storyteller and friend
I stepped out of the shower, cold droplets beading on my skin, and grabbed a towel from the bar. Scrubbing my face vigorously, I crossed the white-tiled floor to the mirror. Draping the towel around my neck, I stared at my reflection. Silver eyes stared back, framed by a week’s worth of stubble on my…
The mantis god screamed. Rage began to pour off him, shining through the chinks in his chitinous armor and spreading out around him in a dark red halo the color of blood. “What are you, mortal?” he demanded, voice scraping across my eardrums. Not a mortal. But I didn’t answer, eyes narrowing as I concentrated….
Preface “In this strange, twisted universe, there are many worlds. Most are lonely, desolate rocks. Some are husks, stripped of resources and left like the bones of a carcass picked clean by carrion crows. A few are inhabited, peopled by races grotesque and fantastical, and crystallizing from the collective consciousness of these people are their…
Hey there. Jack here. This message is about manifesting financial abundance, offered from a perspective beyond the 3D. So before anyone listens to this, please look within. If the body-mind still feels the need to argue, debate, dispute and “figure Life out” (also known as Resistance) then this message may trigger the ego. It may…
With a sudden movement, he yanked the purse from the stranger’s belt and shoved him away in the same motion, sending the older man sprawling. He heard the clink of coins as the mouth of the purse flew open in his hurry and spewed gold across the cold stone of the alleyway. There was no…
The city of Anakar was on the edge of the vast desert, and from their place on the upper terrace everyone present could feel the warm wind that swept in with the dusk. Uthman the chess master wandered his gaze across the scattered pieces, touching them with his eyes and letting his mind play out…
Any external stimulus will have an effect on us. Just like a cupcake will spike our blood sugar levels upward before they come plummeting back down, everything we ingest has an impact on the human system to a greater or lesser degree. This is obvious with physical stimuli like food, drink, drugs and exercise. But…
Near the center of the vast desert that spans the continent of Wa Madul, there is an oasis. And as the passage of time trickled through the god Freyn’s great hourglass, a town sprang up around the sweet waters. It was a desert place, a shifting sea of colorful tents and dark-skinned, sun-bronzed men and…
I found Celia on the bench in front of the octopus exhibit. She sat quietly before the huge wall of glass, legs hanging over the edge of the bench with her feet swinging gently back and forth. “Celia…” I tried to keep my voice steady as I sat down beside her. “You had me worried…
Run. Run. Run. My breath is panting and my tongue is lolling out. My paws strike the ground as I bound forward. I can see the darting shape ahead. It tugs at something in my chest, deeper than my pounding heart and more painfully than my straining lungs. I must chase, I must follow, I…