“I can’t be saying I know, Selmy.”
“It’s easy work, it don’t interfere with your undertaking, and it’s damn good money.”
“Aye, I can see that. But I don’t know about going up to that old tower there in the woods. There’s unnatural things abroad.”
“Everything’s unnatural. What, do you think houses just spring up out of the [...]
The rats were smarter than we expected.
The higher ups in the government knew all about them, had done for years – there were rats in the sewers of London, strange rats, big as a dog and so white as to be almost translucent. Ghost rats.
They took people, but they were smart – only went for [...]
Bjorn looked out of the tiny window onto the ill-lit ground. The pressure tent was spacious when it was first inflated – he had seen it personally – but now all of their equipment and supplies had been put inside it seemed cramped. He lay in the tiny cot by the window, his wife at [...]
Cities rose and fell over the course of its life, whole civilizations climbed to the lofty heights of power and then succumbed to inefficiency and pride. They crumbled to barbarism, and new cities rose in their places, finally consolidated as massive empires which fell again.
It found it amusing to watch them rise and fall, as [...]
The knife slipped in her hand, sliding to one side, cutting a small gash on his right pinkie finger.
“Oh my god, I’m sorry!” she said, turning around, fussing over towels. How could she be so stupid? It had been so long since she was around a man, so long since Terry left and she had [...]
The anemone shifted, arms waving gently in a silent undersea dance.
It reminded her of tai chi demonstrations she had seen years ago. Slow, graceful, yet threatening.
She found herself mimicking the thing, waving her arms slowly, drawn in by the creature’s hypnotic grace. It was a new species, she didn’t have to be a marine biologist [...]
Four years ago I saved the world. In return I got the joy of seeing the world as a better place, a cushty civil service desk job that involves very little actual work, a decent pension and all the benefits attached to that.
Which is nice, I guess. I also got a non-discolsure agreement that said [...]
The golden skies were rent that day, torn in twain by blackness, a tear in the fabric of reality high in the atmosphere. It spread quickly, devouring the sky from horizon to horizon and enveloping the world, replacing the warmth and kindness of the nation of Askarrion with a dark world from another plane, populated [...]
The tall man walked into a tavern. He exuded presence – he stood in the doorway, sizing up the inhabitants. After a brief period of intimidation, Garrok the dragon slayer smiled, waved, and walked up to the bar.
“Lord Garrok, you need never pay for a drink, that is for certain!” the barkeep said as he [...]
The sun sets, and darkness spreads over the city, and I become free.
My comrades and I melt out from our diurnal habitats, the little spaces between oil drums and under trash and beside the corpses of nameless, homeless men. We stretch out and groan as we reach our full potential sizes, and we drift through [...]