Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 11)
"Just three. I challenge you." "You have nothing to wager with! Your life is forfeit, and your soul is condemned before both gods!" "I disagree. I challenge you to a trial by combat. If I lose, you are correct, and you may bury me beneath the earth....
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 5)
When Mordekai awoke in his tent, he sat up wearily and rubbed his eyes. The dying embers of a small fire gave the tent a harsh red tint, casting long shadows that were only just beginning to fade with Belluosus's rising. His skull ached like he'd taken...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 3)
As he lay on the sand, young Khaejiran's dreams were strange and chaotic. He watched scenes and happenings from a mercurial 1st person perspective as landscapes kaleidoscoped into each other with little regard to sanity, and the noise! He heard every...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 2)
Kage walked away from the fire pit with an odd sense of detachment. He recognized that, in two hours when Solus set and Belluosus dawned, he would begin a fight that could easily end with his death. Someone pressed a rough, flat edged stone into his...
Battle of the Gods (Creation Story)
In ages long past, when our planet was naught but a barren chunk of rock, the twin deities of Chaos and Order fought each other in the sky. Their battle was long and unwinnable, for they so evenly matched each other that neither could gain the victory...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 1)
The brown and tan striped wolf yawned, cracking his knuckles, stealing another glance towards the sky to see how far Solus had moved. His watch was over in two hours at Solset, when Solus sank beneath the horizon and Belluosus began his majestic ascent...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 10)
Morning was harsh, blisteringly hot as Belluosus's burning glare baked the land to a crisp. The wood was stacked high for Saccularius's funeral pyre, and a great feast was in the last stages of preparation. Kage slept uneasily, and woke with a start...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 8)
"What do you know about my father?" Kage spoke softly, with clenched fists, and Saccularius didn't hear him at first. "Although, I suppose he might have taught someone else to fight like that... nah, dude was antisocial, no way he'd trust anyone that...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 6)
Kage fell asleep quickly. As he expected, he quickly found himself in the Tipi with Saccularius. There was no chaotic vision, nor soul sucking vortex, for which he was glad. He stood up, dusted himself off, and turned to the wolf he'd killed just an...
Story time with Kalokin
Kalokin slithered over to just in front of the Illusion wall and coiled himself comfortably. His eyes lost focus as he started swaying to an unheard rhythm. All light in Magma darkened before spilling through the air to paint a vast vista behind him....
NJ Legion Iced Tea
Violently severing large chunks of code might have been wonderful stress relief, but it didn't actually accomplish much. She was still a machine. She... she couldn't love Michael. He was out there, a biological marvel of reactions and chemicals. She...
Velocity Raptor (Ch. 1)
"Well Kenneth, your vitals are strong and your blood pressure is optimal. Your muscles are in decent shape, which is surprising considering how many people atrophy their bodies by playing neurogames and gambling. You've got a healthy body fat ratio,...