Chapter I: Sons of Liberty, Part One
Chapter One: Sons of Liberty, Part One “Finn Harris is dead." Isaac stood over and empty room and walked in, stepping over the wooden floor. The shark's slow footsteps filled with sadness and shallow anger. His shoes taping as he walked to the living...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 1
The leaves of the trees outside the window were turning in hue; from vibrant fresh green tones, to burnt umber and deep rust. The signs of death and decay that swept across the landscape, preparing for a bitter winter onslaught. For now, though, this...
Our Goddess - Ch 26 - Give and Take
The Jinsha-mori Shrine's reputation was growing. A few more people showed up to the latest weekly service, and more and more people were making the short trek to the shrine on a daily basis as part of their _hairei_, or personal worship. But that...
Our Goddess - Ch 27 - Questions and Answers
"Finally!" Akari stood in the middle of her bedroom with her arms raised triumphantly over her head. A smartphone was clutched in her right hand, and its screen displayed an email that she'd been eagerly awaiting for three days. The email was...
Our Goddess - Ch 40 - Holidays, part 1
It was mid-December and the area around the shrine was calm and quiet. A thick layer of snow had covered the mountainside like a down blanket, and even the noise of the bustling city below couldn't penetrate it. Usagi shuffled aimlessly down the...
Our Goddess - Ch 47 - The Path Forward
Technically, Akari had lied when she told her housemates that she didn't get any sleep the previous night. She _had_ slept. And she had dreamed. She dreamed of a future where she had Inara all to herself. Inara lavished love upon her and only her, and...
The Book of Warlock 21. Welcome to Warlock Court
Paper flipped, page after page, dry rustling filling the room. A few murmurs. A cough. It was quite the interesting dossier that had been placed before the committee. There had been rumours spread in hushed corridors, whispers of a madness that had...
Our Goddess - Ch 44 - Future and Past
"House meeting! House meeting! Get your asses to the front hall!" Seshi's voice echoed down the central hallway and throughout the shrine. Everyone heard it, but they were a bit slow to react, in part because they had certainly not expected _her_ to...
The Book of Warlock 14. Battle ready.
Standing in silence, he stared, dumbfounded, at his hands once more. The power ran through him, living within him, reaching out whenever he commanded, changing reality around him. All he had to do was set it free. Luci's order, along with the look in...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 17
The long, bulky, armed metal shell slid into the tank's receptacle with a 'clunk' and the orc turned next to the aiming mechanism. He'd not had chance to practise, and he unsteadily cranked it up with a hopeful grimace. "Steady, soldier, you're...
Our Goddess - Ch 23 - Boiling Point
"Fifteen burpees," Inu barked. "Then we rest." Akari frowned at Inu's choice of exercise, but she didn't complain aloud. That would have only made things worse. Inu was already pushing Akari and herself harder than normal and her curt tone strongly...
Executive decisions Chapter 8
Ember brushed her soft golden curls from her eyes, feeling the sting of the salty sea air as it hit them, making them water a little. She had been pulled from her warm cosy bed at 4am to deal with a sea monster without so much as a sip of coffee...