A simple cog in the machine, turning and grinding with all the others....

They took his tongue and with it, his song and his sorcery. They threw him to the lions, expecting him to die. Mauled, multilated, and bereft of magic, Arn survives. A prisoner in Aquila, the northern skáld has lost all his powers. But a felled tree can regrow. A destroyed house can be rebuilt. A br...

“When the nation's protection was no longer sustainable by human means, it was augmented by the inhuman.”  A soldier in an army of dolls must navigate the loss of his closest companion and, in trying to elucidate his friend’s last moments, begins to realize that the entities that have all but replac...

This is an experimental project I'm working on, a collection of modern "fables, fairytales, and folk stories" told in a frame story (a traditional story that houses sub-stories, like 1,001 Nights or the Pentamerone). The frame story follows a group of beauty pageant contestants who, in an attempt to...

This was originally written for a contest with the theme of "After the end" but I ended up liking it quite a lot, so I'm posting it here! Rico dedicated the majority of his life to mastering his country’s national sport, believing it was his only way out of crippling poverty. His family pressured hi...

After a shipwreck, eight survivors find themselves stranded on a deserted island. Their struggle for survival turns deadly when one by one, they fall victim to a series of murders. As trust erodes and hidden secrets come to light, the survivors must unravel the mystery and identify the killer among ...

A druid physician has prophesied the coming of a great white wolf that will save them. Soon, a white wolf pup is found in the forest and taken into the druid clan. After being raised by the clan for a year, the king of a nearby city decides to capture the druids and attempt to have them executed. Af...

Length: Novella - 23,000 words On a harsh colony planet where androids are essential for survival, Prince Bel struggles to live free of their assistance. On the eve of his betrothal, he encounters Artee, an assassin android contracted to kill him. Forced to keep Artee's true nature a secret, Bel nav...

When postdoctoral botanist Cassandra Harris returns home to attend her father’s funeral, a strange man greets her as an old friend. The problem is, he was an imaginary friend. Now Cassie must come to grips with who—and what—he is, all while navigating an overbearing boss, a brother intent on bilking...

An alien that looks like a frog who is stuck in a suit that replicates the environmental conditions of his home world laments that he can never hold his lover in his own arms because they both require very different conditions to live. His disappointment changes to various other emotions when a sudd...

In the world of Sumeru, a princess is born under the falling star and a mother that wishes upon it for a child with skin white as snow, hair black as ebony and lips red as the rose. However, the mother would soon die from complications during birth and her husband would marry the lady by the name of...

Slow build/burn • Superpowers • Intrigue Joey sees the history of everything and everyone he touches as translucent blue ghosts acting out the past all around him. And this includes his own past, which is how Joey knows he wasn't born, he was made. Made and thrown away.    What he doesn't know is th...

In the world of Perrault, an elven beauty by the name of Bellindia Frankenstein, known as the Little Red Riding Hood, is brought up as ranger within the town of Blackwood after her incident with a beast in her youth. When the town of Blackwood is besieged by the forces of her long lost brother, Rend...

A lone woman crashes on a mysterious, storm-shrouded island where she encounters a towering beast, once a guardian of a beautiful paradise, now cursed by eons of sorrow and isolation. As the woman learns about the creature’s tragic past and the pain that turned the island into a place of darkness, s...

Weiss struggles to come to terms with what came to pass in the Fall of Beacon in this alternate past, determined to prevent the death of a team member.The key to setting the world back on track is said to be found in the golden deserts of Vacuo, so she sets out to locate it before it's too late. RWB...

After a tragic incident with his pet, Utsuto Yasushi develops a hatred towards people and becomes a shut-in, separating himself from others as much as he can. This nature proves to be the end for him during a late-night walk, when he tries to save a drowning dog but ends up in trouble instead, only ...

You remember seasons 1 and 2? Kinda like that but NEW, and with 20,000% more snails....

Amy Rose, Mobian hedgehog, fashionista, woman of action, reliable friend, and, most importantly, Sonic’s one true love (even if he didn’t quite know it yet) was having a relatively normal day, well, until Dr. Robotnik (aka “Eggman”) decided he needed a test subject for his latest project to defeat S...

An old man lays on a bed telling his last story to the family gathered around him, his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and so on. A great grandchild partly raised by the man listens in as the old man's life winds down. He is there to say his goodbyes, and to h...

I'm Eric Moon, just another dirty slave in the United Provinces of America. After getting me into the latest mess, my owner, old Greg Gordon, sends me to New America City to learn a trade. I just want to be free and learn the story of my mother, Lunetta, who died when I was three years old. I am auc...