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Clark preferred the night. Daylight beat too brightly on him. It made the noise and the sights too strong. He rarely spent time under the sun if he could avoid it. He could still hear the screams, the begging, the cries of a world ending at night - but it was easier to shut them out. To focus in...

Beginning Notes Authors Note #1: This is my first time ever writing a fanfic, especially one that's going to be as long as I think it's going to be. In fact, the last time I did a story was for a writing competition when I was 13 (I'm not counting school assignments) and even then, my mom was...

A Song of Grace and Ruin (Artist: SHIMHAQ) The great capital of Leyndell had never shone so brightly. From its towering walls to the grand avenues that stretched toward the Erdtree, the city was alive with revelry. Golden banners unfurled like sun-kissed draperies, rippling in the wind. The...

King's Landing Seventh Moon (98 AC) Viserra I The Red Keep's stench struck Viserra first—faint rot beneath stone, laced with echoes of lost ease. Its corridors still thrummed, not yet hollowed, though her kin had thinned—some bound to duty, others flung to distant keeps. Her son of Sunglass...

"Inspired by true events." "Ripped from the headlines." You've probably seen several movies advertised with phrases such as these. But how much is actually true? For such a comparatively young medium,film is able to offer a terrific window into the concerns, values,and thoughts of those who...

The world below was dark and dreary, a place where the shades of those who no longer live, resided not by their own will but by being held here without any chances of escape or freedom. Perhaps one could say that there was certain beauty even in existence such as this, for here mixed the...

Date: November, 1984 Location: Mother Base (Seychelles Waters) Group: Diamond Dogs Conflict: The End of the World as We Know it. POV: Third Person Semi-Omniscient There's probably a word for the situation the Diamond Dogs have found themselves in. Perhaps not in English, but definitely in...

The Killing School Life was over. Monaca could barely believe it. Well, that was a lie for the other's benefit more than anyone else's. In truth, she had foreseen this ending by the fifth investigation even as Kotoko and Masaru cheered at Monokuma's return. Big Sis underestimated her classmates...

A Midsummer Nightmare, or, The Plight of Demetrius. Izzy closed her eyes as Helen's fingers sunk into her hair, scratching her scalp as she lay her head in the other woman's lap. Helen had claimed the darkroom for herself before Izzy had even gotten to the safe house the first time, guided...

Chapter 1 – The greasy aroma of synth-burgers and cheap coffee hung heavy in the air, another night winding down at the ♥♥♥♥ Diner. I wiped down the countertop, glancing at the familiar faces huddled in the corner booth, ignoring the rattling coffee machine as it prepared coffee with Synthetic...

Just One Step Four grey walls, buzzing fluorescents, and a pair of shoddy desks crammed into one hundred square feet: Thirty years ago, this little room three hundred feet beneath Cheyenne Mountain had been your office, as a lieutenant fresh to your bars and nary a line of black ink. You've...

Exemplar. It's one of those capital-letter words that has different meanings based on geography and context. In one kingdom of mortals, it might be a title granted to a great champion; in a text from another, it's a lower-case sort of word, simply denoting great skill. But in Planar scholarship...

General Rothbone stood in the ruins of Fort Dayan. His boots squished in the dank puddles of the floor, wooden boards were rotting and caving-in at spots, his hands were clasped behind his back, sweating uncomfortably in the humid air of the marsh. Everything was damp, Rothbone couldn't tell his...

"So, you may ask...what is Section 31," said the admiral, reclining in his big leather chair. "First, I want you to do a thought experiment. You know energy credits? ...right, haven't thought about them since high school civics. Okay, so, imagine a planet." He holds up his hands, palms apart...

As I said I would do in one of my Usagi Yojimbo reading posts, I have now gotten to do a let's watch thread of the 1987 to 1996 animated series by, what is known today as, Fred Wolf Films that coined taglines like Turtle Power and Heroes in a Half-Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! In memory...

Fast Drive! Seva felt the world. Her rider, Dragnacht, sent vibrations running up from the base of her spine on the driver's seat, from the soles of her feet resting on the floor, and up from her hands that were gripping the steering wheel for dear life. Dragnacht hummed with anticipation and...

CONTENT WARNING Sex, Violence, and toxic yuri Also Sister/Sister incest. If that's not your jam or you shouldn't be reading it, don't Alice From the day I was rescued, I remember almost everything. The thick smell of the autumn leaves. The sound of rain on the roof. The cold feeling of damp...

London was a city of endless shadows, each one darker than the last. The fog wrapped around the streets like something alive, something hungry. It whispered to those willing to listen, to those who lingered a bit too long in the places others feared to go. It was here, in this tangle of alleys...

Mech pilot Dani Rue fuses her brain with an artificial intelligence to survive. Escaping from enemy captivity (and with an enemy's digital ghost in her head), she travels across a war-torn America in a chaotic future setting. What's the line between an insatiable red mouth and a being more than...

My Loyalty is to the Republic: (The Supreme Chancellor Quest) A Galaxy in peril. Following the fallout of the Naboo Crisis, Chancellor Velorumn has been unceremoniously removed from office, a scapegoat for the Republic's failure to address the growing threats. His removal has thrown the Senate...

Always Forward, Never Backwards! A White Fang Quest Kuo Kuana during the monsoon season is a miserable place to be. Great waves smash into the network of stilt houses, shantytowns and pre-Independence palatial manors that make up the capital of Mengarie, crushing the poorly constructed to...

Chapter One: The Pirate Lord The Sentinel drops from hyperspace, her hull vibrating with latent energy. Fakhira swells before us, a lush green orb set against the backdrop of unfamiliar stars. Even from orbit, the Force pulses with life, potential... and a lurking darkness. I adjust my robes...

You know, this wasn't the first time I'd been chased by crooked cops. Gotham has a talent for recycling its villains, and the line between good guy and bad guy tends to blur like ink on wet paper. The only real difference this time was that I wasn't wearing a mask or tights. No Spoiler suit to...

"That was amazing!" You shouted, unable to contain the excitement that surged through me. Your parents laughed, their joy filling the cool Gotham air. You had just left the theater—The Mark of Zorro—a hero with a mask and a mission. You could still feel the thrill of the adventure pulsing in...

7th Day, Fourth Moon, 131AC | The Dungeons of The Red Keep - King's Landing CORLYS VELARYON He woke up from his dream, nay, his nightmare, gasping, with beads of cold sweat trickling down his brow and staining his weathered tunic. He sat up gingerly, the pain in his hip reminding him that he...