Five-Minute fiction - 23:10-23:15
Cresa felt the cough wrack his body and he doubled over with pain. His entire body seized as if hed be struck by a sudden electrical charge. He staggered to the wall and followed its smooth paneling toward the singular elevator at the end of the corridor. Each breath was agony, each step a concentrated effort of will. His eyes watered...
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Cresa felt the cough wrack his body and he doubled over with pain. His entire body seized as if hed be struck by a sudden electrical charge. He staggered to the wall and followed its smooth paneling toward the singular elevator at the end of the corridor. Each breath was agony, each step a concentrated effort of will. His eyes watered...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:25-23:30
Hagen stared at the tiny, shivering creature and tried not to balk at its attire. It was dirty, filthy even, covered from head to toe in some indescribable ichor.
What is your name? Hagen asked trying to both get close enough to hear the answer, and stay far enough way not to smell the creature.
It mumbled something, unintelligible, but clearly...
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Hagen stared at the tiny, shivering creature and tried not to balk at its attire. It was dirty, filthy even, covered from head to toe in some indescribable ichor.
What is your name? Hagen asked trying to both get close enough to hear the answer, and stay far enough way not to smell the creature.
It mumbled something, unintelligible, but clearly...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:33-23:38
Dasin felt the energy course around him as the portal tore its way through the Aether that connected the two planes. He pushed on, propelling himself forward with just the power of his mind. Behind him he could hear, feel, sense, imagine all the monstrosities that snapped at his heels. Thick tendrils, long twisted, mutated limbs pulled at his cloak, his...
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Dasin felt the energy course around him as the portal tore its way through the Aether that connected the two planes. He pushed on, propelling himself forward with just the power of his mind. Behind him he could hear, feel, sense, imagine all the monstrosities that snapped at his heels. Thick tendrils, long twisted, mutated limbs pulled at his cloak, his...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:20-22:25
Thren pressed his advantage. The guards retreated almost falling over themselves in their haste to escape his deadly blade. Each step drove them further and further back, and away from the helpless girl. He turned back once to make sure the girl was still all right, but she was unmoving. She lay in the street her hair and clothes soaked in...
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Thren pressed his advantage. The guards retreated almost falling over themselves in their haste to escape his deadly blade. Each step drove them further and further back, and away from the helpless girl. He turned back once to make sure the girl was still all right, but she was unmoving. She lay in the street her hair and clothes soaked in...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:51-23:56
There is a given level of complexity in the nature of human interaction. On one hand one must consider all the typical interactions between humanitys two genders, both of which, while distinct, often possess shared characteristics that adapt, some way would say corrupt, those gendered individuals into acting in a given manner. However, that is simply one example of a given...
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There is a given level of complexity in the nature of human interaction. On one hand one must consider all the typical interactions between humanitys two genders, both of which, while distinct, often possess shared characteristics that adapt, some way would say corrupt, those gendered individuals into acting in a given manner. However, that is simply one example of a given...
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Five-Minute fiction - 17:05-17:10
Let the girl go, a voice said, the words cutting through the din that surrounded the central table and the solitary serving girl who had been corralled by some of the more drunken patrons.
Several heads, in ones and twos, and then more turned to see the pair of figures standing in the door.
I said, let the girl go, one...
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Let the girl go, a voice said, the words cutting through the din that surrounded the central table and the solitary serving girl who had been corralled by some of the more drunken patrons.
Several heads, in ones and twos, and then more turned to see the pair of figures standing in the door.
I said, let the girl go, one...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:44-23:49
Great clouds of breath billowed into the air as Grim sunk deeper into the depths of his cloak. The City experienced few, true periods of cold, but when they struck, they struck with a level of ferocity. Grim could feel his teeth chattering, and he certainly could hear them as well. In fact, he suspected that the majority of the surrounding...
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Great clouds of breath billowed into the air as Grim sunk deeper into the depths of his cloak. The City experienced few, true periods of cold, but when they struck, they struck with a level of ferocity. Grim could feel his teeth chattering, and he certainly could hear them as well. In fact, he suspected that the majority of the surrounding...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:14-23:19
I dont think you appreciate the gravity of the situation, sir, Mires said as the sub-orbital touched down on the runway.
The craft wobbled slightly on the uneven surface, and Cresa watched as Mires visibly paled.
Not much for flying? he asked with a smile.
No. Well, yes actually, I quite enjoy flying its the bad landing Im not overtly fond...
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I dont think you appreciate the gravity of the situation, sir, Mires said as the sub-orbital touched down on the runway.
The craft wobbled slightly on the uneven surface, and Cresa watched as Mires visibly paled.
Not much for flying? he asked with a smile.
No. Well, yes actually, I quite enjoy flying its the bad landing Im not overtly fond...
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:07-00:12
There is a marked complexity in the interactions between those of governmental bodies, and their requisite counterparts in the corporate world. And that is merely in relation to corporations wholly bound by the laws of said nations. However, the inherent complexity increases, exponentially, when the corporation, itself, is governmental body, responsibly solely for its own actions, and the actions of its...
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There is a marked complexity in the interactions between those of governmental bodies, and their requisite counterparts in the corporate world. And that is merely in relation to corporations wholly bound by the laws of said nations. However, the inherent complexity increases, exponentially, when the corporation, itself, is governmental body, responsibly solely for its own actions, and the actions of its...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:58-00:03
Let me ask you a question? Thom said stepping around the hood of the car toward the couple admiring it. Is there anyway I can get you in this little beauty today? He finished the sentence with a wide, ear to ear smile, and extended his hand. The woman got the proffered hand first, and her dainty knuckles got a chivalrous...
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Let me ask you a question? Thom said stepping around the hood of the car toward the couple admiring it. Is there anyway I can get you in this little beauty today? He finished the sentence with a wide, ear to ear smile, and extended his hand. The woman got the proffered hand first, and her dainty knuckles got a chivalrous...
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