Dane: Did Wrong
Dane absently wiped the wine glass in his hand with a rag that was mostly clean, staring at the nearly empty bar. The place died down a lot after about 8 pm; the dinner-and-drinks crowd...
Facing Demons 4: Just Rewards
Toby Halstead glanced across his cereal bowl to see his father giving him an appraising glance. Toby blushed under Ed Halstead's bespectacled gaze. His dad had been giving him odd looks...
Darian and Noriko: Hired Help
Darian twisted the silver stud in their ear, a nervous habit they'd picked up in the last couple months since starting to wear them. They were feeling very gender-bent today, thus...
Dane, Bertie, and Daria: Three's Company
Dane wasn't sure how he felt about the new atmosphere at the Feral Barrel Bar. Things with Noriko were awkward, but a fun awkward. New lovers feeling the sweet tension of flirtatious...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 11
Chapter 11 Thedaysleading up to hitting the _Twilight Promise_ were terrifying. Geist gaveme back my bosun title; I don't think she much trusted Itsuo anymore, and I guess I proved myself with the...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 10
Chapter 10 "Okay," Nola said, arms crossed. My metal arm lay across the desk behind her, plates removed so she could get at its guts and fix what I'd doubtless jarred loose throwing it against the wall...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 8
Chapter 8 True to her word, I spent the night in the bilges. She didn't bother tying me up--she knew she had me. I huddled against the slime-slicked wall of the bilges, cowering on the narrow steps just...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 9
Chapter 9 I didn't die, of course. As the darkness of the ocean waves rushed up to meet me, the ship tilted drunkenly back toward port, and a powerful hand wrapped around my wrist and halted my descent. I...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Epilogue
Epilogue Adrianna Geist stared at the shadow on the horizon, watching it slowly grow against the settingsun like a tumor. She knew who was on that ship. She couldn't say how she knew, exactly, but she...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 12
Chapter 12 On February 20th, 1218 AV, two hours before sunset, we spotted her: the _Twilight Promise_, a single-mast sailing ship with two broadsides and a crew of doubtless veterans of the sea, at least...
Leaving Heaven (Spring Story Contest Entry)
Mosin drew his rain-slicked olive coat tighter around him as the filthy mid-March rain pelted his stocky frame. The roe deersquinted up as the miserable drizzle kissed his snout with its tainted moisture...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 2 - Ch. 6
Six Frustration I spent most of the next week staring at the wall of my cell, unsure what to do with myself. I had books I could read, but they held no interest. I didn't want...