The Discovery
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right-for you'll be criticized for it anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."-Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) Cain brushed his short blue hair out of his eyes, staring at the early...
Maximilian's Odyssey
The photos reeled through his mind. A young, pretty mouse holding a baby in her arms, smiling. A little mouse playing on a driftwood log lapped by the late-tide beach waves, his mother on the sand nearby. The same small mouse, older now, standing alone...
Gryphon Meat Factory: Special Occasion Roast
A black feathered gryphon walks down a dirt road, passing by a cart going the other way. She doesn't attract any attention by doing this, seeing as all the other people about also happen to be gryphons. She does draw a few curious glances even so, just...
Gryphon Meat Factory Side Story: Gammia
People don't often realize how colorful their worlds really are. They go about their various lives, not caring about the splendor that they can't see, or that they have seen so often it is normal to them. Occasionally they will see something new, or...
Every Rose has its' Thorns
Every Rose Has Its' Thorns By: Duo Theus Crickets chirp as the local star starts its' cycle of sleep and the twilight dawns across the land. The ambiance across the ancient temple of the god of love was most fitting as the onyx wolf entered the...
The Raven's Shadow: Chapter One
I feel a vague sense of unease. This is an unusual feeling for me; and especially unusual for me to not know why it is there. I stare at the glass in front of me as I try to figure out the reason for the feeling yet again. The drink that I stare at was...
A Jaunt to the Local Bar
KHAE: Say "Nevermore." Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease? Just this once, for me? DUO: Well, if I am going to do this I might as well do it properly. \*flies off\* \*comes back with a bust of Pallas floating behind him, which sets itself down on the...
The Raven's Shadow, Chapter 2
For some hearing the Shadow's words would be enough to count as a religious experience. For others it would be considered an omen of death. I don't have either of these reactions; instead I find myself paralyzed with indecision. Most of me is in shock...
The Queen of Winter
Sub-Chapter 2 **The Queen of Winter** **A short story featuring Maverick Skye** **By Duo Theus** **Prologue** There was a world with no name and upon this nameless world there were a species of creatures very similar to humans;...
Magma and Frost
Micro Chapter **Magma and Frost** Short Piece featuring Maverick Skye by Duo Theus In the aftermath of the planet Valmerit, Maverick Skye went on to make a reputation of himself across the galaxy. The kit showed signs of a very rare and...
The Indestructible Master of Power
Sub-Chapter 1 **The Indestructible Master of Power** A short story into the mysterious past of Maverick Skye By Duo Theus **Prologue** In an era of social decay; where science, religion, and magic rage war; we find the necromancer...
Gryphon Meat Factory: Individual Parts
It is the largest forest known in all three continents. Well over a thousand miles north to south, and twice that east to west, it is often referred to as just "The Forest" and people will know what is meant. Scattered rivers and trails fight their way...