This is Madness!
_Author's note: Ah yes, it is indeed madness. The mind of Mysterydude is a scary place at two a.m. I suddenly imagined a world where EVERYTHING had an anthropomorphic version. It hasn't really been edited at all, and it's...
Conversation
Conversation I'd like to read my words aloud to you. Put aside the things we always do. Heart to heart, tête a tête, breath of lungs and vibrating molecules. Speech thinks like a noun and acts like a verb. Conversation requires talk and...
Paper Dreams
**Paper Dreams** Albany's claws _tack-tack-tacked_ a frenetic rhythm over their beat-up laptop's keys. Upon the page, endless possibility played out. Act II, scene I--a pivotal turning point in the narrative building up to the _denouement_. Something...
A Perilous Brew
**A Perilous Brew** Mishna parted the thin barrier of cherrywax bushes with her staff, careful not to let the sleeve of her robe catch on the boughs. No conspicuous red stains on her clothing, thank you! "There you are," she whispered. In the...
Event Horizon
**Event Horizon** "Step right inside and see the home of the future, today!" Marin hid a smile as she walked past the portly beaver standing atop a dais, despite the...
Somewhere in Nevada
Somewhere in Nevada, a small oasis reflects the desert sun. A quaint clapboard cabin rests ramshackle on its placid shore, shaded by a lone, leafless tree. Inside that cabin, a bed with wire springs creaking, dusty floorboards, and all appearance of...
Pretty in Pink
**Pretty in Pink** Nothing captured the essence of the word 'pristine' like a field of new-fallen snow. Haku's boots crunched through its top crust with each step, sinking into the softer fluff beneath. The temperature had dropped after last night's...
Snapshots - The Getaway
_Author's Note: Another entry in the 'Snapshots' series. If a picture is worth 1000 words, how much of a picture can 1000 words paint?_ _Thanks to_...
Black Sepia - chapter 9
He was not averse to selling a book to somebody who deserved to own it, but casual browsers were not welcome, and his arcane organizational system meant it took effort to find anything, especially as azirafell himself didn't exactly engage in anything that
Chronicles of the Shikari: Prologue
They saw these beings made of arcane energy, and descended to confront them, to erase them like a virus from the sensitive planet that they'd been formed to and as they were killed the planet would make more, driving more power into each wave until finally
Prologue to The kings of Dust
It was arcane and marvellous in harmony with the woman. it looked to be the intricately carved, woven roots of an impossibly old tree. its stone-like bark lit faintly in the same otherworldly glow.
Astral High - Chapter 46
Anyways, once he breaks out, it won't be too long before some of the other arcane convicts break out, and then we're dead.