Sweeter than Honey
Wendigo Tango You are such a dumbass Anon. "Go hike some of the Appalachian trail!" you thought "Do it solo to prove to everyone how tough you are!" you thought, "Do it in November because fuck mosquitos!" you thought, "Don't take an emergency locator...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 5
**KEEP TALKING** Lotte, like most mornings, wakes up before you do. Last night was...different, so you were both in bed even earlier than normal. She let you hold her last night. You took a chance and wrapped your arm around her chest. She didn't...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 3
**WELCOME TO THE MACHINE** Out the door you leap into a fresh snowdrift as deep as your waist. As a husband on a leash you have next to no power over your life. What you can do is get the fuck away those anthros. CPT Obmeyer stands stoically against...
Last Chances: Chapter 1: Homecoming
Michael sighed. A small part of him was going to miss this place. He surveyed his space again, the concept that it'd be dormant a little surprising. He'd been anticipating this moment almost all semester, but...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 16
**THE FINAL CUT (PT. 2)** _"Then suddenly the phone rang. I never had the nerve to make the final cut..."_ You stare down at a mostly lukewarm bowl of beef stew. SSGT Beckett has raided the pantry and invaded the kitchens again to produce something...
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 4
**COMFORTABLY NUMB** You hate this You honestly, truly hate this life. What immediately followed your surrender to husbandry was frankly worthy of suicide. Your mother's freedom? Worth it. Your elder sisters' acquittal? It had to be done. The...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Eight
His tattoos were already gone. They had begun to fade inside the imitation city, as slow as wax dripping down a candle—a vine sagging here, a thorn sharpening there. By the time he made camp inside the brain, the garden on his skin was little more...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Five
They began to follow the branch. It had come straight down through the earth, much like an arrow, breaking the crust of Acheron’s streets and stabbing a wound deep into the world. If Sadik had to guess, he would say that only a fraction of the...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Forty Four
Sadik found that he could block the world entirely. As he stood in the elevator, trying to ignore the strain of centrifugal spin, he raised his hands in front of his face. The planet disappeared from sight. He pulled his hands apart, holding them just...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Six
Blue lights pulsed in the darkness, like a field of blighted stars. The ground rushed into sight. Sadik landed on his sandals, rolled onto his shoulder, his bronze armor scraping against stone. He came out into a crouch, his sword braced at his side....
CPT Obmeyer: Ch. 14
**ECLIPSE** An unlit cigarette drops from Lotte's hand. "Excuse you?" Growls Colonel Honore. She takes a puff from her massive cigar, then grinds it furiously into the ashtray. "Yekaterina Koslov has, ahh…died, Colonel." Says Inspector DeWitt...
Fall From Grace, Chapter Thirty Seven
“Come now,” Amira said, standing by the fire. “Gather ‘round.” Behind her, a cluster of nerves pulsed against a craggy wall of metal, bathing the cavern in a soft, cerulean light. Each of the fibers were wreathed in a glossy fat, their hairs flexing...