The Treasury of the Sphinx
To my esteemed colleagues: I have been asked to provide an accounting for the 'failure' of my most recent expedition. The location which I thought confidently to be the site of a critically important find has proffered little evidence of past...
Hell of a Party
Circ had grown out of parties. Well, he didn't want to say it like that and sound like an asshole, but that was pretty much the way he felt. Parties were great when you were a kid and got presents and everyone played games. And he bet that parties...
Catscratch Fever at the Beach
Sitting on her bathroom towel with her foot propped up on top of a backpack wasn't how Thorn had wanted to spend her day at the beach. If she'd gotten her way she wouldn't even _be_ at the beach, but Sam liked swimming despite being a cat, and Cora was...
The Stream
I've streamed like twice before. This time, I'm trying to go big. I've got my desk lamp pitched up as high as it'll go, aimed right at my face. Even though I'm doing the just-rolled-out-of-bed, tee-shirt-and-panties look, I brushed my hair and put on...
The Curse Deepens [Commission]
The misty forest hung heavy on Circ's whiskers. The droplets of dew weighed each whisker down. The weight of the drops became an unseen hand pushing his head down, telling him to stop, to turn back, or at the very least, to rest. If Circ knew anything...
Rood Awakening [Commission]
_In 2036, war began. Destructive, planet-wide, all-out war. Civilians, fleeing the encroaching devastation, sought out cryogenic stasis en masse. Governments pooled their resources with private companies in order to preserve their citizens, with the...
Mawnstrous
Tom opened the door onto a completely dark apartment. Usually at least one of his roommates would have been around at this hour, using the TV in the living room or cooking in the kitchen, but all the lights were out. It was quiet. Slipping off his...
Subject #39-01-4
AFTER ACTION REPORT SUBJECT #39-01-4 DOCTOR ??????? NARRATIVE: The subject was received from the retrieval team operating in ?????????, ?????? on March 30, 20??. The subject was unconscious as per protocol, identified as biologically male, feline...
Into the Weald
Skyler hadn't planned on wandering into a fantasy world. She'd gone hiking up in the mountains plenty of times before and had never once slipped between worlds. She'd even hiked this very trail a couple months ago and had stayed well on Earth the...
Silken
The lanterns were strung up, the already-cramped streets were choked with stalls and people, and every single shop was busy. Obviously, Chinese New Year was a big event in Chinatown, and that was what made it the perfect time for a bit of petty...
A Proper Belle
Trees whirred by in a green haze. The gentle undulations of the guardrail blurred into a wriggling wave. He had been on the road for a few hours now, but the exit was coming up soon. 'Dear Sir: It is with great sadness that I write to you today,...
Sip of the Ol' Moonshine
Amy's friend's dad knew someone who was friends with a guy who had a place out in the backwoods that, if the hype was true, was an 'awesome place for parties and shit'. This somehow meant that Amy had to be the one to go out and get the keys from the...