Aetherloft, Chapter 3 A breeze carries the scent of rare flowers as Indigo adjusts zir uniform—a perfectly pressed black ballroom gown, showing off curves and colors that have no right to be there—while watching opulent guests from behind slatted screens. Chandeliers of spun ice refract rainbow light across a reception hall where Chastity and Drake […]
Mostly Harmless Magic, Chapter 3 Rue set her jaw, determination and frustration coiling inside her like wild vines. “How can I be a proper apprentice with those jars in such a state?” she protested, the words bursting out before she could hold them back. Granny Thorn’s eyes held a glimmer of amusement. “Proper, is it?” […]
Apocalypse Online, Chapter 2 “Humanity Will Persevere!” a poster next to Albion proclaimed. The restaurant itself felt like an afterthought, tucked into a corner of the sprawling bunker complex. Its steel tables and metal chairs were bolted to the floor, arranged with cold precision beneath fluorescent lights that cast a clinical pall over the space. […]
Aetherloft, Chapter 2 Prince Bartholomew “Drake” Galedragon stood at the center of the sprawling banquet hall, as perfectly polished as the gleaming chandeliers. Around him, war comrades in varying states of sobriety lounged over lavish feasts and empty boasts. A gold braid hanging from his shoulder marked him as the guest of honor. Or, as […]
Mostly Harmless Magic, Chapter 2 Forty Years Ago Ethelwyn’s hands trembled slightly as she whispered the ancient words, her voice barely audible beneath the roar of the storm. The jar in front of her seemed to pulse with a life of its own, the viscous black substance inside shifting and swirling as if trying to […]
Aethloft, Chapter 1 The Silver Lark glided through the aether, its polished hull gleaming under the magenta sky. Below, the desert realm of Vash’kara stretched vast and empty, a golden expanse broken only by jagged rock formations and the occasional ruin half-swallowed by shifting sands. In the distance, the ice mountain loomed, the Sleeper’s Veil […]
Mostly Harmless Magic, Chapter 1 The town of Bramblehook was tiny compared to the Capital, yet still she was lost. Rue’s pointed ears poked out through a frizzy tangle of hair as she dragged her cart over another bump in the road. Plant cuttings tumbled over books, and both nearly tumbled over her. The town […]
Aetherloft, Prologue The desert night howled like an offended god, wind shrieking through the Qirathi camp, slapping loose tent flaps and rattling bone charms that hung from wooden poles. In the center of a large group of tents, Elder Zahrek sat before a low-burning fire, his fur bristling from the cold—or possibly from the weight […]
Who was Lord Dunsany, the forgotten architect of fantasy? In this episode, Xynara and VORT dive into the life and legacy of the man who shaped myth-making as we know it. From his aristocratic origins to his far-reaching influence on Tolkien and Lovecraft, we unravel the tale of a dreamer who built a kingdom of […]
The Ocean Just Gets Me, Chapter 2 Time slips through my fingers like water. I spend it in my room like I always do: forums, the game, forums, the game, sleep, repeat. Every moment is like the last… Until one night when Mom asks me to come eat with her and Dad in the dining […]
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