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The Land Leviathans
(3.1K words, 2022)
The arms race is not solely a modern phenomenon, and sometimes the farm lad is more innovative than the king's artificers.

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The Dragon
(400 words, 2024)
A dragon and a wanderer meet and discuss whether romance and adventure are gone from the world.

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Out of Time
(4700 words, 2022)
A Lovecraftean tale of despair, leavened by hope that a diversity of voices may someday save us.

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Saviors

Oct. 15th, 2023 11:15 am
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Saviors
(1400 words, 2022)
Looking back at the mythical origins of how we recovered from the late-21st century catastrophe that ended the old world and set us upon a course towards a new, better world.

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The Mouse That Roared
(4300 words, 2022)
Mouse's origin story, in which we learn how our feisty heroine set out to become civilized and carve a more-than-mouse-sized niche for herself.

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At Sea

Oct. 15th, 2023 10:23 am
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At Sea
(5200 words, late 2022)
Freya and Mouse find themselves lost at sea, until a friendly merchant rescues them. Fortunately or un, there's a price for their rescue.

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Sacrifice

Aug. 27th, 2023 05:57 pm
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Sacrifice
(206 words, 2022)
There are sacrifices one must sometimes make for one's profession.

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The Real Monsters
(50 words, Nov. 2021)
A Fibonnacci poem about how we shouldn't dump all the responsibility on the monsters.

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Fast Track

Jun. 18th, 2023 10:02 am
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Fast Track
(2500 words, Apr. 2021)
The corporate world has been a dog-eat-dog environment for a long time. There's a reason for this.

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Exodus

Dec. 22nd, 2022 09:00 am
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Exodus
(4000 words, 2021)
A people's founding myths keep them alive and optimistic through future adversity.

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Apple Seeds
(2100 words, May 2021)
Serpents aren't always as clever as they think they are.

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Photographs and Memories
(5100 words, 2021)
Technology could mitigate the pain of dementia, but that would require some assistance from technologists.

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Dearest Kind Friend
(500 words, Nov. 2021)
Some things never change, though the implementation may evolve to accommodate new technologies.

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As Above, So Below
(300 words, July 2021)
Fairy tale princesses sometimes live happily ever after even without a prince./blockquote>
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