourishes as he...
Starfinder Story Preview
Rose was not happy. First, she didn't get paid for her last job. Second, someone spilled their drink all over her that morning. And third, concrete dust was getting all over her clothes as people with laser rifles tried to kill her. "When you said you...
Stories of a Treasure Hunter, pt 2
Rissa and Rehrdahl were pleasantly surprised when the long slide down merely tumbled them along the floor at the bottom of the room. Rehrdahl recovered his hat from where it had fallen while Rissa looked speculatively back up slide. "That was actually...
Stories of a Treasure Hunter
Rehrdahl leaned heavily on his cane, letting the conversation wash over him without paying any actual attention to it. Rissa was much better with people than he, and he was content to let her handle the negotiations. He was already thinking about the...
Land of the Free and Home of the Slaves: Prologue & Chapter 1
Prologue: Lone Wolf "Well?" "There's no sign of him." "The tracker?" "Here. The bastard managed to get his collar off." "Damn. The...
An Open Heart
The wolf glanced anxiously at his watch. _It's happening now,_ he thought. No amount of self-control could keep the twinge of apprehension out his eyes or stop the nervous twitch in his tail. In an effort to take his mind off his...
A Split Heart: Part 1
The room was silent, save for a steady _click-click-clack_ as wolfen fingers danced over a computer keyboard. The grey wolf was tired, but he didn't realize it. He was often up late and was so used to being tired that he had to get...
A Healing Heart: Preview
OK, so I'm gonna shoot for an ending where Mike doesn't end up crying. I'm in a somewhat better mood now, and I wanna break the trend. Not to say that this story will be all double rainbows and high fives, but... wait, a double rainbow...
A Split Heart: Part 3
Mike wasn't feeling any better, but he was in control of his emotions now rather than the other way around. He was back in the living room, sitting on the couch with his elbows resting on his knees. He was clearly not happy, but he didn't...
A Split Heart: Part 2
Mike was standing in the doorway. This was surprising to Jess for a few reasons. Firstly, she didn't remember seeing his car pull up, and she couldn't believe he walk to her place when it was that late and that cold. The chill breeze...
A Wolf in the Dark
The chilled air in the room caused me to shiver, shaking loose the liquid orb from my skin and sending it to conjoin with my pillow. Another tear followed the trail carved by the first and joined its brother in the soft fabric. There was no one reason...
Au jour de l'an
I awoke, gasping, still partially held in the throes of my nightmare. I sat bolt upright in my small bed, trying to get a grip on reality. My eyes were drawn to the calender revealed in the moonlight. Two years to the day. It never gets any...