Hard as Stone (Commission)
Hard as Stone Tracy’s arrival at the poke’mon Nursery was met with a strained smile. Though she hated parting with them, Tracy needed to attend to personal matters for a few days that didn’t involve having her motherly morphs tag along, and she...
Field Test
It was Field Test day. All of Facility Nineteen's best were out. An assortment of shut ins, division leads pushing long shifts, grunts, Caretakers, engineers, and no doubt the top directors. For some, it was a day of breathtaking pride and immense...
Calcay Justice
**Calcay Justice** _by the Brain of Lazarus_ He was in no mood for this bullshit. The angry beat of top-lights pulsed in waves of blue and red, bathing over the shoddy excuse of a milk-green pickup, while his Charger sat with a poetic, furious hum,...
Perspectives
Perspectives By Laz Briar Ozzie mystifies me. When I was growing up, coming to terms with myself - my sexuality - was challenging. Like I assume it is for most who chase the same sex. We grapple with early confusion, sometimes resistance....
In For A Penny
In For A Penny By Laz Briar It's never wise to say no to opportunity. Was that some parable passed down through Donovan's family line? Some ancient Akinsian secret paraphrased from an older, yet even _more_ ancient past? Suppose it didn't matter....
Freelancers, Chapter Seventeen
"if cerberus sank most of their funds into the lazarus project, they must have popped off everything they had left on the suns." "bringing shepard back from the dead was a massive drain, but they still have some money left.
So Bea It
**So Bea It** _A Commission by Laz Briar_ One of those calm, chilly, yet somber days. Beatrice puffed at her no-nicotine cig as she strut down the cracked sidewalk of Possum Springs, an ode to the town's fading infrastructure and depleting cash...
Shadows Of You
Shadows Of You By Laz Briar How simple a thing a letter is. In it, carries the contents of privacy, finance, melancholy, love, law. Anything, really. For Anson, it was a vehicle of resurrection. At first, he looked at it with disinterest. Nothing...
Anthwa
**Anthwa** _By Laz Briar_ _Where gold met water and honey is spun from rays of sunlight, there is healing. When the delicate froth of spring water reaches primordial rock, and a clearing of grass stretches free against the backdrop of restless...
Thorough Testing
**Thorough Testing** _By The Brain of Lazarus_ The review room was a place of static dread. Pale light washed over a colorless floor amidst a sharp, cold air. The seats were uncomfortable and hard. There were no windows, only four walls with only a...
Hearth in Herds - Part VII (Commission)
**Hearth in Herds – Part VII** It wasn't Jamie's usual routine to get into the “politics" of where he lived, but considering recent events with the girls, he felt obligated. Way out here past the boundaries of **Terra Prime** , vanguard colonies were...
Hearth in Herds - Part VIII (Commission)
**Hearth in Herds – Part VIII** **_Commissioned Story_** He was asleep, but for how long? Jamie shifted in the sheets, a pleasant warmth overtaking his body – more than usual, in fact. His dreams were blurry, but in a fun way. Lucid and filled with...