It was a Saturday when a portal to Hell opened on my kitchen table. You would think that it'd be a Monday, or perhaps Friday the thirteenth. Nope. Saturday. It was Saturday morning, I was eating breakfast, and already my weekend was ruined. Cackling laughter erupted from the flaming hole in my table, then stopped … Continue reading DATE NIGHT WITH GOROTH

I might have garnered some looks as I crossed Bourbon Street for my daily visit to my favorite coffee shop, a thick newspaper tucked under one arm. Why would people look? Well, for one, it was the twenty-first century. Newspapers were antiquated, though I still had one delivered to my doorstep every Sunday. Secondly, my … Continue reading Timeframe

The more atmophere, the better, right? I stepped into the new game shop on the outskirts of town, awed by the stone masonry that made up the place. I mean, sure, it was paper-mache or something, but it was cool. A very lifelike bird in an old iron cage sat on the counter, between the … Continue reading An Immersive Game

Hello! I am still alive, still kicking. Just... going through some career reassessment at the moment, and getting back into Tabletop RPGs. It takes up a lot of my time. But hey, I wrote a silly fantasy snippet from a writing prompt, and I'm in the habit of sharing those, so here you go! MOON … Continue reading Moon Mystery

My name is Bump. I am a slime. Perhaps you aren’t familiar with slimes, or with boarmen, dragons, centaurs, or even blade spiders. Maybe you’ve never seen a monster at all. Lucky you. But I am a monster. A slime. And yes, it is exactly what it sounds like. I am a blob of goo … Continue reading A Slimy Hero

I rode out into the open fields of Dodecia on a mule, armed with nothing but a rusty sword, a gray tunic, and some rather comfortable boots. This is where it all started, I thought. Where I found my first party, rode off to my first quest... all on a mule. I wanted to recapture that feeling … Continue reading The RPG Endgame

"Why be fascinated with outer space?" Gerry was once asked. "It's mostly empty, impossible to reach, and utterly lifeless! We have unexplored territory right here on earth." "Where?" the boy asked. "The oceans," his uncle said, smiling. "Nobody knows for sure what is down there." Twenty-five years later, and Gerry was finding out what was … Continue reading Deeper

I'm from the east. I live in a subdivision, in a small city, in the middle of the hill country of the south. I had thought, compared to giants like New York City or even Birmingham, I was in the middle of nowhere. That changed on my first cross-country road trip. Somewhere in the North … Continue reading A Stranger on the Longer Road

Strange the oddities you can find in the attic of a refurbished home. I was told that the previous owners of my house were eccentric, by five different neighbors, no less, but this was never more evident to me than when I found a bottle in my attic. "Remover," the label said. Immediately, curiosity filled … Continue reading A Bottle of Remover

My first thought when I was bounced violently out of my sleep was, "Oh no, did I forget to feed the dog?" Unfortunately, the beast I had forgotten to feed was much bigger, much worse, and much less forgiving. I crashed into the ceiling, saw stars, and then fell into the calloused green hand of … Continue reading The Monster Under My Bed