A University filled with Warriors hoping to become stronger and possibly the strongest in the end....

Pyreflowers are a way to remember the deceased, but people often forget their true purpose-to allow souls to rejoin the cycle of life and reincarnation. But not everyone gets a pyreflower in time. Sometimes the soul can't escape the body, left alone to rot. Allen and Lea, a Magician and Nobleman pai...

A women waits for death in the rusted backend of a rotted automobile until she's kidnapped by cannibalistic raiders. She forms an unlikely bond with a precocious child. Will she give in and die, or will she fight as she once did for humanity's survival? A hellish desert landscape sets the backdrop f...

"In the ballet of rain, delicate droplets traced the silhouette of your hair, gracefully descending from your forehead to your eyes, lingering on your lips, and finally, as if enchanted, caressing the contours of your breasts. In this ephemeral dance, envy welled within me for those raindrops that i...

Most of his young life was scarred with misery and pain. As an adult, Jason has taken on some very interesting hobbies. Ride along for some twists and turns as Jason's life suddenly becomes slightly more complicated....

An abandoned child navigates hunger and thirst while nursing the effects of a dog bite. As the wound becomes infected, the kid suffers supernatural hallucinations. The clock is ticking. Will her older brother Charlie or irresponsible mother make it home before it's too late? Are the manifestations a...

A little boy on his way to his schoolhouse on his first day of school in a warm summer day. Blood is spilt on the hot dirtpath...

A hero rises from the ashes of a ruined land, journeying to defeat the one who brought such misery. But when he succeeds and ends the Dark Lord's reign of terror, what then is left for the man who dedicated his life to such a singular pursuit? What can he do once his nemesis is returned to dust? Wha...

This is a collection of short stories written as satire. I write these whenever I feel like imitating Martialis.There really isn't any rhyme or reason to what I am going to write about; Contemporary, Science fiction, fantasy. It's all good as long as I hopelessly fail to imitate dry British humour (...

What happens when a protagonist just isn't very good at being a protagonist....

News, reviews, adverts and interviews from the shadowed world.  Co-written by Starfury and Quothe, the raven. The Dark Times is a newspaper for the supernatural folk that like to live in the creepier corners of the world.  And like a newspaper it will be full of short pieces, with a similar theme an...

Kathryn longs to be in a world where day-to-day life is normal, where her mom showers her in love and warmth and she's welcome with open arms. She holds out hope that one day, it will come true....

One world is ending and another is just beginning. Well, at least it should if we can keep it together long enough. I am Ailis O'Conner, now only known as Ailis Swiftdeath. Earth is gone or will be soon. Ithea is all that remains for humanity and the Empire of Night might fall apart. Good thing I am...

Character seed idea for a system-apocalypse type story.  If someone wants to use this character, let me know and go at it!...

Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know all our penitence, all our aching sense that their place is empty, all the kisses we bestow on the smallest relic of their presence. ( Chapter X - Dinah Visits Lisbeth )- Quote by Ge...

Keyla is a streetrat with a penchant for picking pockets and locks. She intuitively knows where to stand in a room or crowd to go unnoticed. The techniques came naturally to her and are enough for her to get by, if not make a true life for herself. When the church gives her an opportunity to commit ...

Lupa's ancestors call upon her, but the young she-wolf is hesitant to answer. However, to live on in the light of her companion and to stay by his side, she'll take on the greatest journey known to her kin to claim her birthright and return as a new being. Max and Fluttershy await their friend, but ...

Promise breakers are horrible, that something I can agree with Felix on, and quite frankly, there's no point in making a promise that you don't intend on keeping, is there? Felix had already made it quite clear that he intends to keep all of his promises. It's a unique thing of his, something that n...

[Character Design Contest, 5th Anniversary] - Oneshot  A short excerpt of a secretly recorded interview of the Grand Librarian of the Academy of Magisters during an investigation launched under the commands of the Council of High Lords shortly before the incident that would later be known as ‘Skyfa...

Yes, yes we all know the classic tale. But how did she really get all of those things and the entire kingdom? This is the story before she became the 'beloved' queen....