Category: Short Story
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Destination: Onyxdrift
The lord of the realm, Samael, sat indifferently on the throne peering over the top of the glasses perched on the end of his nose. Documents rustled in his hands as he looked for the appropriate resume and then shuffled them back into place. “Let’s see…you’ve been working in portal maintenance for the last fifteen…
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Gobnat’s New Friend
The earthenware cup sat on the rickety three-legged table steaming with herbal tea while Tullia busied herself at the fireplace, toasting a slice of bread for her breakfast. When it was golden she pulled it away from the flames and dropped it onto the wooden plate, slathering it with blackberry jam. Her wiry curls of…
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The Cottage in the Maze
The hedges started at the edge of the patio and grew up from four to eight feet gradually as you entered the maze. In the center stood a building, quaint and cottage-like. Curiosity was drawing me and I took my first steps off of the patio and entered into the maze. I wandered slowly as…
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The Dinner Guest
Dusk drew long shadows from the objects of the quaint suburban neighborhood. Yards were fenced with white picket fences, and a pack of unsupervised children rode their bikes down the street hollering to one another about the fantastical games they were playing even as they headed home. They paid no mind to the well dressed…
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A Boring Breakfast
The inconsiderate sun was shining brightly through the glass panes of the windows where the drapes had been neglected. The air was stuffy inside of the closed room, stale from the long night, and the birdsongs that should have filled the air were muted beyond the stone walls. Carina, huddled under a quilt, stared about…
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Escaping Earth
In the dead of night the figure of a young man disguised in a hat and coat stumbled onto the docks and slipped into the dark shadows of pallets and shipping containers where the security cameras were blind to his presence. Hidden behind one of these stacks, the figure pulled out a penknife and made…
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A Precious Gift
Eadgar grunted as he tightened the last bolt into place. The duke had commissioned this automaton months ago and tomorrow it was expected to perform at his estate. He ran a hand over the smooth flanks of the new metal creature, admiring the sleek form that disguised a complex array of gears and springs that…
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Grandmother’s Closet
My grandmother still lives in the house she grew up in as a child in the early 1900s. I was fresh out of college when they found the mass. I moved in to take care of her and the house when she started chemotherapy a few months ago. I’ve taken over the cleaning and cooking…
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Pearls of Thetis
Corin’s mind was churning dark thoughts of torturous ways to kill these monsters who had captured him. The ropes that bound his wrists chaffed and the deck of the ship they escorted him onto smelled like salty vomit and rum. The breeze that blew in from the bay was not enough to mask the stench…
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Self Aware
The sudden spring rain poured down on the couple as they dashed down the sidewalk and up to the apartment building. Laura giggled as she took Adrian’s hand and led him up the front steps to the safety of the awning. After pressing in the keycode, the door unlocked for them and Laura hauled him…
Paper and Rabbits 