Hang Tight!
_Hang Tight!_ _ _ "One...two...three, go!" The green dragon leaped off the cliff and showed off the full breadth of his wings, taking to the air. I, on the other hand, had to double check that I was securely strapped to my hang glider, and then...
The Gorge
_The Gorge_ _ _ The water was cool and gushing, surrounding me. It was clear water, and it didn't burn my eyes. I snapped my hips and pushed my paddle, rolling my kayak back up to continue the rush down the Arkansas River...
Not With Gold or Iron
_Not With Gold or Iron_ Infinity. It is incomprehensible. There are infinite universes, hence infinite galaxies and infinite worlds. Thus, everything is insignificant in the grand scheme of infinity. So why don't we just flip through the pages...
Peace in Solitude
_Peace in Solitude_ _ _ Great. Another shitty day at work. I can't quit this one, not after I went jobless for months since the last time I quit. Fucking bitch couldn't take responsibility for the fact that she'd spilled the soda she'd already...
A New Day
_A New Day_ So here I am, wandering the universe with a humanoid dragon. Actually, the fact that he was humanoid or a dragon didn't seem so weird now. Nature, as Zack had explained to me, is actually pretty lazy. The vast majority of sentient life in...
Reconnecting
_Reconnecting_ Anthony stepped out of his log cabin and felt the soggy grass's wetness pierce through his worn out sneakers. Three days of rain had locked him in the old vacation home his great-grandfather had built by hand, but the sun at last...
Through the Night
_Through the Night_ "Shit." Matt huddled in the corner of the supply carriage while the conflagration before him crept closer to his legs. He wished he hadn't taken this stupid job. He was tasked with transporting a bunch of contained fire...
Dominion
_Dominion_ _ _ Cairn took another sip of his sweet wine as he watched the hunky dragon sitting several chairs away reject another potential lay. The suitors were all smaller than he was, and they all had the scrawny submissive look. Most of them...
A Bare Planet
_A Bare Planet_ _ _ Nakira Prime. Anthony saw a whole hodgepodge of organic bodies of all shapes and sizes, even more than he'd seen in the segregated little bipedal section of the Omnimart he'd meandered through, and he felt nearly no insanity. The...
Omnimart
_Omnimart_ _ _ Anthony stood absolutely bewildered by the planet-sized superstore. It had begun with the parking lot. Spindles of metal arms and tubes extended out from the planet sized superstore, the docking and transportation railways spread...
The Queen's Lament
_The Queen's Lament_ "What do you mean the king is dead?" "Dagger through the heart. An assassin's on the loose. You need to go home, now!" "But what's going to happen?" "I don't know Ray, I don't know. Do you have your promotion badge or papers...
Lord of Minos
_Lord of Minos_ _ _ The _Flameseeker_ flew steadily north, and the days passed on without trouble. The days were mildly warm in the height of autumn, and the clear skies offered no hope for any spectacular weather phenomenon. Indeed the days had...