Memories are like water, I’ve been told. Mutable. Prone to evaporation. More reflective of who you think you are than who you really were. It’s why so many folks took the camem augments -camera to the eye, with a few hundred gigs of memory implanted into your wire brain. I was raised by paranoid survivalists, … More Desolation

“Doko, koko wa?” “Umm… parlez-vous francais? Je ne parle pas…eum… la langue…” “Que idioma -hablo espanol? De France?” “Erm… Do-Donde… soy… Je ne peux pax parler vos langue, desolee. J’ai etudie quand j’etais une fille mais… merde.” “Fuck this shit. Fucking aliens, what a bunch of asshats.” “Hontouni, dare? Dare?” “Can you just-“ “Amerikajin? Eigo! … More Anthropologie

1. The rain outside had been going on for days; the seaside town was slowly drowning. The winds had left boats overturned and hurricane shutters drawn, and it was only a matter of time until the downed trees took somebody with them. Outside a cozy cabin, built ten feet off the ground, a small motorboat … More Stormy Hearts

The Great Lord Merlin was brought into this world a pauper, shivering and alone, save the Queen Mother who bore him. Little did the Queen know what a great, swaggering Tom he would become when first he opened his eyes! Very little is known about the Lord Merlin’s early adventures, but in his second year … More Biography of a Cat

Here’s how the scene happens. ​ An end of a fight. Not the end, and not the fight. She pants as she looks forward, ignoring the downed opponent in favor of the new one. Her wrist got tipped back and she thinks it’s broken -sloppy form, she mutters. But she’s tired and her muscles ache … More Bare Knuckle

Ever have a friend who takes things a bit too… Personally? You know, that really intense one, with a lot of feelings, and they’re fantastic in so many ways but you say something you think is an offhand comment and next week there’s a little folder with several research papers and citations and really well-laid-out … More The Cost