Hi all, I wrote this short story last night as an entry for the Adventure Community writing contest 'To The Seas!' and then polished it up this morning. The contest rules were that it had to have adventure, it had to be under 2,000 words, and it had to take place at sea. I hope you enjoy it! And just a quick update - Lethe won the first prize in the Adventure Community's first-ever contest! Thank you judges!

Athlon the Android, Champion of Olympus, embarks on an adventure that will challenge his mind, body, and soul, in that order. A story that explores the nature and origins of religion in the Dopinephrine Galaxy. Book Two in The Dopinephrine Saga. 1. The Olympus Saga 2. Distant Cathartic 3. The Trees of Fate 4. Epsilon Dunamis 5. Muspilli Rising 6. Pseudo Civili 7. Veiled Empyrean

Pria loved her work with the Thieves Guild in the city of Ayr. She completed every contract from petty pickpocket jobs to substantial burglaries and prided herself on being the youngest Shadow Rogue in a century. Life was good until a dark stranger appeared and offered the Guild his nefarious services. Before long, Pria finds herself apprenticed to him and on a mission fraught with danger and intrigue. Success will mean riches and fame beyond her wildest dreams but their failure could mean an end to everything she holds dear. Cover picture information: Rock-opera of group "ESSE" - "Road without return", based on the saga of Andrzej Sapkowski - "The Witcher". Illustration for scene 6 - "Yennefer". Autor - Ekaterina Kozlovskaya.

Rescuing a demigod should come with some perks, but for Aeriae Llewyn, those perks have a price. The last (not to mention worst) three years of Aeriae's life have been spent as a slave to the Westwinter Imperium. It's her own fault she was captured. Finding the appropriate time to sleep when you're a fugitive is somewhat essential to not getting caught. Enslaved with her is her family, her only wish to be free with them. And so, when a demigod, Avaddhon, falls from the sky, Aeriae escapes, at great risk to herself, and hides him from the Imperium. The reward for such a selfless act should be catch-free. It's not. Avaddhon is willing to grant Aeriae and her family freedom from fate on one condition; she has to kill an influential lord in a distant land. Seeing as he has better things to do than accompany her, he merges the fragments of a legendary, living blade, with her flesh to act as a guide. It should be simple; the shards will direct her what to do. The first thing they guide her to is a boat to take her where she needs to go. But when the shards urge her to kill the crew of the vessel, the men and women who have accepted her as one of their own, she resists. As the shards wrack her body with pain, tormenting her, she must choose what price she is willing to pay for her family's freedom. SHADOWS BLEED is a young-adult fantasy novel that dabbles in steampunk and even, believe it or not, a little bit of romance (aww, that's sweet).