Cuddling a Komodo
“Honestly, how can they get away with this!? Five days! Five days, to fix the fucking heater, in the middle of winter!?" Before this week, you saw no issue with having a Komodo dragon as a roommate. Honesty, venomous bites, unpredictable behaviour,...
Scale and Shield (Part 1)
Azacoatl's heart pounded as he slid through the overgrown grass, unable to see anything more than a blur of green. Above, in the leafy canopy, hundreds of birds masked his approach with their raucous melody. And ahead, the interloper themselves waddled...
Scale and Shield (Part 2)
“Keep your distance from those red-flowered vines." Azacoatl pointed to the leafy mass choking an enormous adohi tree. “Their flowers have tiny, barb-like seeds that can grow anywhere — and they love to grow while embedded in flesh." “A curious...
Jaggia Jubilance
[[Night - Render Link]](https://d.furaffinity.net/art/ivorylagiacrus/1648260906/1648260882.ivorylagiacrus_jaggiatailfacehairpost.jpg) Your eyes slink closed the second your head hits the futon. Every muscle aches, and the bruises on your back are as...
A Frozen Embrace
It was just a sick joke. It had to be. The alternative was impossible. That's why I walked out of work. Why I drove three hundred miles to my hometown. Why I skidded up the unlit roads to my old summer camp at Timber Lake, almost barrelling off the...
Aureate
The world's best-kept secrets hide in plain sight. Exclusivity is, at its core, the side entrance to a nightclub, guarded by a bouncer and a single strip of velvet rope. It is the ordinary-looking parking garage that only ever rolls up its shutter to...