All That Glitters
**All That Glitters** _by Altivo Overo (copyright 2016)_ Sequel to "Gibbous Moon Waning," please read that first. Francis already felt his heart growing lighter, with the awareness that if he had his token, then he obviously couldn't have lost it...
Gibbous Moon Waning
**Gibbous Moon Waning** _by Altivo Overo (copyright 2016)_ Francis sat there for quite a long time. He had heard of students breaking under the pressure of college work and doing strange and dangerous things. Could he really have fractured so badly...
Venturing: Race for Zero
Venturing: Race for Zero Upon the streets once again, southward from where the station was, me and Zander were standing around. Silence was between us as we kept an eye on our surroundings. Dragons were moving about. The majority kept silent,...
Snake Eye - Under The Influence
"Of all the things we do in this line of work, Rathe, this is my least favorite." "I can't say that I blame you," the snake replied, eyes firmly on the road as they drove to their client's place of residence. "Active pursuit is risky. ...
Naive Curiosity
Ash woke with a start. His head was aching and he felt like he'd been punched in the face, then treat treated to an all night heavy metal concert. He sat up suddenly, and immediately became aware of a low beam above as it was introduced to his...
Venturing: Upmorning
Venturing: Upmorning "Up and at them!" Cried a voice that filled the room. I and Yang yawned, opened our eyes staring at the ceiling above. Quietness had fallen over our ears after hearing a voice and we got up onto our feet, yawning as we...
Venturing: Drop on Ahead
Venturing: Drop on Ahead We were afraid. Agitated. Anxious and worried. I could see it in everyone's faces. As we gathered in the empty large room within the police station, no one had said anything to one another. Our faces had told the story. We...
Venturing: Tricker Droppings
Venturing: Tricker Droppings Landing upon the gray streets below our feet, we rose our eyes to the horizon and glanced upon the broken box ahead of us. Empty was the street surrounding us. The houses were dark, perhaps everyone was sleeping...
Locals Only (Pages 1-31)
suspension? expulsion? and for what? he reached deep into his recent memory for anything he could've done that would warrant this, but came up fruitless. the very idea of such a stain on his rather neat permanent record horrified him.
Hotel Emperador - Chapter 7: My Beautiful Doe
Hotel Emperador Chapter 7: My beautiful Doe By Whitepython What kind of power does a man has to convince another to do something he had sworn some hours ago that he would never do? Maybe it was part of the secret of leadership that Xaduardo desired...
Surprise Drive - Prologue
Joy. Pure joy. It was all he could feel at the moment. Pure joy and pure bliss. It felt heavenly and made him smile. It made him feel as though life couldn't get any better. There was a skip to his steps as he walked along the path between the scraps...
Chapter 2: The Fight
And so the chase was on. They were running for their lives, most of them didn't even know why. Even though they haven't had a good look at their chasers, they were some very big guys. The worst part was they were also very fast, they were covering the...