charlesriomaru

Oracle

This particular morning the goddess Hera, queen of the gods and wife of Zeus, was holding council with her husband. They had been talking of their mortal childr...

Relentless power

The Jarl said, Don't blame yourself, Hroar. It was my decision to send the pick, and I was the one on the ground. My blisters are proof! But I couldn't let you ...

Full moon night

You're absolutely frozen. As if you'd been locked in ice. Your chest tightens as you struggle to breath. The full moon shines light upon the dark woodlands, bat...

A strange and disturbing voice

I did not sleep well. The bed was so large that I could not turn around in it. The four burly guards left their posts and stood watch in the hallway on either s...

Dinner at my boyfriend's house

"Hey," the brother, who was two years younger than me, said, giving me a somewhat confused look at the foot that I was giving him. "What's wrong?" "I'm not date...

Ancestral Beings

I woke up in my old room, still the same computer sitting on my desk, but the room was different. The familiar smell of the cotton sheets clung to my face, but ...

Experimenting with my Body

It comes in the dead of night. You are awakened after a restless night of feverish dreams and, as your eyes open, you know that they are all wrong. What you see...

An Unexpected Invitation

"We really can't have you dating our son, you know." The woman interrupting your evening is seated at the dining table, bowl of antipasti untouched before her. ...

The Creator of Shadows

His clawed hand fell on my throat, cutting off my air supply. I kicked out and found resistance, the armor of this one was to strong. His other hand came to my ...

Wandering Soul

You wake up in a small room. You can't see anything; the walls around you are completely unlit. Strange! You remember seeing a bit of light when you were taken ...

The bathroom mirror

I open my eyes to the sunny day. I couldn't believe that I was in my bed. For a moment, I had almost forgotten where I was, my wife was dead and I only had her ...

The Master Apothecary

You have been called to the Operating Room. You enter the room and before you stands a young boy of no more than eleven or twelve years. Not a kid like any othe...

The Monarch

:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorusimage/image/69544638/parkrowrestaurantlondonbatman.0.jpeg) In a dreary, primitive realm lies a trading post. The vil...

A Strange Storm

The past couple of days had been sunny, light, and full of activity. Lying on the bottom of my canoe in the middle of the lake had been relaxing enough, and had...

The last drop of water

So you make your way to the top of the hill you stand on. You see a building that looks like it means something but you've just never seen it before so you don'...

Magical Inheritance

You floated down to a walkway two hundred feet below the city. The walkway seemed to be black stone, but you could not see the exact material from above. It was...

Summer Attraction

Vacationing at an all girls camp had never been her idea of a good time. All she wanted to do was hang out with her friends, flirt with boys, and maybe even to ...

A Strange Relationship

Tom shifted his weight on his feet, a frustrated frown on his face, and tapped his foot impatiently. He checked his watch again. It had been 15 minutes since he...

Pets of the future

It had been hours since the lab tech had updated her. She was providing frequent updates for him as he finished up his other work, but now she assumed that ever...

Collapse Engineers

An illegal arms dealer moves through a decrepit abandoned mall in an unnamed city. "Let's get this over with. I'd like to be done with this place in a week if p...