The Canyon Speaks

I “They’re a nice ride,” Hos says, his slitted, half-dragon eyes sparkling from the light of the badlands. He pats the mount, a sturdy quarter horse packed down with supplies for the trip, while his guide: a swarthy, grinning Spirakandrin, swings off his own horse and takes up the reins in one hand in a […]

Dirty, Rotten Thievery! -Part 6–

“There, we’re here,” Order says with a finalized tone, ushering the minions through the coalesced portal, one that took her ten times as much time and effort as it would Chaos. Her and the rescued minions step back into the Center Tower’s main plaza, replete with the mania of a raid. “Bro, there’s some over […]

Dirty, Rotten Thievery -Part 5-

A twinkling of starlight, all warning sensors pinging off, a wide, white grin… and then death. That was the experience of Staff Sergeant Extine Avarta in the seconds it took Chaos to vault through the quarter-kilometer distance between him and the block guard. He doesn’t need a weapon, let alone magic, to kill enemies that […]

The Killer Shopping Spree – a Short Story

1. “And here we are, Space Gate SouthWest!” the tour lady presents using one of her six porcelain hands to slow the trolley to a halt. The cart of nineteen tourists would have all rolled out an impressed “Oooh!” at the incredible sight before them: a miles-long entertainment plaza contained in the perfectly controlled interstellar […]

Beyond all competitors, over all challenges, only The Analyst remained standing upon that great rock of d- Wait, whooooa wait… is it Winter ALREADY?! (The Deathly December Update)

Haha, well the time sure has been moving fast, hasn’t it? Well I’m here to let you know that it’s time to start relaxing for the holidays and get comfy from wherever you are. Let’s start with a some truly on-fire neo-classical by one of my very favorite living composers. So-often overlooked, yet always well […]

Kingsday Gifts – A Short Story

It’s a typical day at His Inexorable Immensity’s Invasion Tower: the power torches burning hot and heavy as they burn a metric ton of astral coal every minute. The overcast sky pulls on for miles over the swamp where the lanterns amidst the gray silhouette of a frog-village twinkle cozily in the distance. It’s in […]

True Generosity – a short story

True Generosity I. Lord Knight Captain Order, the proud head of her hallowed organization, slumps her head depressively into her arched and open palm. “-you see, if we can count on your generosity again this year, we should be able to get a-” Ugh. “-the children need a heated swimming pool, I’m telling yo-” Eh. […]

This Year’s GREAT OUTING

1. Somewhere out in the omniverse, the Inkrealm, or whatever you like to call it, one of Overlord Chaos’ many woodland towers stands up gloriously from the fall tress surrounding it. This one tower has four long-houses that connect to the base, all of which interconnect around the center and twist up into a pleasant […]

A Most Abyssal Day – a short story

A Most Abyssal Day Some months after the events of The Courts Divided, Entomology Minion draws back from his desk, holding his current specimen under the light-gray microscope. The mid-height minion of about a meter and a half tall takes a long, drawing breath in his quiet laboratory cozy in a deep corner in the […]