A Swift Sword
A cocky swordsman gets more than he bargained for when he organizes a heist to steal a magical hammer to reforge his sword.
A cocky swordsman gets more than he bargained for when he organizes a heist to steal a magical hammer to reforge his sword.
Mike Boze has never speculated. He has always checked and rechecked himself in his business. As he sits on a stool behind the glass counter full of Magic: The Gathering cards at HawgHead Comics, wearing a well-worn Harley Davidson sweatshirt and an easy smile, the owner of the longest lived comic shop in Fort Smith, Arkansas...
The popular cult sensation Constantine was cancelled back in early summer, much to the chagrin of the show's fans. NBC saw fit, after a bout of poor ratings, to can the show after only one thirteen episode season. Due in part to a poorly executed pilot, an untimely exit from the actor meant to play a pivotal...
There is this age old stigma that I have always hated. I came to hate it as a child, because I liked Barbies, dolls, and cuddly, stuffed toys. My uncle came over one day, saw my collection of stuffed animals and characters, and told my mother she was going to "turn me funny" if she let...
Do you love old-time radio? Do you love Lovecraft? Look no further!
Cliff Tage is a hard-boiled private detective in 1930s Massachusetts who is about to go on a case that will challenge everything he believes, and challenge his very sanity.
By Cody Banning 1/21/15 "There once was an old curmudgeon, A miserly old fellow was he, He hoarded his money his whole life, Then abruptly fell into the sea." Wily Taft was known to his town only as "The Old Curmudgeon of Winderly Way". He lived in a ramshackle old hut at the end of...
I finished this just now, at around ten till one AM. Hope you guys enjoy! Malaise and Ennui Despair sat in her rocking chair on the front porch of the cosmos. She knitted storm clouds together into beautiful blankets of deepest, darkest, gloom. She smiled as she watched her...
An insanely sane man tries to convince a suicidal stranger that everyone has worth.
A group of gamers is pulled into a tabletop RPG by an evil Battlemage. Can they roll the dice together and escape?
Park Girl is the story of Spence (Brett Alexander), a young man who hangs out in a park with his ne'er-do well buddies, Drag (Cody Banning) and Joe (Christopher Erin Wilcox) as they deal with life as adults, relationships, and ownership of their high-school hangout and workplace, The Park Ages, a local Medieval theme park. They hang around playing games and quoting Shakespeare, much to the confusion of those who may not understand the writings of The Bard in their small town park. Everything...
“Charon!” the tall thin figure of the cloaked man shouted. A hunched dark figure in the ferry moored to the bank stirred, then spoke, “Bugger off, if you please, he’s having a break!”
The black plastic bag limped and shuffled along the pavement like an old Moorish hobo. Wrinkled and caked in dust. I watched it limp past me as I rolled along the sidewalk, dropped off by some girl a half a block on and I was already running out of steam.
Their eyes locked, the feelings flowed between them like a river after a rainstorm. She was so beautiful, he thought. Golden hair and sky blue eyes. An angel. He was so beautiful, she thought. Raven hair and blood red eyes. Once an angel.
"But mummy, I'm afraid. Please leave the shade on!" said Tenotly. "Now Tenotly, you know you are getting to be a big bruteling. You are getting too old to sleep with a day-shade! There's nothing in the light that's not in the dark!" said Tenotly's mom. "Except for angels and fairies and people."