"Online" Dating
"Heal now," the letters popped-up on the screen. Steven quickly hit his shortcut key, targeting the party's DPS, or damage per second, character. He gave an audible sigh, partly because he needed to let the emotion of exasperation out, and partly...
Cadet Sahshir Katje
"Cadet Sahshir Katje! What do you think you're doing?" The voice rang out across the open bay. Everyone froze, even though it wasn't their name that was called. Slowly, all eyes rolled to the black-furred Lupari in the very last bunk of the bay. All...
Magic Mirror
It started with a blue light. After four weeks of sleeping in what was essentially a massive metal coffin, the blue light hurt her eyes. She blinked multiple times, shut her eyes, then tried opening them again. It still hurt. She had been kept asleep...
Workout Buddy
"Why don't you just go talk to her, Max? We see her every day in class. It's not like she doesn't know who we are. Generally speaking." Joey poked his gym buddy in the side with a slight snicker, "And if things don't go well, she's a mouse. You're a...
Bridge the Gap
Gabarus was slightly suspicious when he opened his mailbox to find a very thick envelope with his name and address on it and the words, "Congratulations, you've won!" across the top. It wasn't the first time he had gotten some kind of scam mail telling...
Esmeralda's Destiny
It was a beautiful day. The skies were a clear blue with little white wisps of clouds that tended to just add that right amount of white to the sky to make it seem like some sort of fruit smoothie if you stirred it just right. Oh, and threw some whip...
In Real Life
Steven sat at the desk in his room. It was so late, it was about to become early. He didn't have any classes until later the next day, so he could stay up and not stress. He had already spent part of the night roleplaying with a couple of his buddies....
Rules of Economics-Prologue
Prologue A single, solitary dirt road ran through the woods. A stream followed beside the road, the sound cascading through the darkness of the night. Above, the sky was overcast, letting only a fraction of the moon's light to touch the earth. A few...
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
The storm came up fast. One second, there were just dark clouds moving in as the sun was sinking past the empty horizon. Then the rain began to come down. It splattered gently against the truck window as Jordan drove, rocking out to...
Dark Mood
The skies were already overcast and dreary and it was only 2 PM. The way the clouds blocked the sunlight made it feel later, like it might be 7 or 8. Sean sighed and watched the last rays of the sun disappear in the distance. They looked like hands...
"Colo"
The sun was up, the cool breeze was coming inland from the ocean, and there was not a cloud in the sky. It was beautiful. It was perfect. It was absolutely miserable. While many a tourist walked past Micah on the boardwalk pier, enjoying themselves...