In For A Penny
In For A Penny By Laz Briar It's never wise to say no to opportunity. Was that some parable passed down through Donovan's family line? Some ancient Akinsian secret paraphrased from an older, yet even _more_ ancient past? Suppose it didn't matter....
Sixer
**Sixer** _By Laz Briar_ _"See you **real** soon, babe."_ Kalden let his eyes wander over the text over and over again. Something about it was empowering, intoxicating. Well, not something. There was a distinct reason why it made his chest swell...
Anthwa
**Anthwa** _By Laz Briar_ _Where gold met water and honey is spun from rays of sunlight, there is healing. When the delicate froth of spring water reaches primordial rock, and a clearing of grass stretches free against the backdrop of restless...
Orientation
Orientation By Laz Briar _A special thanks to Ghost of Smut for allowing me to write about his shark gal, Zhaleh!_ __ Putting recruits through the runner wasn't exactly Roxxan's specialty. Even with...
Party Favors
**Party Favors** Varyd frowned. So, he was naught more than a glorified errand boy, a string plucked on his associate's instrument? He took pride in orders received from the grandiose authority entrusted upon him by the _Pillars_, but _this_was...
Delta Waves (Commission)
**Delta Waves** _By Laz Briar_ Sometimes an escape was needed, that's why Simon liked the beach. Now, rumor about his genus hating water was _grossly_ exaggerated. A feline had nothing against it! So long as he wanted it, after all. And, well, what...
Easy Overnight (Commission)
**Easy Overnight** This wasn't a typical date night. Sebastian had a lot of experiences when it came to "winging" it with a spontaneous date born from the sultry conversations of hookup apps. Most of the time they were one shots. They panned out...
Training Session
Training Session By Laz Briar  "Come on, come on, keep up!" You're not sure what possessed you to take up this training regimen. Maybe you got a little too excited one night when you signed up. Maybe...
Blood In My Face
**Blood In My face** Bulbous eyes watched with fascinated enthuse as the diagonal screen flashed from image to image as _Cannibal Carl and the Meat Muppets_ worked in unison, prepping a five-course meal of sautéed organs. It was a hit with many...
The Thief and The Spider
**The Thief and The Spider** The agony of existence. Something tears into the dead pulp of cursed, barren land, dragging forth slumbering flesh. Rusted chains yank out the carcasses of the long fallen, malign life driven right back into their...
I - Gold Eyes
**Behind the Mountain - I** They say the mountains cast no judgment. Whoever thought of such a wild parable? Probably the same loonie who established a town near said mountains, promoting it as a beacon of salvation. No, not that born-again kind of...
The Song I Used to Sing
**The Song I Used to Sing** An alien object stares back at you. Five stubs of brass interconnected into a faux-gold frame, mimicking a limb. Its construction is meant to replace an arm, right down to the joint, but it's not you. You expand "your"...