Short Stories Raise the Black Sun: Part Ten 9 Jul 202014 Dec 2021 It was the longest night of my life, and when at last I did fall asleep, my dreams were unlike anything I had ever experienced before. There was no narrative…
Short Stories Raise the Black Sun: Part Seven 18 Jun 202014 Dec 2021 Here, too, I found the reality far removed from that which I had imagined. Whenever I had heard of "sacrifices," I had pictured a captive bound and struggling upon a…
Short Stories Raise the Black Sun: Part Five 4 Jun 202014 Dec 2021 As strange as it had been to discover the end of the world, I do believe the greater surprise was that we had met our first citizen of Graymore Coventry,…
Short Stories Raise the Black Sun: Part Four 28 May 202014 Dec 2021 I do not know why I did not abandon my post then. I cannot say that I held some glimmer of hope that was absent in the others. I suppose…
Short Stories It’s Tough to Be a God: Part Three 2 Jan 202023 Nov 2021 Jeret reached down and scooped the poor, lifeless creature up. "It--it sometimes plays dead," he said in fear, imagining it starting to stir, "but then it pops back up after…
Short Stories It’s Tough to Be a God: Part Two 26 Dec 201923 Nov 2021 "Well," Jeret said. "Why don't I make myself something to get back to--to the base?" He had almost said "to get back to home," but he refused to do that.…
Short Stories The Last Duty 24 Oct 201920 Nov 2021 "I am surprised that anyone would come to look for me in my little abode, I'm a man of little consequence." The old hermit bumbled through his cupboards, looking for…
Short Stories Shade: Part Three 17 Oct 201920 Nov 2021 An hour later, down in the nearby valley, Reish stood immobile in the middle of his barracks. An hour ago he had felt the tremor, a signal born down to…
Short Stories The Death of Simon Bowie 18 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 "I don't know, I just always liked that sort of sound in--" Simon stopped speaking abruptly and turned to look about the room. He was the only one here. He…
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