Choice.
Ariel’s parents had stepped into the hall to speak with the man in the suit but she could still snatch bits of speech through the door. Words like ‘special’…
Silven
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Hunt.
I have watched my friends and loved ones die over the course of the last three days. Before now, I might have been tempted to call their killer a madman. He’d…
Now you're just making it up.
I know I said I’d be here, but an Augur is on my tail If this is being read in the correct timeline, you have no idea what an Augur is. If you’re further ahead…
Really helpful.
I’m writing this in what looks (and smells) like a swamp. I’ve got no idea where I am. It’s likely that you have no idea where you are, either. That’s…
Moral of the story.
When my tour ended I went into private security. Same job, I figured, with less killin’ and more pay. Big fancy corporation hired us on to protect their…
Wat.
We are souls trapped in flesh, made to experience the universe of matter. I think. My eyes are open-- of that, I am quite sure. They ache and string…
Falling Day
The best part of Autumn, he’d decided, was the leaves. Any child who’s ever had any fun has jumped in a big pile of fallen leaves. There was something simple…
Because.
It had been the greatest day of my entire life. My novel had been accepted for publication. My debts were paid off. The coffee I drank in the morning was…
Tomb.Seed
Fate has laid a terrible burden upon me. I watched the oceans shrink and the trees wither in my youth, and now even the sun begins to fade. The last child of…
Blue.
Brutal, right? I know. I’m actually not proud of that one. It was messy and badly thought out. Thank god for inept small town detectives and botched forensic…
redbluegreen it's time to be mean
I almost killed a man today. I don’t remember why the knife was in my hand. It would have been easy.
Mottwoo: An introduction to Magic.
“Because you’d kill yourself and turn poor Wilfred there into a duck. Wands are for Faefolk and Tesla. And I’ll take that glare to mean ‘I understand, but I’d…
The mysteries of the world and the universe.
“Welcome, students, to Mysteries of the World and Universe! From here on we’ll be calling it Mottwoo because I say so. In this class I will explain all the…
Cleaning Up
Revenge is the best reason to kill. I’m not quite sure why no one really understands that. Have you ever gotten revenge on someone? Slashed their tires or…
The Spoiledest.
I don’t know why Daddy brings me to these parties. All the people are old and they won’t let me drink and I hate shrimp and for some reason shrimp is in all…
The Killin'est
As jobs go, assassin is probably one of the shittiest. They’re always expecting you and the pay is never as good as it should be. Plus, you spend way too much…
The shrimpiest.
‘And so the hero becomes villain; the hunter hunted,’ he thought, spearing another shrimp with his toothpick. Who knew if that shrimp was ever a hero? No one…
Bluff
He had warned them that this would happen. The message had filtered through a million systems and a million minds. Do not try to toy with my life, he had told…
Isn't and shouldn't.
It’s impossible. It can’t possibly exist. It can’t. And when you finally accept that it does exist, a second impossibility becomes apparent; you can’t possibly…
Old Yeller.
I am standing on the Golden Gate Bridge. This morning I watched a line of ships form on the horizon. I watched troops in U.S. uniforms set up base camps on the…