Al turned a circle, weapons dripping blood into the ground around zir. It hardly mattered, everything was already bloodied and soaked. When ze was sure there were no more coming, ze knelt, finding clean patches on the clothing of the dead to clean zir axe and short sword. The axe was little more than a …
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Storytime: Last Legs
CW: mention of cancer & mastectomy; one character is an amputee, and they’re struggling with an infection at the site. Harv paused from his work, patching and repatching old, torn clothing into ‘new’ clothing, and wiped the sweat from his bald head and neck. The ship was doing its best but he feared that it …
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Prompt Short Story: Allies
Elysa was collected from Yan’s shop by a fresh-faced and eager messenger, who chattered the whole way, pointing out buildings and sights that she was far too exhausted and tense to take in. Yan provided a constant translation, which likewise meant nothing to her. But the talking was somehow comforting, so she tuned out the …
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Prompt Short Story: An Unexpected Landing
Elysa grunted as the larger ship pulled its bulk closer into hers, setting off warnings. Built for speed, she didn’t have so much in the way of weapons, relying on the ability to get the fuck out of there before taking too much damage. Or, preferably, before any other ship even realised she was there. …
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Prompt Short Story: Vacation, Schmaycation (Interviews with a Sorceror #3)
As a sorcerer, dealing with people who don’t know you’re a sorcerer can get tricky. Officially, we’re not meant to tell people who don’t already know, or haven’t figured it out for themselves. Sure, sometimes it’s necessary to…bend those rules a little. But mostly we stick to them. At least, those of us on the …
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Prompt Short Story: Lifetimes
Standing on the terrace, they thought about the first time it changed. All they remembered now was a rainy day, a moment of terror, the feeling of something solid hitting their chest and stomach, and a second of excruciating pain. Then there was darkness, and waking up, focusing on the first thing they could see. …
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Prompt Short Story: When Assassins Call
Ariana yawned, stretched, and mentally checked off a list of the tasks, chores, and homework she had to do so far that week, before weekend fun could begin. Starting this in a boring Monday afternoon class and continuing it through the week, as she added to and checked things off the list, made things feel …
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Prompt Short Story: Touched – Promises, Promises
Jenkin twirled the bottle in her flesh hand, the magnetised slide that ran out from the wrist of the other simultaneously spinning the cocktail shaker. As she slid the bottle across the barback to its home position, she upended the shaker into the iced glass, pouring with a flourish before sliding it down the bar, …
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Prompt Short Story: Excavation
Tensae carefully brushed the dirt and dust of ages off the rectangular object one of the volunteers had excavated from the dig. Anthony, another of the volunteers, watched her closely, excited as ever. “Wait, an iPhone?” He exclaimed, comparing it to various data and matching the correct one. “One of those old things? Does it …
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Prompt Short Story: Evolution
04/07, 4th AF I woke up this morning after a dream about the time before the fall. Goddess, it was so real. Waking up felt like losing everything all over again. My inner therapist tells me I should write down dreams, thoughts, that stuff, so I figure now’s a good time to start. Let’s pretend …
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