Fantasy
All the Creatures A-Stirring
All the Creatures A-Stirring By Sai Marie Johnson Evangeline Rey Harbor, I thought it had a ring to it and so it became my nomme de plume. I’d been waiting for the better part of six months for the trip to Yule Write It. I just knew that this holiday retreat with fellow wordsmiths was going to kick me into a level of creativity that I’d been missing out on. Sure, I was driven – but I needed friends, and with a hopeful apprehension I decided to just go for it.
By Sai Marie Johnson2 months ago in Chapters
The Cave Part 1. Top Story - December 2025.
"What happened to me?" The question hung in the air, damp and hollow as it was. I felt the closeness of the walls, solid and deep. There was no echo. No hope that a simple voice could impede the silent dark. It surrounded me, gathered up and rolled over me with a blanket of complete forgetfulness. I was gone. Dead. To all who knew me, lost years ago. This is what happens to bones. This is what happens to those buried and left to lie beneath the earth until the end of time.
By Jamye Sharp2 months ago in Chapters
Sparrow on a Plank Chapter 7: One Sparrow Down
The temple was dark. Not just dark in the sense that they couldn't see, but dark in the sense that even with Hajime's summoned ball of light they had problems seeing what was in the inner sanctum. Hajime thought that it may have been because of some sorcerous darkness, but then he just realized it was because of the walls painted black and the dust in the air. Sal debated leaving behind the address of some decorators for the cultists, but then realized that they probably would get free decorating by virtue of killing the decorators after the job.
By Jamais Jochim2 months ago in Chapters
Sacrifice For The Balance Chapter 7: Lulu Goes To War
The Hralfgar investigating a burnt-out funeral pyre. Lulu Harteford was a treasure. An accountant by trade, she could find the numbers you needed for any project and organize them so that they made sense. She was exactly the right hand that Lady Astor needed, and she proved herself time and time again. Throw in that she made a killer pot of coffee and she had no problem taking a ball and driving it home, and she was an incredible secretary.
By Jamais Jochim2 months ago in Chapters
Brass Ring Chapter 6: Welcome to the Party
Oliver and Cass walked into Osa Electronics. The store was what you would expect from a successful retail electronics store, with televisions, laptops, and consoles as far as the eye could see. The pair walked up to the customer service station.
By Jamais Jochim2 months ago in Chapters
Sparrow on a Plank Chapter 6: Into The Sanctum
The next few days went fast. Hajime kept up his meditation-exercise-crow's-nest-sleep routine, and Sal and Rick began fencing in earnest. She kept to her wooden sword and improvised one for Rick. After a night or two, Hajime was sleeping alone in his berth and the pair started going to bed earlier each night. Although they kept the romance chaste above decks and limited their contact to their fencing, verbal, and swords, it didn't take a genius to figure out that they were enjoying a shipboard romance below decks.
By Jamais Jochim2 months ago in Chapters
Sacrifice For The Balance Chapter 6: A Study of Three Women
Lady Astor had assembled her own murder board. unlike Percival's, it showed her the members of the board. She had been working with Lulu, her secretary, to determine who was on the board and how to get them on her side. It was going to be a difficult task, especially considering their usual alliances. Admittedly, the biggest strike against her was one that had put her into this mess in the first place: There were those on the board who hated her due to her very title.
By Jamais Jochim2 months ago in Chapters
