A New Recruit
Smoke fills the backroom of the casino. Outside, people of every race and species plug their currency in the machines or slap it down on the tables. All want that big score. Inside the room, however, is a game with a little more at...
A Happy Ending
The Clydesdale feels the static electricity in the air as it prickles along his fur. "This temple has a protector!" he thinks to himself as a lightning bolt flashes through the air. With the early warning thanks to the static, the mage...
Hustled
Slow, shuffling feet move along the cracked and damp concrete of the worn sidewalk. Neither wizened woman speaks as they approach the most inhospitable of places to anyone of sane mind. Flashing neon signs blink various brands of beer and the deafening...
Darkness Calls
Standing at the edge Staring into the abyss I hear the voices behind me Hear the words Tormenting me Teasing me Destroying me My self-worth lies in ruins My life fails I feel the oppression closing in Suffocating me Squeezing out...
A Snowkitten Cometh 26: There's Magic In The Air
The group of jet-lagged crusaders relaxes around a worn round wooden table in an out-of-the-way restaurant in a distant land. The flight from Phoenixbrook took less time than they expected and it left them with almost half a day to waste until the...
A Snowkitten Cometh 27: Nightmares
Leana sits curled up, legs pulled tight against her chest, as she rocks slightly in her bed. The feeling of dread that woke her out of a deep slumber clings to her like wet clothes, suffocating her. Unsummoned tears gather at the corners of her eyes...
A Moment Of Beauty.
The crystal blue spans as far as the eye can see from one horizon to the other. No clouds. No creatures. Wind washes over scales like water cascading over rocks hidden beneath its glassy sheen. Black the color of the darkest onyx lazily peers across...