creepy A Capable Princess Crew The trip started so well, but now… what a way to turn thirteen. At least I’m not alone.
epistolary Testing defenceBot27 Current configurations state “acceptable harm: Lethal”. This setting requires confirmation by an administrator level user or above…
3rd person PoV Diner Etiquette For Nowhere Nowhere-On-Particular was a strange little riverside town. Quiet. Too worn-down to count as “quaint”. Cassie wasn’t planning on staying long...
1st person PoV Literary Genius Unthwarted By Death I must confess, I have double-guessed my plan of haunting my favourite pen many times in the subsequent decades wasted lurking in this blasted antiques shop.
3rd person PoV Birthday Supplications “PRESENT YOUR TRIBUTE, FOOLISH MORTALS, AND PRAY THAT I DEEM IT WORTHY!” “Well, um, I brought party hats…” “OOH, GIMMIE!”
1st person PoV Pairing Echoes I know desperation when I see it. Any seller of, ahem, metaphysically enhanced items develops that sense quickly…
3rd person PoV Must Be Stress It started with constant, nagging headaches. A warning sign which is all too easy to ignore…
3rd person PoV Queen Evelyn's Secret Regime The rumour was persistent. “Queen Evelyn baths in the blood of babes!”
1st person PoV Have You Bitten My Brother? 2 The docs say I’m human. Now I just have to survive my parents being mad…
1st person PoV Have You Bitten My Brother? If the legends are wrong, I’m alone for 65 days of arctic winter. If the legends are true, I’m about to face vampires.
1st person PoV Stalking The Shadow Skulker From the moment I saw that fire flickering through the trees, I knew my quest for revenge was almost over. But there were surprises waiting…
1st person PoV Out Of Defined Service A hospital hallway is surely one of the best places to have a stress breakdown and start hallucinating, so hopefully I’ll be alright. I mean, I MUST be hallucinating… right?
3rd person PoV 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.
1st person PoV 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??
3rd person PoV 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…
1st person PoV 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?
3rd person PoV 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.
3rd person PoV Unexpected ETA Ben had never expected to become a father. Certainly not like THIS. But, well, it seemed the universe had decided that for him…
3rd person PoV A Deadly Dozen Even assassins need a safe space to relax and talk shop while off work. But how ‘safe’ is a room full of professional killers?
microfiction Hide And Seek And Find Normally the group wouldn’t even THINK of dabbling in magic, much less scary stuff like this, but Lorna had been missing for days…
microfiction A Stolen Taste Of Spring Everyone thought it harmless to wish for an early spring. And usually it was.
microfiction A Trying Reflection Avoiding all reflections for the week was annoying, but NECESSARY. Mira knew what happened to people who didn’t heed the danger…
microfiction Earthbound Passenger Riding Cargo The mess hall fell silent as Jerry walked in. Nobody looked up. Certainly nobody looked AT him. He wished he knew WHY.
microfiction A Vigilant Gaze Unpeels Nina knew the vigil was for the greater good, but of course she was going to worry about her son having been chosen for it.
