Imagine the second you're born, a consultant removes you from your mother's grasp and runs a battery of genetic and physiological tests on you. Thirty minutes later they give you a score out of one hundred which denotes your level of perfection. If your score is above eighty and you work hard to maintain that score yo...
When one Kingdom is vanquished and forced to flee to the mountains by another, Gaila's life seemed simple. But when she encounters one of the fabled Mentes stallions, a creature that forms from the earths elements, her life takes a drastic turn. Exiled from her village and forced to live on her own, she struggles with...
They say that people go there when they're ready to die. They say Death himself is a patron. That's where the tavern gets its name. Azrael's Stop. Watering hole for the Angel of Death. But that's just rumour. Ceph doesn't trade in rumour. He just serves drinks. Except, of course, that every couple of weeks, someone di...
Daughter4254 used to think life in a community where art, music and names are outlawed would suffocate her creative spirit. Now that she’s rotting in a prison cell, she’s not sure her dying mother made the right choice when she entrusted her with the secrets of rebellion. Prison has given her plenty of time to relive...
Where one life ends another begins anew Winner of the #SciFiFriday writing contest, November 2014