Tag: Creative Writing
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Iron and Thunder
Borin Coppermantle had crossed the Ashveld Mountains, forded the Greymere River at its worst point in spring flood, and walked the last forty miles on a blister that had developed its own personality, and he had done all of it clutching a roll of oilskin to his chest like it contained the bones of a…
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Just Breathe
The candle wasn’t supposed to do that. Maya had bought it from the clearance bin at a closing-down bookshop, one of those cluttered, dust-thick places that smelled of cedar and old paper and something else, something she couldn’t name. The label read Clarity & Calm, which was exactly what she needed after a fourteen-hour shift…
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The Monster Detective
For fifteen years, Detective Miles Graves had made a living exposing monsters. Not real monsters, of course. Every town had its legends. Lake serpents that turned out to be escaped alligators. Haunted mansions hiding insurance scams. Werewolf attacks that were actually large dogs and a particularly hairy mailman. Miles became famous for solving these “monster…
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The Patron of Endless Contracts: When a Warlock Serves the Military-Industrial Complex
Fantasy stories are filled with warlocks who draw power from ancient gods, demons, dragons, and mysterious cosmic entities. But what happens when a warlock’s patron is something far stranger and far more modern? In this unique tale, a young spellcaster expecting to bargain with a terrifying supernatural being instead finds himself bound to Earth’s military-industrial…
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A Rare Specimen
The bad news was that I had been abducted by aliens. The good news was that my abductors weren’t interested in dissecting me, enslaving humanity, or harvesting my organs. The bad news was that they were incredibly excited to find me. The first thing I saw when I woke up was a giant purple eye…