I admit it; I’m a long-time gaming geek. When I started back in 1984, I played on a Compaq DeskPro outfitted with an 8 MHz 8086 CPU and an awesome monochrome display adapter. I said I was a geek, remember? During the golden age of computer gaming, otherwise known as the 1990s, each month brought qua...

TWO ROGUES | FOUR SHORT STORIES | ONE CLASSIC FANTASY OF UNLIKELY HEROES The Riyria novels featuring Royce Melborn (a cynical ex-assassin) and Hadrian Blackwater (an idealistic ex-mercenary) have been enthralling fantasy readers for more than 15 years. Now for the first time four short stories and t...

Tom, un ingeniero informático solitario, se entera del tormento de su mejor amigo Kyle, víctima de un erizo malévolo llamado Sonic.EXE, que habita en una copia maldita del Sonic The Hedgehog 1. Tom decide usar sus habilidades para frustrar al peligroso erizo y rescatar a Kyle, pero se da cuenta de q...

A special plant awakens from a blissful trance to being poked and prodded by curious humans....

"That day when I awoke, there were Giants walking out of the sea." Hammond lived a peaceful life as a fisherman on the newly discovered eighth sea of the world, leaving at dawn and returning at dusk when the mists rolled in. When the inexplicable occurs, he will leave everything behind to uncover th...

He died, as all things do. He got combusted, as all things do. He became part of the air, as all things do. He got absorbed by some flora, as all things do. He got eaten, and he’s a bull again… As all things do, right?  After his sentience whirled around some abstract cycle, Triple-A now attempts ...

Epilogue: Some people say that there is a perfect moment, a moment when all the planets align, when fate takes a hand, to give you a perfect moment, a perfect scenario. This story is about my friend Chad, a man seeking a perfect moment, this story is about how Chad proposed to Ava....

When Beta Arslashn decided to embody as a lion, he never expected to find himself in so much trouble.That decision had him sent into a previously unexplored system to map the starlanes leading out of it. A boring, decades long task that would leave him out of sight for the entire duration.But there ...

Concerning several paranormal events surrounding former professional stock-car driver Matthew Rogers and the abandoned West Tennessee Speedway, as assembled and documented by the Federal Bureau of Paranormal Occurrences....

Deep in the mountain lakes  of the Yukaan Empire, Tomas ij’Lu’kan, a haunted ex-soldier and recovered addict returns to a hunting hide he visited with his father as a child to scatter his ashes. Someone is waiting for him in the darkness of the hide, someone from his past, left long behind. In remem...

Joe’s life flashes before his eyes, but another truck slams into the one about to kill him. The driver? His wife. Get in if you want to live! A short story by KeeperAbra....

Kitsune's Inkwell is a small collective of (mostly) fan-fiction writers who have come together to help each other grow. We have monthly Write-Offs to stretch our literary muscles by tackling things that normally would be outside of our wheelhouse.Prompt:Have you ever had that moment when you're list...

Irwin Gilbert is a hoarder, a bookworm, and quite possibly the owner of what might be the world's largest remaining cache of novels. Irwin has a dilemma, however, the world has turned cold and he has no idea how long it will last. When faced with freezing to death, can he dare to burn "his friends" ...

Tristan enjoys studying magic alone in the forest, away from people and their pesky social conventions. But when Gwendolyn comes knocking at his door, on the run from her violent ex-husband, he takes her in. And he finds, it's quite nice to have some companionship for a change......

A group of explorers has gone missing in a giant maze in the depths of the world. Another group is sent to find them, but the Red Abyss is full of terrifying monsters....

On the continent of Abanim, a mercenary takes on a contract that will finally pay enough for him to settle down and retire....

You are Deborah Tosteson, a visitor to the colony of Edrye. After your home country has suffered significant losses fighting a war overseas, it is now your job to convince the obstinately non-violent Edryeans to fight for you. This is a short story about nationalism, war, and culture shock with an e...

A short story about companionship and mortality. Inspired by The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Tsing & The End of Imagination by Arundhati Roy. Contains descriptions and mentions of illness, injury, suffering, bodyhorror, violence, sexuality, and death....

You're a fearsome Viking, but you aren't completely uncivilized. The other Vikings make fun of you for that. Both your friends and your enemies think you're a little weird. You might be able to hold your own on the battlefield, but you're no "berserker". You might grumble a bit at the lack of ameni...

Your wife is dead, your life is broken. Yet time inexorably marches on, grinding your hopes to dust. Surely there is nothing to lose from listening to the amber light that pervades your dreams. A short horror story about endings, despair, and the refusal to let go....