Hallowed Darkness
_Hallowed Darkness_ Roy plopped down onto his friend's sofa and sighed. His car had sprung another oil leak, and he was sure he'd have to send that old junker to the scrapyard soon. It was an old as hell Celica, a family hand me down after his parents...
Dominion
_Dominion_ _ _ Cairn took another sip of his sweet wine as he watched the hunky dragon sitting several chairs away reject another potential lay. The suitors were all smaller than he was, and they all had the scrawny submissive look. Most of them...
Nightmares
_Nightmares_ I dreamed. People swished by, swept in bright ribbon trails like echoing spirits. Their faces were blank, bare of all features except an indistinguishable mouth. Their voices echoed and blurred. _I'm sorry._ _There's nothing I can...
Two of a Different Kind
_Two of a Different Kind_ _ _ The half-dragon struggled against the thick constricting tail wrapped around his body. His legs dangled uselessly above the polished stone floor, his wings hurting terribly from the pressure and his breaths becoming more...
Procession
_Procession_ _ _ Anthony was peering outside the ship's windshield. There was a sight he could relate to. There were starships everywhere. Big ones, small ones, starfighters to great leviathans--it was a giant metallic mass (with some organic...
The Dragon's Reward
_The Dragon's Reward_ _ _ Falkor was an old dragon. Well, comparatively old compared to most of the two-legged races. By dragon standards, he was still in the prime of his life, his brilliant blue scales glimmering like sapphires, his body vibrant...
Grim Contact
_Grim Contact_ "Zaaack!" A grey-scaled humanoid dragon leaned into the cockpit of his live-aboard spaceship. "What do you want?" he barked. An elvish appearing female appeared in the ship's one and only digital screen. "What do I want? To smack...
Learning to Soar
_Learning to Soar_ _ _ The scene was picturesque, a beautiful swirl of violet tone painted over the majestic landscape. The sky was a soft lavender shade, the air on this world containing a strange mixture of inert gases which made the day appear...
The Queen's Lament
_The Queen's Lament_ "What do you mean the king is dead?" "Dagger through the heart. An assassin's on the loose. You need to go home, now!" "But what's going to happen?" "I don't know Ray, I don't know. Do you have your promotion badge or papers...
Lord of Minos
_Lord of Minos_ _ _ The _Flameseeker_ flew steadily north, and the days passed on without trouble. The days were mildly warm in the height of autumn, and the clear skies offered no hope for any spectacular weather phenomenon. Indeed the days had...
A Promise
_A Promise_ _ _ The tenth day of their training mission passed and the captain of the _Flameseeker_ had elected not to travel further south. Instead, the airship approached the valley of the folbats to within five miles, marked its location, and then...
Fire in the Air
_Fire in the Air_ A sea of green was all that Ray could see as he peered over Kalios's head. The young dragon rider sat silently between his blue dragon's gently beating wings and watched as a mass of brown feathers hovered in front of Kalios and...