Rebuild, Renew: Chapter One: "Prologue"
"This is the People's Radio coming to you with the daily update. Today comrades, progress has been made with taking over the whole state of Nebraska! Our brave partisans have fought tooth and nail while destroying every fascist and...
Just Them Two
"You want to get out soon, Ruk'? It's been a while." It neared 10 a.m., and they hadn't left the pool yet. Skye had walked Ruki across the water and watched him swim wall to wall a few times throughout that hour. His fastest time was fifteen seconds,...
Winded Sails - Chapter 8
This wasn't exactly the night Kali had hoped for. First exhausting Rinzaan with a couple dances, then the near-catastrophe with his gold, and, after all that, then arguing over long-dead sea monsters on a rooftop? Thus far, almost every turn Kali had...
"Freed"
Valant warmed a touch too much. She stiffened; seven 'nesses of hue sundry, knee high, scrubbed and washed with ladle-poured water many a scale that shined red of a body which had started to heal, the scars to crase the lines tween in a fortnight to...
The Messiah Contingency: ACT III --- PREDATOR AND PREY (Commissioned by MGEddie)
Act III: Predator and Prey Eddie brushed off the front of his sweatshirt to clear it from the bark. He'd all but hugged the tree the whole way down those steps, not giving even half a damn about whether or not Toby would laugh at him. He all but...
Looking Up
A mixed crowd of bulky workers stood in a gaggle near Docking Bay 7. The group was dressed in an assortment of overalls and mechanic's units. Above them, flashing yellow lights swept across the smoky gray interior of the spaceport, signaling the...
The Messiah Contingency: ACT ONE--Up A Creek (Commissioned by MGEddie)
Act I: Up A Creek Eddie groaned, laying face-first in the dirt at the base of the hill he'd just tumbled down. He stayed still as he could, inhaling slowly as he waited for the worst of the pain to subside--any minute now, his uncle and everyone else...
The Messiah Contingency: ACT TWO PART ONE--The New World / The Village Beneath (Commissioned by MGEddie)
ACT II: The New World Part One: The Village Beneath Eddie's scowl deepened with each step he took after the wolf. Despite its enormous size, it darted between trees as silently as a shadow, and it was a living hell trying to keep up with its almost...
The Messiah Contingency: ACT TWO PART TWO--The New World / The Communion of Sky and Earth (Commissioned by MGEddie)
Act II: The New World Part II: The Communion of Sky and Earth Eddie rolled away from the soft, yellow glow that poured over the edge of his blanket. He kept his eyes closed, bringing the blanket a bit further over his head. He heard the gentle...
Sages of the Hidden Lights: Chapters 11-13
* * * Sages of the Hidden Lights Arki Darkwater * * * -Chapter 11- Specter Fort Regulus, Uthalia It was a quiet wednesday evening. The offensive had been uneventful the past couple of days, and the general was enjoying a night to himself...
Willow and Wisteria ~ Chapter 1 ~
_ **Willow and Wisteria** _ _The Marvelous Phantasm, Arshevieth Myvdiviev_ Chapter I Today, the lock cooperated and accepted the twig he had fashioned into a key a few days ago. Which was good, because the morning drizzle...
A Gentle Hand, A Gentle Collar.
“Then you know what I want," Eleanour said. It felt as though Eleanour's gaze enveloped Russet, taking in every shift of her hips, every scratch of her hand. It wasn't often that a deer left a wolf feeling like a cat before the mouse, but Eleanour...