Across the Tainted Earth – Episode 0
Valeria – Nine Years Before Incursion Valeria gawked at the people. It was rare for her to leave her hometown of Verdant and explore the other settlements. Even Penomier, the closest village was foreign...
Edge of Story Blog
It is 10:47
10:47 It is 10:47 and the captain will not wake up. Around the captain, people are screaming. Warning sirens blare, only adding to the mania. People yell about the attack and the marauders, but...
When There Were Giants
“There used to be giants in the hills. When they moved it looked as though the earth itself was rumbling. They were magnificent, stone titans, their bodies green from moss.” Amelia’s mom sometimes sat...
Brave, Young, and Chosen
The small tavern is still bustling now that the sun has set. The clientele is respectable, all wearing ties and button-down shirts. The upbeat music and loud conversations help to drown out the whispered...
And Still, I’ll Always Love You
There was a girl, with hair like fire, Like sunlight had kissed her head. There was a boy with eyes like the sea, And laughter that flowed like a rippling stream. One day the...
The Killing Field
Captain Roth felt the jerk in her stomach that meant that her spaceship was exiting lightspeed. They hadn’t been scheduled to reach the mining site for several more hours. And, when she looked out...
And She Was the Last One Left
Sometimes Scarlet would sit outside, look at the stars, and think about how she was the last one left. There had been a time when magic flowed across the land like the coming wind....
Rest Beneath the Waves
The waters were rising. Or perhaps the land was sinking. It doesn’t matter and the details have been lost to history, submerged in the depths. Even at the time, people did not fully understand...
Our Children Left Abandoned
Castor looked at the phone in his hands. For a moment, he imagined that he hadn’t received the message he just had, basking in that idyllic fantasy. But, no, his next repair job would...
I saw a Spectre Standing in my Door
I saw a spectre standing in my door It wore the face of someone I was not Dressed just as when it had appeared before, And still same terror in my mind it wrought...