death - Stories

Amnor Sen and Jeremy are out to save the world. Traveling to the Worldwound far to the north, they are delayed by the discovery of a runaway slave in the undead land of Geb. Now the two must deal with the slave, while continuing on their way north.

Jakun is a cat on the run. Forced by his master to commit the most heinous of crimes, he flees, only to be caught by a paladin and a cleric. Will he be returned to his master? Or can his captors free him from his evil owner?

Jeremiah is picked up by the police after being caught digging up a body in a cornfield in the middle of the night. His explanation leaves investigators with more questions than answers.

A man who has recently lost the love of his life is deep in denial and about to let himself starve and freeze to death, but then an unexpected visitor forces him to open his eyes and look past the all-consuming void he has been left with.

Wanted criminal Hong Shen finally meets his end after being stabbed in the back by a comrade. As he makes his final resting place under a dead plum tree, he submits to death.

Instead, he receives two choices: die, or be given a second chance.

To take the second chance means he must complete a trial in the past in order to return to the present. But what he doesn't know is that the trial isn't only difficult for him, but even more difficult for the person he must be to fulfill it.

When Mike’s 47 year old cousin (also his best friend) dies he realizes he must make major changes in his lifestyle or his own funeral could be soon. A self-imposed journey to improve himself both physically and emotionally leads him to discover the Mike he has been repressing for years and he comes to terms with life as a gay man.

Towards the end of the Eighth Pass, two Weyrbred boys wait to see if they will be successful in Impressing a dragon.

Stories written in a particular mood. Most are sad, some might be happier.

Bonehead Throkdar
BunnyAce
ForTheThes
GoldenrodBoy
JiantHippo
KillRAss
MasterAshley
Skydaculous
Tall&Zxy
Talyris
Trjreska
The list goes on...

After winning a contest for an afternoon spent in a new fully VR version of Ring Spiral Online, a popular MMO, 1000 players find themselves unable to log out and unable to respawn when they die.

Given no clue what has happened to them, nor goal or time frame for their release, they must find their own path in what may be the rest of their lives.

What choices will they make? And what society will result?

Sixteen artificial teenagers with superpowers must do battle in a tournament for the glory of the elemental wizards that created them.

Everyone has a unique and different experience when it comes to the pandemic. Everyone has their ups and downs, highs and lows. No-one is unaffected. Allow us to share our experiences with you. Perhaps, we might have a thing or two in common. Maybe we'd be able to help you understand the feelings that you couldn't quite put into words. Maybe reading the stories will make you feel less alone. We can't guarantee that our stories will be little more than words on your screen, much like being able to guarantee anything during these tough times.

This is our love letter to you. We hope you can find some meaning in it.

Douglas is one of Lysander's crushers and finds himself and his siblings at risk from a strange new enemy.

Life in a high-rise.

What happens when a group of school students discover a notebook which has the power to kill? At first they go wild with the knowledge of this new power, but eventually they start to die off as well. Ethan must discover who's killing them before he's next.

After a few days’ stay on a remote and bleak island in the sea, a writer finds that the boat he arrived in has been torn from its mooring by a storm. None of the locals will take him to the mainland, afraid to brave the waters after the storm, and as he struggles to make his way home, it seems more and more as if something doesn’t want him to leave.

Genevieve Bale is a descendant from two vastly differing bloodlines. Vampires and Gypsies. And in one night, they both catch up to her. Her gypsy side tries to kill her, and her vampire side saves her.
After learning the truth about where she comes from, it becomes a race to save those she loves from the same fate. There are many trials she goes through, and many friends made along the way. Not to mention someone that catches her eye.
Vampires, Gypsies, Faye, Shifters, Guardians, and Dreamwalkers. A world filled with many different races. Gen must survive them all.