Darkness Incarnate: Strangers
_ **"Not all strangers are enemies."** _ _~ Obi-Wan Kenobi_ "How does it look, Syrra?" The Trianii Jedi peered at the readout on her tablet for a few seconds longer, double-checking figures with a nod before turning her eyes to Kajex. "You were...
Venom: Beautiful Killers. Part 41
Venom: Beautiful Killers. Part 41 "_We've waited too long for this moment."_ The Mojave Desert at noon is an unbelievably hot and quite lonely place. Death Valley in particular teems with unbearable heat and desolation. It seems like the sun, without...
Splintered Nights Part 1
Starlight kissed a city that rose for the bruised blue and black of the evening. The sunlight had kept Birden deep in a bright slumber tue the moon beckoned as the lights flickered on one by one. Businesses opened and people poured out onto the streets...
No, They're NOT Okay
Azure swallows his prey whole and alive. They disappear down his throat, never to be seen again. "Oh my god! Are they okay?" a generic creature asks. Azure grabs them in one hand and lifts the anonymous creature to his mouth. "What do you...
Flora: Class Action
A small studio building in Dewclaw opened for business just as the sun began to wipe away the bruised blue of the night. People were walking toward the building with duffle bags slung over their shoulders and hands brought up to their faces to cover...
Venom: Beautiful Killers. Part 12.
[Author's Note: After a small health scare, I'm back with Part 12. It's a little long, almost 10,000 words. But it is dialogue-driven, so I hope it's still a quick read. In case you get confused, most of Part 12 references Part 1. You can read Part...
A Ride With Charon
Prometheus Station, LP 944-20a L3 point 506 Post Diaspora Cormac hummed to himself as he left the break room, carrying with him a pair of thermoses through the practically deserted offices. It was not an unusual night for the malamute canidapt, just...
Pushes and Pulls
"What's taking so long..." The large white furred stallion grunted, his hand firmly gripping his phone, his eyes rolling as he read over his boyfriend's last text simply saying 'Gettin dressed bae be there soon.' I mean, it's not like Bale hated...
Commission: Dressed for War Part 1
Business moved along as usual through the mercantile city of Dewclaw. The upper markets were full to the brim, and the sun had just settled in the cloudless sky but something seemed to be lacking. Dewclaw housed a large percentage of turf tigers and...
Venom: Beautiful Killers. Part 47
Venom: Beautiful Killers. Part 47. _"Very angry at you. Avoid at all costs."_ [The rules were laid out for me before I left the hospital and my parents went over them with me last night. I will undergo a prescription pill routine for the first month...
Venom: Beautiful Killers. Part 16
[Author's Note: Here it is for your reading pleasure. Part 16 was longer, but I decided to divide it in half. The other half is part 17, available next week. The reason is that the original part 17, now part 18, has lots of characters in it. Summer...
Venom: Beautiful Killers. Part 31
Venom: Beautiful Killers. part 31 _"If you say that nothing bad's going to happen...."_ It is now half past noon. Tivoli parks her Jetta in a freshly made parking lot a few yards away from a business complex. Once she gets out of the car, she...