The Resurrection of Eric - Chapter One
The Resurrection of Eric - Chapter One © Jake Atkinson P.O.V. - Kin'ara Suddenly drawing breath and sitting up, Cer'in pitched over the edge of the dais and collapsed to the ground. "By the Goddess, he lives again!" "I've always had faith."...
The Resurrection of Eric - Preface
The Resurrection of Eric - Preface © Jake Atkinson Reality is overrated. The slogan had gotten stuck in my mind on the way home from work. It was one of those commutes where, no matter how I turned or changed lanes, I ended up behind the same guy. He...
Psychocalypse - Phrenic Intro
_Is that thunder?_ Nothing but darkness. And cold? No, sweat. _It sounds like... a landslide. I can't see anything! And... and I can't move!_ No amount of mental struggling seemed to properly translate into motion. Even with the mind afire with...
Retreat from Bastogne
The whistle of artillery shells are loud and sharp, painful to most of the ears of Anthros', or perhaps the Clunkers purposely etched the fins of shells to make such high toned music play from the sky. It was when a full battery fired together that...
The Origin of Shadow - Chapter 5
I looked up to see a load of gears and cogs in the ceiling like some kind of steam punk design. infact most of the junk in here was steampunk in appearence. i kept looking around as vido went to fetch the doctor.
Dokkaebi
The crackle of hot fire along with the din of noisy patrons swirled around three companions who were all sitting to the bar. The first was wearing plain olive fatigues and had a band aid over the center of his nose. A look of childish excitement was on...
Silver Lining (Chapter 7)
Chapter VII, Mountain Dew \> "Uh, Cap'n?" \>You wake slowly, your mind's eye stumbling over the last few images of a pleasant dream. \>Where the fuck were you again? \>In bed, yeah, but something's different. \>Your nose is stuffed. So goddamn...
Silver Lining (Chapter 6)
Chapter VI, Midnight Feature \> "Anon?" \>Whitney's right eye blinks open and flickers like a kerosene lamp in the darkness. \> "Anon, you awake?" \> You might have been half-way to sleep, but you doubt it would have paid off anyway. You've all...
Silver Lining (Chapter 2)
Chapter II, Dawn Patrol \>The Echo isn't the nicest airship you've ever seen, at least not once you work your way out of the corridors and into her superstructure, and it doesn't take you long to do just that. She's leaner than most, and that means...
Silver Lining (Chapter 1)
Silver Lining Chapter I, First Light \>It's barely first light when you step into the lounge. \>A dim halo of blue crowns the Eastern horizon, and shades of pink lick at the pillows of cumulus rising in the middle distance behind round, brass...
Prism Pirates: Chapter 1
The winds swept across the scorched and barren soil that was the Wasabi Dessert. A small town had popped up near a small lake that caused the area around it to be slightly green from light vegetation and a few cacti and a single palm tree sprouted up...
Cry Me a Murder, Part III - a Strange Crunching Underfoot
I'd seen rocks like these for sale at rpg and steam-punk conventions for a few bucks a piece. "maybe tell was trying to go legit," i suggested. "he's got a kid to look after." "there's one type of stone missing, don't you think?" "diamonds?"