Category: Fantasy

As the youngest of the staff archeologists at our local museum, I am often asked why I decided to commit to a career at our small hometown museum rather than trying for one of the larger museums in a bigger city. My answer is always the same, “I remain here so that I can study La Chiave.” Most people don’t […]

“Woo!” Rebecca exclaimed to Angie as they walked out of the conference room of the Herald Dispatch. “Girl, I can’t believe you are excited about getting that shitty assignment,” Angie sat her legal pad with her notes down on her desk in the cubical she shared with Rebecca. “Any story can be a big break,” Rebecca’s tone had become sarcastic […]

Disclaimer: Everyone is over eighteen. If you are not deeply into fantasy pulp fiction, gender fluidity and pansexuality, you are in the wrong place. Gals, guys and those who flit gleefully between will eventually fornicate freely in every foreseeable formation. Also, though I name drop actual mythological and historical terms to give the story the most vapid veneer of verisimilitude, […]

It’s not always easy to be the Old Mansion up on Ninth Street. For one thing, my memory is not as good as it used to be, probably because I have so much more to remember (or to forget!), but also, I have all the usual complaints of advancing age. Women (or is it men? — I forget) are always […]

“HEY!” he yelled at the windows above, hoping someone could hear him. He couldn’t believe it. He was fucking trapped in some ancient skylight or chimney or something. It was dirty. And it didn’t smell great. It was too small for a prison cell. And his head fucking hurt. A window was thrown open two stories up. Startled, a woman […]

It was not uncommon to see the carriages of the Spire traveling the dusty road that led from the mountain citadel to the riverside village. Drawn by massive horses of pure white, they were elegant vehicles of polished metal and wood with wide curved windows, opaque to the outside. The vehicles were always accompanied by the imposing metal soldiers which […]

Kira Nightsong groaned and rolled over in the bed, flinging the sheets back from her body as she did. The night air was hot and humid, the fabric clinging to her skin as she tried to escape its grasp and let her body attempt to cool. Free of the infernal tangle, Kira stretched and twisted across the mattress, her knuckles […]

“Tadaaaa, this is the place where Mommy works!” A voice full of enthusiasm echoed throughout the office building. It was in complete contrast to the slightly drab, strictly business atmosphere of the place. Despite this, the woman who’d just spoken looked on with glittering eyes at the two young men whose indifferent and unenthusiastic expressions suited the atmosphere well in […]

The calm before the storm; that’s how Lucifer would have described the deafening silence that preceded the wooden gates opening before him. In mere seconds the arena would erupt in an echoing roar as gladiators entered the spectators’ view, desperate for bloodshed and death. Yet there he stood, immersed in a seemingly everlasting silence. Years under the Emperor’s rule had […]

These are the adventures of Peridur and Eleanor, two elves who share one soul and a taste for adventure. Exploring realms both physical and spiritual, our heroes seek to grow and learn about themselves and the world around them. Peridur and Eleanor have been brought up in the elven court. Recognised from birth as Soulbound, or one soul in two […]