682 The Squirrel From Hell
Save Point: The Squirrel From Hell Somewhere On Exmoor, August, 1983 The first of the Hounds steps forward suddenly, as though she has been unfrozen, or time has been restarted in her wake. She draws two daggers, each with a strange bulbed flare,...
The Table is Adjourned
The morning is proceeding as normal, and he's just about to head out for work, when it becomes apparent that their daughter hasn't come home from the party last night. Events then follow a predictable path in which they call all her friends, or at...
000 Readme
The Sythkyllya is a long-term writing project that I've been working on (and off) for the past decade or so. I've always wanted to create something for others to enjoy, but I'm no popular author and my choice of content and style probably differs too...
001 Sythkyllya
"It is very important that you listen to this. None of this is true. Every word is a lie. Especially since all of it is real." Opening Cut Scene: Full Motion Standstill The Age Of Azatlan Behold Sethkill, he who would be lord of all...
Flawed Art Online
First of all, let me start by saying - I am so very sorry for trapping you in a pillar of light. I know it's terribly derivative, like something out of one of those old Greyhawk fantasy novels. In fact that's where I got the idea. Yes, long before...
Pool Day
The inevitable flecks of dust flicker in the crisp morning sunbeams. No matter how much you groom or vacuum, when everyone living in the house has fur, there'll always be a few stray fragments drifting free. These specific particles are caught in the...
Feline Religious Studies
When they first decided that all of the human students should take a compulsory course in Feline Religious Studies, it didn't really seem like much of a big deal to us. This was the famously liberal university and we were taking liberal arts,...
902 The Kamikaze Fish
Save Point: The Kamikaze Fish Whenuapai Airbase, Auckland The Kamikaze Fish is a racing hydroplane flyer in the style of the novel 'Orbital Resonance', which is why it's far more fun to own than just some light aircraft of the sort that crashes...
751 Heavy Metals
Save Point: Heavy Metals Somewhere In The Lower Arctic "What the hell is quap?" "Quap, or qwab, is this substance that washes up on remote beaches in certain parts of South America occasionally. Like every few centuries, as a consequence of which...
469 On Top Of Old Smokey
Save Point: On Top Of Old Smokey Somewhere In The Northern Icefields Descending crystals of melted and refrozen icewater, ever recirculated, branch into structures of such fantastic complexity that Cleo could almost suspect they were biologically...
15-Second Trailer
(start) "There's something I have to tell you, before you arrest me. Please, it's very important. We're in a locked room with only one exit and there's nowhere else I could possibly go." (burst of static) "And that's what happened. Which is why you...
681 Gratuitous Tentacles
Save Point: Gratuitous Tentacles Somewhere On Exmoor, August, 1983 They lie prone just behind the rim of the slope for a few seconds, then Terrowne dares to raise his head for a swift fraction of a second, just to get a glimpse. "Holy hell, look at...