Bond of Brothers - Part 4

_Characters the property of the author and appropriately fictitious. Contains consensual sexual activity between minors, references to childhood trauma, mild non-sexual watersports. Fair warning!_ A dense mist blanketed most of Stillwater Cove,...

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Sins of the Flesh - Chapter 1

**Sins of the Flesh** ** ** **Chapter 1** ** ** Vyncent Elganth took a measured sip of water from his bidon, and tucked it back into the bottle cage of his bike. He'd been out riding for two hours already, and could feel his energy beginning to...

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Bond of Brothers - Excerpt - Writing Group Challenge

_The following is an excerpt from Bond of Brothers Ch.9, edited to meet the requirements of the Writing Corner's weekly challenge; "create a dialogue between two characters without using dialogue tags."_ _ _ _I'm unsure if this counts as "cheating"...

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Monachopsis; Part 2

**Monachopsis, Part 2** \*\*\* "Unity Five, Seilyr Ground Control, state your emergency, over!" A few garbled words came back, although it seemed the shuttle was not receiving transmission. "Unity Five, Seilyr, repeat, over." There was no...

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Monachopsis

**Monachopsis** _"The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place." (Dictionary of obscure sorrows)_ **Part 1** **\*\*\*** _Asantrean International Space Agency, Cape Unity Spaceport, 2148_ "Unity Five, Last passengers aboard, all...

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The Redemption of Ix - Ch.4

_The Redemption of Ix_ _© 2021 Bruno Hirschkoff_ _\*_ _Chapter 4_ _\*_ Uzgal Sludgespear couldn't sleep. It was the first time in years the gnoll had slept beneath the stars. The last time he'd done so had been the night before Gnuzz Slimefist had...

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The Redemption of Ix - Ch.3

_Chapter 3_ Gradbal snored loudly. The orc's hot breath wafted over Booker Corbin's cheek with rhythmic certainty, its humidity condensing into gouts of steam in the cool air of the room they shared at the Vagabond's Rest. His arms were strong and...

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The Redemption of Ix - Ch.2

_Chapter 2_ Tangent was hiding. Dressed in an inky black cloak over dark trews and soft-soled leather shoes, the young kobold held his breath in the deep shadows between two barrels, as a patrol of Invincible Dragon acolytes marched past. His eyes...

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The Redemption of Ix - Ch.1

_Chapter 1_ Uzgal Sludgespear, formerly of the Cackling Defilers clan, shook and trembled in lust, casting furtive glances up and down the dark, stinking alleyway to ensure he wasn't about to be caught. He desperately needed to drain his swollen nuts....

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Dads' Night In

**Dads' Night In** ©2021 Bruno Hirschkoff Their eyes met across the crowded platform of the train station adjacent to the sprawling campus of the University of Rhocarn. In the endless ebb and flow of antlers, horns, ears and manes that...

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Bond of Brothers - Part 8

_By popular demand, we return to the Hirschkoff household in Stillwater Cove. Six years have passed in the lives of the four stags. Dieter and Kristian are all grown up. Gerald has moved out of Bruno's house, and is renting a tiny studio apartment just...

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Candle in a Hurricane - Beinir’s Chosen

**Candle in a Hurricane - Beinir's Chosen** I remember well the crushing weight of slavery. The stench of misery, the heft and clank of iron chains, the wails of the forsaken. None from my village, nor from countless others, were spared the...

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