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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...

Lucy Gray's breath came in sharp, ragged gasps as she crouched behind the thick brush, the cold of the early winter morning seeping into her bones. The forests familiar paths twisted into a maze by fear and desperation. She could hear him—the crunch of boots on snow, the steady, relentless...

IN THE NEAR FUTURE - THE BOUNDARIES OF NATIONALITY AND CONCIOUSNESS ARE DEFINED BY CORPORATE NETWORKS THE MASSES EXIST IN A HYPERPROLETARIETIZED STATE WITHOUT HOPE OF ESCAPE RENDERED REDUNDANT BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE CORPORATION CAN BE FOUND AS FAR AS DISTANT WORLDS AND...

WOLFENSTEIN THE FINAL EMPEROR By breaded hamster "We did it, finish line is far behind us, I'm still drunk with gratitude. Those final days you gave me were sweeter than any time in my life. When you left us, the pain was greater than anything I've endured. It's just me and our boys now...

AZEROTH is at a time of unprecedented peace. The year is 38 ADP, two years after the bloody Fourth War and the Expedition to the Shadowlands in search of the criminal, Sylvanas Windrunner. After almost four decades of endless war, the Horde and Alliance have finally settled their disputes with...

For a brief moment the sound of dripping water was the only noise in the small New York apartment. A one bedroom walkup near Borough Park. But then, like any other night, the quiet moment was swept away by engine noises, and the rattle of a train going by outside. Sasha wiped condensation from...

English is not my first language, I am an amateur and constructive criticism is welcomed with open arms. Tokyo ghoul is not mine, obviously. Chapter 1 - High rish, High reward A nauseating mixture of alcohol and urine reaches his nose, the encapsulating black walls around him thumping a...

Nick wakes with a start, throat dry as the Sahara and gasping for air like a drowning man. Rolling onto his side, his hands instinctually go to his throat, sucking down as much moist air as he can. He chokes on nothing; deep, laboured coughs wrack his form for what feels like an eternity until...

So, there's this role play called Reincarnation Wars that I host on various different websites now and then. Usually these are set in modern times or the near future. Recently I've come up with a list of nine themes, in addition to the Weird West theme in the role play I'm a player in right...