Thoron is returning home after his Uncle Bubo sent him on a five-year "character-building" journey. He felt he was unable to find what his wizard uncle sent him out to find, meaning a clue to his past. When he discovers his uncle hadn't been home in some time, he reluctantly decides to continue his adventure. He is plagued by nightmares of the past, the constant struggle with the beast within, the desire to find himself and keep everyone else around him safe. Little does he know about the part he will play in a young girl's destiny...

Poems and songs, collected by Cyron The Bard.

Folktales. Fairy tales. Magic. Vampires. Faeries. Monsters. Mythology. I love them all! Basically, I wanted to take all of these influences--Carmilla, Dungeons & Dragons, Sesame Street--and turn them into a vampire story. Now that I've done that, there are other creatures that I want to write about. Thus, THE OLD MADE NEW.

[season 1] In the near-future, mankind succeeds in curing A.I.D.S. However, something much worse fills the void, an aggressive sickness that only affects females. Though only 50% of Earth's population is at risk of contracting M.A.I.D.S., the illness impacts everyone. World War III begins as panic-stricken governments seize healthy females in order to ensure the survival of their people, but even warfare and forced breeding programs can't halt the inevitable: mankind is dying out. An international team of scientists combine existing technologies, theories, and desperation to create Synthia, a synthetic human female capable of M.A.I.D.S.-free existence and, most importantly, reproduction. Biomechanical humans, dubbed Synthias, are mass-produced, and mankind's population begins to slowly increase after being decimated by the illness and war. The cost of salvation is souls. Synthias are denied basic human rights because they are manufactured, not born. After staging an unsuccessful uprising, the facilities where Synthias are mass-produced undergo great changes. Synthia manufactories are re-opened as boutiques where a man's mate can be custom-ordered, right down to the various skills and knowledge the Synthia possesses. A truly male-oriented world emerges around this new technology. Adam, the first son of a Synthia, wants something more than a mere breeding machine. He wants a true partner and something like the "love" he only knows about from pre-war media. The Synthia he creates is something new that threatens to destroy the status quo... Adam's Synthia is not an it. Adam's Synthia is a she. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.A.I.D.S. is the winner of two Watty Awards (2011).