Negotiation Breakdown - Sci-Fi Summer Entry
A thousandmiles high, and falling. Razor loved free fall. He let the peaceful tranquility of high-orbit insertion surround him. It brought him a peculiar kind of zen--the calm before the storm. All the way up here, there was nothing to distract him...
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The Pack
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We Can Be the Hero, Too
There's a point in every kobold's life where they discover that things have gone horribly, horribly wrong. Usually, that point is uncomfortably close to when they stop being able to discover anything at all, and is usually just a few moments before an...
The Adventurers
Duke Somerfell was not having a good day. It was a sunny day out. The birds were chirping and the apple orchard was in bloom. He'd even had cherries in his breakfast brought to him from the tree his father had imported as a seedling from the east. If...
Salute the Flag
"I bring to order this session of the Committee to End Oppression." Davey brought the stone in his hand down hard on the exposed bedrock, making a satisfying click and throwing a few errant sparks. Gathered around the glow of a cheap flashlight, his...
Lady Fit for a Dragon
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