Company in Seclusion
Warning! Warning! Warning! This story contains all those things your mom and dad said they'd tell you about when you grew up, in hopes you'd never ask again. Avert your eyes, lest this missage burns itself into your retinas, for I can't be held...
Through Slitted Eyes
Shades of Gray Chapter 2 â€" Through Slitted Eyes Kerris Sel'Dar surveyed the tattered map in front of him. He ran his talons across his nares, trying to stave off the inevitable headache that seemed to develop every time he gazed at the parchment...
The Wild River - Making Waves
The crashing of the wave pool reached my ears long before I got there. I'd heard it as a distant siren song while I was floating in the river. The rhythmic susurration pulled me from my drifting reverie. Over the rushing of the waves,...
Cherished
From the very first moments, there was purpose Those early days arrived mostly as snippets of artificial sense. Product knew it was waiting on a shelf, but consciousness only activated when someone would wander by. A customer! In...
Moonlight Waltz
Moonlight Waltz By Kandrel Lindsay had followed the directions to the letter. It was nine thirty. She was at eight-oh-eight High Pass Road--at least according to her phone's GPS. Of course, it could be a little off. She'd lost signal and data five...
In Service Of...
"How did we come to this? A gallant White Knight, sent as an assassin to slay me in my own tower?" Lord Kerris leaned forward across his desk, fingers steepled with claw-tips touching. Across from him, Sir Garik sat motionless, arms and legs tied...
To Find You
To Find You Story by Kandrel Intro: This treatise on the dangers of starship repair was written by Kandrel. He’s a fox without thumbs and an impressive collection of golf balls he’s stolen. The story was originally published in Heat 16 by...
Only the Bold - Ikkit
Even in his expertise as a master trap-maker, Ikkit was having difficulty imagining horrible enough deaths for the villagers surrounding him. It had been hours. Hours! Ikkit's tail had already gone numb, and his feet and hands were beginning to...
Seasons of Space
Warning! Warning! Warning! This story contains all those things your mom and dad said they'd tell you about when you grew up, in hopes you'd never ask again. Avert your eyes, lest this missage burns itself into your retinas, for I can't be held...
Concert Movement Number Four
_Ego vampires steal your breath_ _Publicize up your anonymous death_ _Spiraling vultures follow your fate_ _When will you unleash your hate?_ The bass snarl that punctuated the lyrics was so severe that I could feel it in my chest rather than my...
The Wild River - Lazy Noodle
Anticipation burned, rivaled only by decision paralysis. Ahead of me: the entire adult playground of the premier resort of the finest pleasure planet--the Wild River. For all of the siren calls of excitement and curiosity, I couldn't pick...
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Wednesday morning, and the beach was gone. _Feeling lost and lonely in the busy modern world? Come to The Beach! A new bespoke shared memory brought to you by Culture Incorporated!_ _ _ I'd missed a payment, but in some...