There are two unspoken rules among experienced long-distance teleporters like yourself. One: Avoid ‘porting through Deneb Stop at all costs. There’s a reason why the least frequented hub in the system is the most overcrowded. Take a longer outward journey. Pay five times the fare. Whatever it takes. Any other option is better than leaving […]
Crickets chirp in the grass of the garden, their songs a fervent harmony to the festivities within the Lord’s mansion. Bright lights and laughter emanate from within the paper paneled walls as the Lord enjoys the company of the finest entertainers from the pleasure district of Yoshiwara.The rising moon’s reflection in the still waters of […]
When Mom asked who lived in the LEGO castle, I should have said a king. Or a princess. Or an ogre who locked the princess in the tower. Something like that. Instead, I said:“Nobody.”“Nobody?”“A family lived there, but they left.”“Why?”I shrugged.She seemed sad. “Where’s the family now?”I shrugged.I don’t know why I said that about […]
A man cuts in front of us at the checkout lane. I think Janet knows him because she’s tugging at my shirt, and I can see something behind her eyes, something like a deep, abysmal rage. It is so deep that I know it must be due to more than the fact that this man […]
The Queen’s knitting circle sits in the painted tower, four double-pointed needles and a ball of yarn apiece, as the blackbirds sing in mourning. The sun sets, the stars awake, and points go click, click, click.Magic, formed with each stitch twist and loop, keeps the candles burning bright.Mistress Avalard, of the Sing River crossing, uses […]
To begin, I present one of my silly drabbles:The Trans-Abyss Backhaul“Whoa! Stop!” it said.Kris stared at the quivering orb that materialized.“Thing about multiverses—they need to be connected to the trans-abyss backhaul. Else, suckers can’t spit matter into bangers. We lose visibility on an entire quadrant of space-time. Void wireless only spawns access failures. Endless glitches!”Kris […]