A Measure of Worth: Chapter 1
Virgil wore a determined face as he marched down the cobblestone street. The clattering noise of the market district of Rome surrounded him, but he ignored all of it. He was supposed to be buying leather for his father's shop, but Virgil didn't care-...
Barghest
My transition into high school went smoothly enough, though by that time, I did not have the luxury of being the "creepy" new kid. My bookworm habit did me no favors in dealing with the more popular students, but the budding features that my father had...
Banshee
We left the next morning before the sunlight filtered through the trees. Jonas was obviously very practiced in packing up his belongings. I was amazed at how much he was able to fit into his single backpack. Unfortunately for me, I was the one he...
For Old Time's Sake: Chapter 1
I could feel the mud squelching under my boots as we struggled through the foul smelling swamp. The trees around us hung down from the weight of moss and clinging vines and sunlight filtered through them occasionally. I grumbled...
For Old Time's Sake: Chapter 2
Maritza and Shim stood on the dais in the center of the black pit. The elf had been yelling into the abyss after Karex for nearly five minutes at the edge. The rest of the room was deadly quiet. "Let it be, Maritza," Shim...
Meridian Prime Draft 2: Prologue
"Come on, Nate, just tell us what you had to do with it." Police Officer Stephen Germaine says as he lights a cigarette and lifts the bright light away from my vision. He is a tall man with graying hair and brown eyes. On his face are drawn lines...
Eternal Blue 1: The Easy Job
Eternal Blue: The Easy Job The massive stone monolith loomed before them as the small ship sailed towards the island. A muscular hyena with a smug and determined look on his face was at the helm. The muscles in the canine's arms rippled as he...
For Old Time's Sake: Finale
I rolled over and stood up, picking up the torch as I continued down the hallway. There were a few branching paths that either lead to dead ends where the passage had caved in or that were blocked off completely by fallen...
A Multitude of Stars... Chapter 9
The on base cafeteria was small considering the amount of people it had to feed. The room itself was larger than the average school cafeteria, though and had enough seating for about one hundred people at...
Meridian Prime: Chapter 5
The noise from the weapons drowned me out as I kicked the windowless door across the hall open. Thankfully, this door only took one kick. Metal flew past my head and torso. All it would take was one lucky shot and I would have been dead. I winced for a...
Meridian Prime Draft 2: Chapter 1
The door to my office creaked slowly and I opened my eyes, annoyed. A woman stood in the threshold as if deciding whether or not to enter. Sighing, I contemplated lifting my feet from my desk and straightening my tie to look presentable, but afternoons...
Eternal Blue 11: Divine Intervention
Quint woke up in his bed; unable to move. His crew had strapped him to the mattress and braced his neck with makeshift bandages and what felt like spare pieces of wood. Tireal was across the hall from him; sleeping. The hyena sighed and closed his...