Conference Room Week
Shirley was a good employee. To hear her describe it, she was essentially the powerhouse of her entire team. And sure, there was no denying that she was a prolific, efficient programmer. However, like many who thought themselves completely...
Overtime
Nighttime had just fallen in the offices of Draconic Solutions. The lights in the building had long since been shut off, in the interim period between the workers leaving and the janitors coming in. The only illumination in the room came from Roger's...
Lustrian Nights
It had been a long time since Yorri Zimmergeir, apprentice wizard, had last seen another human, and longer still since he had last seen another _living_ human. Just how long that was, he was no longer certain. There were no seasons, in the cursed...
Subjects Delta1-4
_WELCOME_ _\>INCIDENT ACCESSING LAB EMERGENCY INCIDENT REPORTING INTERFACE_ _Welcome. If you are experiencing a life-or-death emergency, type \>SOS at any time. Rangers will be immediately dispatched to your location._ _Please provide...
Subject Epsilon (Part 1)
_WELCOME_ _APPEND LOG “Campfire\_Recipes;Personal\_TL"_ _BEGIN LOG ENTRY, TYPE COMMIT TO FINISH_ Is it possible that these Pokemon might be reading me? It's clear that I've gotten better at figuring out what Subject Alpha and Subject Beta...
SF Roulette: Technical Issues
Perseus was just barely habitable. The atmosphere was just a hair shy of ideal, the pressure was similar to what one would find on Earth, and the sun the planet orbited was obliging enough not to fry the planet with electromagnetic radiation. However,...
Mutually Assured Destruction
Al Frigori didn't hire a secretary to sit in front of his office. He said that most bosses didn't actually need one, and he thought hiring somebody purely for the sake of appearances was a tacky thing to do. However, the building was laid out in such a...
Marvelous, Marvelous
Despite what its name might have suggested, the Choking Wood was perfectly safe. More or less. Like many ancient forests of its kind, it was known to be a haven for strange and mystical creatures. However, many of those creatures were completely...
Reggie Saves the New Guy
If it could be believed, the day he invited the wrath of a fully-evolved Psychic type was not one of the most stressful days in Liam's working life. For a while, it seemed as though it was bound to be. However, unlike peak hours at the Poke-Mart,...
The Pox Dog (Part 2)
Len put the bottle down on the counter, with a warm shop-keeper's smile that was as well-practiced as it was hollow. “There you go, good sir. Your usual dosage." “Much obliged." A short bobcat with waxed whiskers and the temerity to wear a mockery...
The Pox Dog (Part One)
Len was a poor alchemist. The young collie had initially taken to the science of alchemy in order to learn the secrets of transmutation. Like the legendary figures he had read about, he was enamored with the process of turning lead into gold, into...
An Ordinary Day
At one point in his life, Oskar had aspirations of becoming a manager. The thought of going to work in something other than a uniform, of having his years of shortcuts and business ideas made official policy, was a thought that was almost energizing....