Tension

Nightfall in the Glade

4 minute read

Legato and Mezzo flew as if their wings were aflame, knocking baskets of gathered berries to the forest floor far below.

Knife Master

less than 1 minute read

I probably shouldn’t have been drinking last night.

Riding the Train

2 minute read

Riding the hover train this time of night always made me sleepy.

What’s a Dwaithelord?

less than 1 minute read

Dwaithelord — an honorific for the tribal leader of a coven of dwarven wraith soul stealers.

Piscans Interruptus

2 minute read

Captain Nestor breathed a sigh of relief as his yacht left the hanger bay of the Vindictus.

Torture

less than 1 minute read

Reflected in the steel above, I watch the red line widen as he traces the scalpel from my navel to between my breasts.

Sierra Enigma

6 minute read

It’s never been easy working in the same place where Mom died.

Random

less than 1 minute read

“Goddam it,” Rita O’Neill said as she let the curtains slide back into place.

Poor Kid

less than 1 minute read

The Sheriff hauled Jimmy to the gallows to become acquainted with the hangman’s knot.