Pokémon Battle Simulator
"University District Arcade. Seattle's Cutting Edge Gaming Hub." Ethan read from the sign above the establishment's double front doors. Flashing red and yellow lights ringed the bold letters. "You're gonna love it, promise," said Brendan at his...
The Bonfire Kobold Tribe
The tip of Drake's sandal caught the topmost concrete stair, sending him staggering forward. He grabbed the railing for support. Olivia and Chad, halfway down the stairs already, stopped to look back at him. "Sorry," he muttered. "Haven't worn these...
The Cursed Zoo
"The Cursed Zoo: The Transformation Board Game." Tricia dropped the board game's cover back onto the carpeted floor. "What a lousy name." "It's not about the name," said Derek from the other side of the table, with his eyes still scanning the rules...
Training in Alola
"Visiting Alola was the best decision I ever made," said Skummel to the forest around him. As if saying it could banish his doubt and his fear. As if saying it could make it true. Being in a new place was supposed to be a huge help as a trainer. By...
Project Universe - Part 2
"Jesse is paralyzed!" He lost control over his body immediately. His fingers uncurled from around Beth's nubile wolf-woman form. His fearsome jaws went slack, his tongue lolling out of his mouth like a dog after a long walk. All the tension in his...
Project Universe - Part 1
The front end of the apparatus was deceptively simple. A fold-up metal chair. A small computer console. And a microphone. That's all there was in the testing room. Neatly bundled wires led through a hole into the _other_room. The back end room. More of...
Guarding
"Guess I'll hop back on the tower then," I muttered. Pushing on my shades as I walked, I made my way over to the tiny raised platform. I tapped my friend's tanned leg to grab her attention. Kelly glanced down, and upon seeing her replacement, lightly...
Customized Companions
**Customized Companions** "First one's still almost completely human," the salesman explained. "Y'can call 'im Tony if it pleases you." I kept my distance from the chest-high wooden fence. Tony still had arms with which to reach. If I wasn't...
Seductress and the Stallion
"You love horses, don't you?" He turned at the sudden, unfamiliar voice from the barn's open double doors. A woman stood there, casually leaning against the doorframe, with one arm extended upward, gripping it. She was not a tall woman, but her...
Hexed!
"David! Are you here? Help me!" David looked up from the scientific journal article he was annotating on the work-desk: "Interactions Between Narcotics and Magical Sources of Analgesia in Bone Fractures". His girlfriend was home from work at the...
Project Universe - Part 3
"Natasha is paralyzed!" Right Slave, currently a mirror image of Natasha's own nude human form, watched her from across the stale, white testing room with a triumphant expression. An expression that slowly devolved into one of fear when nothing...
Ritual Split
"Pungent and foul. Dill's right, it smells like rotten eggs." Tare forced a chuckle through his puckered, grimacing face. No one was there to talk with, to steady his nerves, but complaining at least helped him work through the stifling sulfur odor in...