Praetorian: Chapter 1
**Praetorian** **By Lusa Iceheart** 'What separates highly advanced technology from the fictitious realm of magic and mythos? For our ancestors and the early civilizations of our homeworld, there wasn't any difference. Littered with the technology...
Royal Right Chapter 2: Immortal Voice
The wolf's eyes opened, groggily groaning and starting to shift and try to stand up, thinking he was awake or it was morning already... but when he took a moment, he actually found himself staring up at a familiar, glowing sky rather than the ceiling...
Playing Along
Brooke was in her bed the following evening in a wrinkled tee instead of working, and it was no one's fault but her own. She'd called in sick hours before and had to get her shift covered, so she was sitting around doing nothing for the stupidest...
A Hint of Defiance
A light knock at the door, but no one answers. They knock again and still no one answers. The deer was still very much asleep, not wanting to get up. Suddenly the door sways open slowly, as two figures press their way in. "He's still asleep?" a female...
Sinbad and Hasina Ch. 1 - The Vagabond and the Gryphoness
Qafara. A land of vast sandy deserts, sparse settlements, and where most make a living by either trading or slaving. Making this harsh world their home are humans, anthropomorphic animals, and sentient legendary creatures, all living...
A Spare in the Trunk: Part III
Jack wove the needle in and out of the fabric with clumsy fashion. His mother pounded the lessons into him and he heard her nagging voice ringing in his ears about being prepared. She'd foisted that box of old sewing supplies on him before he moved out...
The Dye Maker chapter 2
Olivia hadn't expected to find herself standing in front of this shop again so soon, she hadn't expected herself to agree to anything like this, ever. She nervously stepped into the shop, like last time the shop keeper wasn't there, Olivia took the...
Royal Right Chapter 3: A mile in his shoes.
The three had waited patiently, Erin's body hadn't moved, hadn't jolted, anything, just laid there, so the trio casually talked amongst each other while waiting. Until suddenly a deep grunt came from the wolf and he shifted. Three pairs...
Chapter I / Legacy in Tragedy
An all consuming darkness with no end. There was no light to be found in this void. Neither ground nor sky existed, yet still the youth found himself fraught with intrigue at his surroundings, as he had each time this odd dream appeared to him. ...
The Party
Kyle was almost indecently drunk. _Not quite_ to the point of embarrassing his friends but loose enough that he didn't really care how he might have looked dancing in the crush of bodies. He even managed to not lose his glasses this time....
A catch 22
“Now class I hope you all studied your review packets. I went over your unit 1 exams and must say that I'm very impressed by the results. The overall class comprehension of the American Civil War was much higher than I anticipated. Despite being peace...
Misplaced (Chapter 3)
The polished woodboards beneath Oscar's feet felt slightly slippery, and creaked everytime he applied pressure to it. He practically tiptoed thorough the hall, until he approached a huge door with little rungs on it. Oscar knocked on it, not too hard,...