Modes of Transport (a Kaos Army short story)
The light flashed, merrily. They always did. Anything that threw a spanner in the works seemed to be happy about it. Sirens of doom would sing joyously. Beacons of battle would blaze like a rock concert. This squiggly iridescent lamp doing its best...
The Book of Warlock 15. Aggravated Assault.
The dawn sunrise had brought with it an unwanted gift in the form of a rift in the skies. A darkened fiery gaping hole in the very fabric of reality. It looked like something from an ancient prophecy come true. A dire warning of...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 7
Rap and Rave found Anar surrounded by dusty old books, madly flipping through the aged pages, stabbing his neat fingernails at random pictures and passages, muttering to himself. "I always knew he was a few digestives short of a packet," Rave rumbled,...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 18
Tripping and stumbling, falling forwards while wheezing and regretting every fast-food item he'd ever consumed, Anarchy Warlock hurtled down the levels of Hell hand-in-hand with the succubus girl that he really wished was his girlfriend, though Rap...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 17
"Oh, I do hope he's ok, poor lamb," Rap sighed, chewing the toffee from a toffee apple. "Poor lamb?!" Rave exclaimed, battling to separate his teeth, "he's a sixteen-years old soon-to-be minion of Hell, not a defenceless toddler!" Rap looked sad,...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 13
"Cooo-eeee!" "He's been turned into a vegetable. A grey vegetable at that. I wouldn't want him in MY stew!" "Where's my chunk of sapphire? That's what I need! Oh, which flipping pocket is it in? Here, hold this, Anar, get some clarity, mate, follow...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 11
"SNAP!" Anar woke with a start. He rubbed his eyes and his snout. What were those dinosaurs up to now? Groggily, he kicked away his quilt and peered through his privacy curtains. Rap and Rave were playing card games on the coffee table. Anar...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 10
He careered round the corner of the top floor, skidding at the top of the stairs, launching himself atop the narrow handrail and sliding down at breakneck speed, the smooth material of his study robes accelerating him. He'd have looked much more cool...
Hell on Earth. Chapter 9
The outside gardens were suitably designed for such a place as this; the trees were twisted and skeletal, the ground uneven and boggy. Pieces of masonry were half-sunk into the mud, tufts of sickly yellow grass sprang in clumps around them. It was...
A faithful servant
The small, black-scaled kobold wiped sweat from his ridged, horned brow and took a moment to rest. He had started the laundry, swept the floors and gathered up the dishes and cups. Now he was reaching into far corners to dislodge the wispy...
Executive decisions Chapter 2
The bright blue energy field faded away and the searing heat hit him as is appropriate for stepping into the furnace of Hell itself. Everything had a shimmery veil in front of it - the pavements, the buildings, the many shops and leisure venues. This...
Executive decisions 1
Delicious smells wafted through into the lounge at 131 Forest Avenue, Ilchester, England, as a swarthy male aardvark flicked the pages of his Country Life magazine. He sank down into the plumped-up cushions that had been carefully...