07 Enchanted
Legend has given us no shortage of enchanted objects and places. Swords. Lakes. Entire kingdoms. Some stories were pure fiction. Others, perhaps, held a grain of truth that had grown wildly with the passage of time. Little thought is given to the...
06 Husky
The canine walked steadily up to the microphone. Her movements were measured, as if every step tapped into a reserve of energy that had nearly been drawn dry. As the music began, she gave a heavy sigh, then she began to sing. Her voice carried the...
05 Build
It was perfect. It had taken 18 months of off-hours work, piecing together whatever spare bits of metal and wire wouldn't be noticed as missing, but the build was finally complete. A robotic body, tailored just to my needs. Small, efficient, and...
04 Freeze
I sat inside, looking out at the chilly weather through the window. While some of my mammalian friends frolicked in the snow, I preferred to remain inside, sipping a hot cup of tea. I'd freeze if I went out there. Such is the challenge of being cold...
03 Bait
"Well, this is embarrassing." You saw the obvious trap lying on the ground, with a few silvers lying as bait. Such a simple trap, by and for simple creatures. A pity you were too busy being smug to notice the other, almost as obvious trap a few steps...
02 Mindless
You have a mind. A brilliant, creative mind. A gift of god or evolution or the freakish improbability of the cosmos. A mind that can conceive of things great and small. A mind that is aware of itself and its surroundings. Put it to use. Do things....
01 Ring
Construction was finally finished on the new colony ship. It was a decade in the making, a multi-trillion dollar effort funded by the world's elite. The whole ship was self sufficient, with an antimatter core that could last for millions of years, and...
All tied up
You knew that going too far off the beaten path in this unfamiliar part of the woods could be a bad idea, but you hadn't expected things to go so horribly wrong so quickly. First you were knocked out by something unseen, then you woke up to find...
The Monster from the Maroon Lagoon
"Have you heard the story of _Cristatus, the Monster from the Maroon Lagoon?_" Sovrim asked, grinning at his companions around the dying campfire. The others simply groaned. "Isn't it the _Creature from the Black Lagoon_?" you said, "And besides, we...
Desecrated by Desertion
It had been quite some time since Shira had dared to even walk into the domain of the tyrant, let alone attempted to enter the castle. Shi occasionally, longingly looked from afar but hadn't actually walked to his lands in some time. However, shi had...
Midnight Azure
Shira yawned widely as hir night came to a close. The two-inch tall drake made hir way into hir bedroom which, ultimately, was a cozy if sparsely furnished one: A bed, a computer desk, a ceiling lamp, and a dresser were all shi had. There was no...
Stopping Dragonien
"Oh god! He's going to kill us all!" one person screamed as he quickly ran down the street, fleeing from the towering red dragon that had wandered into downtown. The titan's name was Dragonien, as he'd rumbled out upon reaching the city limits. At...