Chasing Dust
Chasing Dust By Kandrel "Your tail is mine, pretty kitty! Bet you're looking forward to being public property for the next week." Tor gazed into my eyes from mere inches away. It was always slightly unsettling staring back. ...
Nebula Wine
Nebula Wine By Kandrel The Drunkard wandered across the sky like spilled wine. From outside the nebula it looked like half a second after a popped cork, bright gaseous clouds reflecting the light of the Nyssian star cluster in broad splashes and...
Only the Bold - Dak
Dak would have been angry, if he wasn't already terrified. It wasn't that he'd been captured. Nine hells, that was how most of his diplomatic missions started. No one trusted a kobold, so he'd seen the inside of just about every cell between here and...
Only the Bold - Tibbet
Tibbit screamed at the top of her lungs as her battle-axe swung in a deadly arc. That, at least, was the plan. Instead, a squeaky yelp echoed in the clearing, and the hatchet she wielded (the heaviest she could carry) bit barely an inch into the...
Only the Bold - Pyke
"Yes, you're the best. Good puppy." Tibbit lounged across Hake's back, brushing between his ears while the wolf ate. He gave a soft muttered growl in between gulps of meat, but otherwise tolerated her. The kobold had her way with animals, and as...
Only the Bold - Ikkit
Even in his expertise as a master trap-maker, Ikkit was having difficulty imagining horrible enough deaths for the villagers surrounding him. It had been hours. Hours! Ikkit's tail had already gone numb, and his feet and hands were beginning to...
The Pack
"Ed?!" Everyone's eyes were on me. You couldn't get to our secret place without being heard, so I knew that the Pack would have heard my approach. Stu was turned around in his seat with a giddy smile so wide that I could see how far back his braces...
Concert Movement Number Four
_Ego vampires steal your breath_ _Publicize up your anonymous death_ _Spiraling vultures follow your fate_ _When will you unleash your hate?_ The bass snarl that punctuated the lyrics was so severe that I could feel it in my chest rather than my...
A Taste of the Wild
A Taste of the Wild Neon lights shone through the double-glazed hotel windows, adding a vibrant life to the otherwise dark and desolate room. I don't know why hotels insist on keeping their suites bleak and colorless, as if to defy the metropolis'...
The Adventurers
Duke Somerfell was not having a good day. It was a sunny day out. The birds were chirping and the apple orchard was in bloom. He'd even had cherries in his breakfast brought to him from the tree his father had imported as a seedling from the east. If...
We Can Be the Hero, Too
There's a point in every kobold's life where they discover that things have gone horribly, horribly wrong. Usually, that point is uncomfortably close to when they stop being able to discover anything at all, and is usually just a few moments before an...
Ring Bell for Service
Ring Bell for Service By Kandrel Fucking vixens. Hands shoved his coat roughly into his arms, then pushed him roughly through the front door. The bouncer crossed his arms in a clear indication that the door was now 'closed'. Right. Fuck that bar....