"Skylands: The Third Gate" ch.05 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Just over a week was the actual travel time but it felt like thirty days. Dorath was small for a duskland but large for a day- or cloudland. The enchanted ores keeping it afloat had been fading for centuries. It and its sister island, Carath, had...
Winter Thunder
This story was written as a celebration of Yuletide in two-thousand-ten. The world-setting and the characters of Nikos and Donner are owned by myself. It may not be shared or edited without express written permission of the author. Winter...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" chapter 4 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Mummified and dry, the cadavers strode silently but gracefully, from the Astinato's gangplank. Each carried a richly-carved, deeply stained wooden chest, clasped in bronze fittings. Two black-and-blue-robed young girls preceded them with an old faerie...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" chapter 3 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Every city, every town and village, bore within its heart a dark spot. Perspective taught that such darkness usually existed within the divide between the wealthy and the poor. Fights, cheap alcohol, baser culture, drugs, sickness, and the sale of...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" chapter 2 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
"Newcomers: ya jus' can't trust 'em." The drunken priest slammed his clay mug down so hard, several others at the bar jumped. "Them's an' their ... their heretical, so-called 'gods'! I don't see why the Commons has such a love affair with 'em." His...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" chapter 1 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Skylands: The Third Gate, chapter 01©2015 Sylvan ScottAches and pains were six years gone, now. Provided the landscape of his life was not a tapestry rewoven by insanity and delusion, Adam hadn't felt this good in ages. Physically, he never could have...
Skylands: Large Living
**Skylands: Large Living** by David J Rust Macaferty Jahn didn't understand newcomers and hated their slang. He knew it probably wasn't the universal but they all seemed so ...insulting. They were as bad as the terrmorah and trolls even if the...
Lust 4 Sale ... Cheap!
**Lust 4 Sale ...Cheap!** by David J Rust Arlin's desires were strong. It was more than the fact that rabbits such as himself owned the stereotype of being mindless sex addicts. He loathed that. Foxes, wolves, tigers, lions, raccoons, coyotes,...
Nightlights
_This story is an original work created for the 2013 Hallowe'en season. The setting, situations, and characters (in this context) are owned by the author. This work ("Nightlights") has been distributed and is available for use under a Creative Commons...
A Little Group Action
Both the wolf and his vulpine cohorts had been busy. The three of them must have visited every gay bar in town over the past week. Judging by the number of guys who'd come home with them, their charms had been nearly impossible to refuse. How many...
The Duelists of Menagerie: Puzzles
**The Duelists of Menagerie: Puzzles** ©2014 Sylvan Scott _Tomorrow, or perhaps the day after..._ Jumping puzzles were his second least-favorite challenge in the game, but he didn't like to lose. Only riddle quests made him feel more helpless in...
Malgrave Wolves
Anthony put his foot down both figuratively and literally. He knew it made him look petulant but he was getting frustrated. Karl's suggestions about how to make their Midwinter holiday "more special" were getting annoying. "Look, a camera would just...