Humans invade a solar system of humanoid beings in a precisely choreographed attack on the defence stations on each planet, killing many of the peaceful species and enslaving those who remain. Bria, a gifted female, is voluntarily enslaved and spies on the humans. With the use of the translator stolen from a foot sol...
A collection of short stories aimed at entertaining, astounding and illustrating the various types of fantasy genres as entries in Magical_Realm's Fantasy Smackdown, ver 2.0
Mini Musings I was getting a bit crowded, so here's number two! SciFi and Fantasy shorts still make up the lot! ...maybe one day I will venture back into the realms of reality. Until then!
A collection of Sci-fi short stories written for various smackdown competitions held in the pub. The Earth moved: Basic picture round Deja Vous - Candlepunk and a continuation of the Earth moved. The Twilight Zone: A mash up of two stories: Classic - 'Pride and Prejudice' Trashic: 'Twilight' Resurrecti...
The pictures I have used are 2, 3, 5 and 6. I honestly don't know how it turned out this way.
My Collection of Short Stories. Fantasy and Science Fiction currently make up the lot. I am sure there are more to come!
From nanopunk and steampunk to space opera and post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction embraces many sub-genres that illustrate the human condition across time and space. This anthology is a collection of short stories that explore a number of those sub-genres in an effort to showcase just how amazing and broad, and ultima...
Hi y'all. Last year I quit my job, married a Canadian, and uprooted my entire life - old typewriters, vintage costumes and all - to Toronto. We called it our Canadian adventure and we're living in Apartment A, or as we call it, Apartment "Eh?" Collected here are some of my thoughts about the Great White North and I...
This is a collection of shorts; some fairy tales, others fantasy.
Forsaken by the gods, their lives and homes taken by the flood, the humans left are slaves to the sirens. They pray for heroes, the twins Thunder and Lightning, to save them from the monsters who beset them. Maybe what they really need is one good man, for monsters are everywhere. Can Ronaldo be the man to lead his p...
FSD Round III - Metallica meets an icy apocolyptical planet in its death throes (probably helps that I've been snowed in for three days)... Enjoy :)
As their skies fill with a vast portent of doom, can Nilena, a paladin knight of Scylla's Kaliak Dynasty and Kanda, a shaman of Charybdis' Atiak of Northridge, find the strength and courage to save their people? With desperate mobs and fading resources plaguing their dying lands, it will take all of Nilena's and Kand...
Mabinogi is a short story collection. All of these works have been written for The Pub's Fantasy Smackdown, a contest in which contestants have two weeks to write fantasy stories meeting the specifications laid out by the smackdown's hosts - in this case, @jewel1307 and @xxButterflyKissesxx. Check the Media widget in...
"Deadland Bounty" My first crack at Fantasy for Jules and Jess' Fantasy Smackdown. Pictures used; Female Centaur (Kentauros), the Anti-Dragon without wings (Asmod), Ships and the 'Mouthy' Cave. Special object; Recycling Bin. Quotes for Dan in Bold as usual...
For Kolangelo Kriss, an elf with some skill with a blade, adventure was a way of life. But when he sought a little excitement by picking a fight with the wrong people, he found himself with an angry mage and a debt to settle. Now he's chasing after the Tear of Ages into a war-torn town, caught between the Imperium a...
Feuding dragons and sailing ships - pig-keeper Jan de Vlamingh can't resist the adventure of being a cabin boy on the Leeuwin as it chases a dragon across the ocean. Sword training in the hold, watching for dragons from the mast - he vows to be the one to slay the dragon and take its hoard of golden florins. But all...
First round entry for the Fantasy Smackdown. A mute outcast returns to the city of his birth with a fleet at his back, seeking to free an old friend. Prompt Images 1, 3, 5, 8. Light bulb group.
A collection of short fantasy works inspired by the Fantasy smackdown. Each story has a different theme based on whatever the instigators of the competition made us do in each round. Round 1 starts if off with a fantasy / urban crossover as Antar searches for a lost artefact in the possession of the Stone Witch...
The Superator-- an epic contingent of protectors who fight the good fight with no thought to the personal gain ...or cost. Superator is the story of what happens when one of their own has nothing left to give.
After watching his wife and three children killed before his eyes, Vrendase, a drow rune weaver, vows his revenge. But, after getting captured and thrust into the heart of the war between the high elves and the Legion of Scales, will he die before he gets it? Fantasy Smackdown, Round 1 Entry - in the Wrench group, us...
To death and duty! Vanessa returns to shore from the ocean's depths, hoping to help her people and perhaps the humans, too, if they prove worthy of her time. So she hops on her Harley and...I can't tell you the rest. I'll let Vanessa tell her story in her own words, for the very first time.
Thirty years ago the corporation stole an infant Alice from her family and brought her to Quinto, where they spent the next few years trying to make her into the perfect soldier for their corporate wars. Now free of the corporation's control, Alice will embody the ancient Greek Moon Goddess and hunt down the corrupt...
An everyday trip to work takes a romantic twist when Susan strikes up a conversation with a mysterious man. But is he everything she has hoped for or is there more behind those glasses?
A steampunk short set in an alternative London. The Tower: a rock around which swirls a broken Empire, where Cloud Pirates rules the skies in their cloudships and power is all. Lead by Tower Commander Denalta, can Trooper Seth and his fellow Guards survive, and will the weapons supplied by the enigmatic Raven give the...
Science Fiction / Short Story : Evolution never stops, the races of man have changed, have fought bitter wars and built cities on the moon. But where can they go next? The only limit is your own imagination... This short compilation of stories was done for a Science Fiction Smackdown in the Pub - I won =] Each story...
Military SciFi: The shattered remnants of the Battle of Antar are drafted back into service and retrained with new weapons, new hope and the chance at a new life. Each given the capability to control a sub-unit of drones, they are thrown into the final battle with the Lizards, but will the ever devious BattleCorp have...
A collection of verse, including a poem which is also a Drabble (100 words) with Mythic Greek influence, and followed by humour, horror and fantasy in varying doses as my entry for the 2012 Atty Awards
When invading armies to the East began conquering and slaughtering the people, the King's Riders, an elite fighting force who ride intelligent, Bonded horses, are magically bound to the Shadows to give them an edge. They get an edge, all right: they can travel through the Shadows at incredible speeds, attack without t...
