The Taste of Terror Chapter 6: Part I
**THE TASTE OF TERROR** _Chapter 6: Where The Heart Is_ Part I _Darkness held him._ _Soft and smothering, seeping into every inch of his soul with black tendrils of pure exhaustion until he could not even try to resist the weariness, and slipped...
The Taste of Terror Chapter 6: Part II
**THE TASTE OF TERROR** _Chapter 6: Where The Heart Is_ Part II "_There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."_ Was this the newest death? Not to kill him through claws or beak or belly, but through the...
Delicious
Delicious The fennec had lulled himself into a pleasant daze, immersing himself in the thickest part of his god's chestfur, and so the outside world had faded to a faint murmur around him. He vaguely knew that a Royal Court meeting was in full...
Forgotten Gods Part 2: Risen From The Depths
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Unfortunate: A collaboration with LN
UNFORTUNATE "Yes! Level six!" The young tiger shouted into the empty coffee shop, pumping his fist in the air as he looked down at the game in his hands. Charlie was far more interested in shooting these aliens than he was in scrubbing out...
Forgotten Gods Part 1: Dragon, falcon, mouse
**Forgotten Gods** **A Commission for little Lyca.** _Patience._ _ _ _Silent darkness below. Rippling light, stained green by the water's murky caress, encased him around and above._ _ _ _No sound here, cocooned in the cool waters. No...
The Taste Of Terror Chapter 1: First Sight
THE TASTE OF TERROR **Chapter 1: First Sight** "Hello, Alex." The voice was low, gentle...and utterly terrifying. Alex's lungs ballooned with air as he tried to scream, his legs kicking wildly as he struggled to get up from the tree against which he...
The Taste of Terror Chapter 5: Thunderbolt Moments
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The World of Actura (Worldbuilding)
**The World of Actura** _In the beginning, there was..._ And that is the problem. Because up until just over two thousand years ago, there was apparently no-one in the world to know the answer. The history of the world of Actura began at precisely...
Playing God: A Prologue Of Sorts: Born In Sin
PLAYING GOD A Prologue of Sorts: Born in Sin _(Excerpted from the case notes of Dr Fabian Newton (Barn owl, 52), noted clinical psychologist specialising in insanity-related cases. Newton was assigned to interview the notorious serial murderer...
Guest Lecturer
GUEST LECTURERS _A Commission for Aeznon_ Bored. He was bored. He sighed, rolling onto his back and staring stolidly into the cold grey sky, clouds heavy with the promise of rain. Eyes that had watched the downfall of whole civilizations...
His Sister's Keeper
Draped in a cloak of pure black, he studied the building in front of him - or, more appropriately, the small palace. Planning his exact route before he even set foot on the grounds, just as he had done every night over the past week. He took in every...