Modes of Transport (a Kaos Army short story)
The light flashed, merrily. They always did. Anything that threw a spanner in the works seemed to be happy about it. Sirens of doom would sing joyously. Beacons of battle would blaze like a rock concert. This squiggly iridescent lamp doing its best...
Winged Horror Part 5
In the front seats of the cab, beret and spectacles fiddled about with the lorry's stereo, knocking over cans of fizzy drink while arguing about which CD they should switch to. Chase's narrow, pale face poked through the gap between their cracked...
Winged horror Part 4
Mortimer raised his head up from her withdrawn hand and the Queen narrowed her mascara-laden green eyes, taking every detail of him in, her tusked mouth full of questions, “what happened to your hair, sir?” she gasped. He reached up to his soft flop...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 9
Their evening meal was not sweet and sour gerbil, much to Anar's relief. The kitchen crew now in their employment were happy to work with Earth ingredients supplied by The Dragon, so the three friends turned comrades-in-arms actually had the...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 3
Kaotic Beginnings: Chapter 3 Aardvark looked at dinosaur. Dinosaur looked at dinosaur. Dinosaur looked at aardvark. They all looked at The Dragon. "M-Military?" Anar said, trying not to choke on the word, "you're running a military organisation?"...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 13
It was all well and good bringing orcs in from different tribes that were usually at war with one another when it was just an idea discussed inside the safety of the War Room, but it was a little trickier putting it into practise. No sooner had the...
Arise! Minion of Hell (Hell Afterlife Services part 1)
Arise! Minion of Hell The sky became a wash of red as evening settled into the wasteland of Purgatory. A storm was brewing; one you could set your watch by, a torrent of wind and rain that would thunder through this desolate place of abandonment as if...
Hellowe'en
**Hellowe'en** **Hellowe’en** ** ** In the mysterious realm of the Underworld, far from mortal eyes and ears, things were getting busy. Although it could be said that there were no quiet days here, certainly no Bank Holiday Mondays on which to...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 6
Brainstorming a name for their new military organisation and a snazzy logo to go with it reminded Anar of the awful 'Teambuilding Workshops' back at Hell Afterlife Services. Clusters of devious minions forced to work in small groups, who...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army Story - Chapter 4
Kaotic Beginnings 4 Dinner had not been quite what they had expected. The military base they had found themselves in was also not quite what they had expected. It was barely built and, so far, deserted. As the sandstorm outside died down the...
The Book of Warlock 17. The rat who would be King.
Captain Worrel's vision was filled with armour, fur, goblin flesh, and blood as his small pointed ears rang with the clamour of heated battle. Shouts, cries, screams even, while blades swung and shields thudded with impact. From the corner of his keen...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 16
Clomping hooves announced the arrival of the faun lecturer to the unfolding scene of horror by the Pac-Man machine. “We’ve barely got breakfast out of the way, can you save the acting for later at least?” he huffed, crossly, as wails and shrieks...