Synthetic Survey
The metal hallway clattered, dust filled wind battering the exterior walls of the outpost. It was just his luck that Andrews had landed during one of this backwater planet's storms. Though confident of the safety protocols of the transport shuttle, the...
Options, Options
You practically sprint into the room once the door opens. You can't quite conceal your excitement but that's alright, especially since you've been saving up for this membership for months, and now you're finally here for your first monthly session,...
Granted Wish
Prince Bertram stamped his booted foot impatiently and looked over the side of the plateau. There was no one on the path that led up to the him and beyond was the castle, his castle, or what should be his castle off in the distance, its polished walls...
A Skull-Faced Surprise
It's Halloween, and you're sitting in the living room of your friend Liam's house, lazily watching him scrolling through horror titles on the TV. Your other friend August leans forward, half-lidded eyes resting on the screen before the three of you. ...
Due Date
Five days. It had taken Goding five days to reach the small farming village, and now he had five days to make the due date. Five days of traversing roads well worn and still traveled years after the fall of the empire, five days of counting down...
The Bitch
Victor awoke, his mind muddled. He blinked back what felt like the deepest sleep and yawned, his hand reaching instinctively to cover his mouth. Or, it would have had that hand not been restrained by the wrist with leather cuffs. Victor blinked and...
Brothel Bovine
Derros placed his hand upon the door handle and let it rest there for a moment, the cold metal surface sent a shiver down his spine. He glanced nervously about the streets, instinctively pressing himself against the door to make himself less visible....
Egg End
The man stepped forward into the darkness because he had no other choice. They waited there at the entrance with their distrustful eyes and, more importantly, their weapons of which the man had no doubt they would use. The nick on the back of his neck...
Always More Kobolds
Clad in shining armor and bearing a noble heart, Sir Algar stood outside a dark cavern. The indomitable paladin did not fear the challenges ahead. After all, the villagers who had asked for his help had said the cavern contained kobolds, nothing more....
Mistaken Mixture
Amber had made a mistake. Actually, Amber had made a few mistakes, but they weren't her fault, really. As directed by her mentor Konrad, the intern had been happily restocking the components kept in storage, daydreaming of her future in the lab,...
Raptor Rave
Hayes tapped the CausDok and snorted with impatience as the light atop of it still failed to glimmer gold. He folded his arms across his chest as he thought about how comms had been more reliable on Zerin I, and that had been a planet wracked by ion...
Wish Granted
"Come on," Anmore growled, his tone low but certainly not level. His paw quivered as he pulled on the leash. "Come on, come on!" The humanoid hound--his muzzle brown and black with speckles of white here and there, his large ears pulled back low...