Reconnecting
_Reconnecting_ Anthony stepped out of his log cabin and felt the soggy grass's wetness pierce through his worn out sneakers. Three days of rain had locked him in the old vacation home his great-grandfather had built by hand, but the sun at last...
The Dragon's Reward
_The Dragon's Reward_ _ _ Falkor was an old dragon. Well, comparatively old compared to most of the two-legged races. By dragon standards, he was still in the prime of his life, his brilliant blue scales glimmering like sapphires, his body vibrant...
Fire in the Air
_Fire in the Air_ A sea of green was all that Ray could see as he peered over Kalios's head. The young dragon rider sat silently between his blue dragon's gently beating wings and watched as a mass of brown feathers hovered in front of Kalios and...
A Bare Planet
_A Bare Planet_ _ _ Nakira Prime. Anthony saw a whole hodgepodge of organic bodies of all shapes and sizes, even more than he'd seen in the segregated little bipedal section of the Omnimart he'd meandered through, and he felt nearly no insanity. The...
Empty Space
_Empty Space_ Erin awoke in a tank full of luminescent blue liquid. The man, barely considered one at the age of nineteen, gasped in fear as he saw the bubbles flowing up his vision. He could not see through the foggy glass of the tank and grabbed...
Cabin Boy
Cabin Boy The captain had called for him. Markus made way to the captain’s cabin. The ship had docked at Lion’s Arch, and most of the crew had gone off for a night of general debauchery. He’d only gotten the message because of the electronic...
A New Day
_A New Day_ So here I am, wandering the universe with a humanoid dragon. Actually, the fact that he was humanoid or a dragon didn't seem so weird now. Nature, as Zack had explained to me, is actually pretty lazy. The vast majority of sentient life in...
Family Part 1
_Family_ It was eighteen years ago when it happened. The region around the Nekume mountains was under the protection of a pair of mated dragons, Runalesca and Hiosky, a blue female and a red male, respectively. Human villages dotted the area known...
Epic Shirt of Dragon Laying
_Epic Shirt of Dragon Laying_ _ _ I watched the mailman leave the front porch, start up his delivery truck, and drive off. With great enthusiasm, I let go of the corner of the curtain where I was peeping through, hopped off the couch, and dashed...
Nightmares
_Nightmares_ I dreamed. People swished by, swept in bright ribbon trails like echoing spirits. Their faces were blank, bare of all features except an indistinguishable mouth. Their voices echoed and blurred. _I'm sorry._ _There's nothing I can...
The Barber
_ The Barber_ “Hello, this is Hair Flow, how may I help you?" “Hi, are you guys open on tomorrow on July Fourth?" The bubbly female voice answered, “Yep, by reservation only though! I...
Earthshine
_Earthshine_ _ _ I slammed my car's door shut and waltzed up into the apartment complex. It was barely afternoon, but my boss had let me off work early so I could prepare for a sudden business trip tomorrow morning. That pretty much meant I had to go...