The man called Marley had been cautious than he had expected, rather than snatching the handful of scrip out of his hand he gestured with his fingers to indicate that one at a time should be handed over. After examining the first one holding it up with one hand he run his fingers up and…
Cris hadn’t been expecting to die in an alley. He’d ended up being beaten Lightly a few times and thrown out of his share of taverns but not like this. At least not in this way, drunk and broken as an extremely old man who had spent his last coin on alcohol which was strong…
The Twentieth Cycle of the Eternal Reign of our Empress. Month Nine of the Lunar Cycle. To My Wife and Husband, and any of my Surviving Children. I was at fault, you all deserved better from me and I failed you. I write this letter to confess our sins, our faults and I beg for…
The bipedal Mining Drone struggled to rise off the ground, both limbs had been broken apart and joints had been shattered into metal shards. On the front face plate there was a single screen displaying layers of green text with rapid interpersed rows of numbers which faded as soon as they appeared. Surrounding it were…
‘You ever seen that film before? An oldie made a while back by TBIA Entertainment, in their horror section. I liked it. Bloody but fun. They have this one scene where the main actor is trapped inside a cabin after all his friends on an outing got bitten by a rabid wolf and turned insane?…
Standing in front of a large bathroom mirror, Carissa observed the still healing scar tissue on her chest below her breasts. She kept the white dressing gown on. In spite of being alone in her own space for months, she had kept herself to some self-imposed boundaries. ‘Ah, I turned off the water here. Time…
‘Liam. Welcome to Last Refuge. A place where I have been reborn. Don’t you love me now? I have taken a new form. I’m doing it. I’m realising my dream. I’ll become a true mermaid.’ said Carissa. A young man standing in a doorway paused as a mixture of bile and disgust rose and his…