Shila dropped her pack on the table with a disgusted sigh and peered down at the log book half buried in food wrappers. Her hand gripped into a tight fist as she shook her head before sitting down heavily on the wooden stool. “Bastard couldn’t wait, could he?” Her voice was smooth, with a faint… Continue reading →

“Excuse me.” Dalstaff, the Scourge of the Six Rivers and Destroyer of Idiots Who Woke Him Up, cracked open one eye. He was in a perfect position for his emerald eyes to glint from the light that came from the cracks in the ceiling. He practiced that look to present the delicate balance of lazy… Continue reading →

It was a beautiful day. Brilliant sunlight streamed out of the clear, blue sky and filtered down across the green landscape. The birds and the bees murmured softly in the sounds of life as a warm breeze stroked across the trees. A doe stepped out of a copse of trees, blinking away the sleep before… Continue reading →

The Man chewed on his cigar as he picked his way across the brightly flaming bodies of his precious frat boys and girls. Across from him, the dazed shape of the Big Wisniewski tugged on his bathrobe as he did the same, winding his way around the stench puddles that ate away at his disgusting… Continue reading →

The door slammed hard into the plaster wall and knocked down a few errant portraits before swinging back just as violently. The door smacked the man following behind the baron right in the chest, staggering him back. Shaking his head, the older man managed to clear his head and burst through the door. “Baron, I… Continue reading →

Clouds of oil smoke poured out from a cracked manifold, choking Staple’s breath as he dangled his hand between two heated pipes while trying to reach for his wrench. He felt searing heat burning his shoulder and strained to keep the canvas cloth away from the black fixtures. His fingers flicked at the wrench, swearing… Continue reading →

“Damn it, Gertrude, get number two furnace working again! I’m almost out of the Agatha Red on the second cannon!” She screamed something back in response, but Eustace couldn’t hear it as his hundred ton mecha slammed into the side of the quarry. A line of bricks shattered along the rough rock wall and he… Continue reading →

Maladar pulled a face as his wife’s incense drifted past his nose. The heavy scent brought too many memories of pointless bowing and scraping at the local temple and he neither had the time or energy to pay attention while he worked. He tapped his pen against the side of the bowl for a moment,… Continue reading →

Fire crackled in the banked pit as Howling Wind Triumphant drew in the earth with one long fingernail. “This town is ripe for plucking. Two guards, maybe three, on duty and the rest sleeping in their soft beds.” Around him, his tribe of barbarians watched his movements with the fervor of worshipers. Howling Wind ignored… Continue reading →