Cutting Away The Kiss Of Death

“Do you have another plan? ANY idea other than putting a bullet in my head right now? Then shut up and do it.”

Goddess Agne Of Pod Thirty-Nine

Time dilation within the “Dreamworld” simulation meant a real day became years exploring your chosen digital world. A wonderful holiday… so long as the exit routine runs correctly.

The Unrepentant Rift Tearer

With an alien force devouring all matter in its path, humanity was desperate enough to try anything. Even unleashing the last reality-destroying threat they’d only just managed to contain.

Welcome To Backroom Lilliput

I come around in a strangely shaped puffy… bed? The ceiling above me is so poorly lit it looks like cardboard. Where AM I??

A Helpy Home Hand

PlynTech’s patented “Helpy AI” is like a pet who integrates with your home! Always there for you, always caring, always helpful! And we’re always improving its software…

Definitely Some Kind Of Karma

I wish I knew what I’d DONE in my previous life to get stuck with this. Am I being punished? Rewarded? Or just put to work?

Borrowed Feathers

She was being foolish. It was GOOD she’d likely never see him again. If he found out who she truly was…

A Duty Undone, A Soul Recalled

I wake disoriented. For a moment I wonder if my memories - collecting the crystals, receiving the gods’ power, and sealing the Grasping One - were merely a wild dream.

A Doubled Life

It all started on that long-ago August afternoon, where a decision split her life…

A Professional Failing

Before demons returned, suffering from “burnout” meant needing time off and perhaps a relaxing retreat. Now it meant waking up chained to a hospital bed… if you were lucky.