The main cavern of Firebase Threshold had never been so quiet. The hammers were silent, the factories still, the constant hum of construction and industry replaced by an eerie absence of sound. The Combat engineers and soldiers were dressed in clean lines, creating a perfect square. The civilians...
2025-06-27 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPetor returned to the forge to find several men and women assisting Valter and his armors—now all of the armor had been upgraded to Othir. They stood at the same stature as Valter, glinting with an ethereal sheen.
They were starting to wind down and clear up the last of gear.
He'd s...
2025-06-27 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLen exited the tunnels leading to the pillboxes, entering the main cavern, moving towards the medical bay close to the tunnel exit's cavern entrance.
Inside, Zannish and other civilians that had undergone the rough medic course on their way to Halem forest moved between beds, treating those...
2025-06-25 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA woman's voice, desperate and faint, whispered through Valter's mind. "Protect me Valter."
The vision crystallized. A woman astride a mud-splattered horse galloped through dense forest, her face gaunt and drawn. Three riders flanked her, their expressions and movements that of grim veteran...
2025-06-25 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re cooking up a fun reward for folks whose ideas are featured in Short Story Saturday — and we’d love your input!
If your idea gets used, what kind of exclusive bookmark would you be most excited to receive?
💭 A few options we’re thinking about:...
2025-06-24 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPetor stretched as he stepped out of the warehouse, the early morning light spilling across the island. The air was crisp, carrying the faint scent of salt.
"Feels weird being in civvies." He shifted around in the clothes—they felt so light compared to the armor he was used to.
"Tho...
2025-06-23 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe firebase's tunnels echoed with battle—the sporadic gunfire from the pillboxes had turned nearly continuous, only pausing to reload, punctuated by the occasional concussive thump of shoulder cannons.
Len's footsteps added a steady rhythm as he jogged through the rough-hewn passag...
2025-06-23 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNight was a darkening promise in the sky as Petor walked through the warehouse district nearest the docks.
"You know where Valter is?" Petor asked a passing Mardun—everyone was heading up the hill and towards the temple for the ceremony.
"Valter? Never heard of the name," The man ra...
2025-06-20 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLen, Christina, Clyde and several other engineers reworked the engine design, sketching components and calculating power requirements. When they finished, the engine’s shape had changed drastically to make it easier for components to be pulled out, and newer enchanted versions put back in.
<... 2025-06-20 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSpitter-fire raked the tree-line as a werewolf looking beast tore out of the trees, half of its body looked like it had been struck with lighting that glowed through the furrows in its body.
The mana mutated werewolf clawed the ground, skipping between boulders and bodies, only for another ...
2025-06-18 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostPetor walked beside Desari down the stone ramp from the tower's base. Her shoulders slumped, and dark circles rimmed her eyes. The usual sharp intensity of her gaze had dulled.
"How are you holding up?" he asked.
Desari rolled her shoulders, wincing slightly. "Better now, teleporting ...
2025-06-18 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the shadow of what was once called Chicago, now known only as the Hollow Spires, dawn was still hours away. The darkness stretched thick between piles of rubble that had once been buildings.
Nature had tried to find a foothold in this city, corrupted and twisted by the forces and ...
2025-06-17 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe very first chapters of Against Ruin’s Fate — my newest book and the second in the Restarting the Apocalypse series — are live right now! And yep, if you're subscribed to one of our tiers with sneak peeks, you’re getting the first-ever look at...
2025-06-16 20:24:41 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone! Sorry about the delay in releasing the short story, been travelling this weekend and my girlfriend got hit with food poisoning, which led to a sleepless night and a 2 am drive to the pharmacy.
She's much better now and I'm back on the trail of this short story! We've got a real...
2025-06-16 17:22:49 +0000 UTC View PostLady Carolyn Isendia stood at the head of the long oak table, watching her commanders file into the Council Chamber. Morning light streamed through the high windows, illuminating motes of dust and the detailed maps spread across the polished surface. The room still bore scars of Goran's fall—a ...
2025-06-16 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostLen checked the mana gathering formation that he’d placed at the opening into the mountain.
It gathered and routed the mana into the tunnel and rails-charging and powering the train and the enchantments added to it.
It also bled off into a charging station where cores had been place...
2025-06-16 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind whipped through the firebase as Len and Rick moved through the corridors and down the stairs.
Through the nearest firing slit, Len could see the prismatic storm intensifying, rings of energy expanding outward. Where it passed the world was changed.
He and Rick moved ...
2025-06-16 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLianne watched the map in the center of the command center.
"Captain!" A runner skidded to a halt beside her. "Eastern battery is gone. Captain Reed says that he will continue to fight from his positions with rifles."
"Very well," Lianne nodded. Her eyes never moved from the map...
2025-06-16 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostPetor took out seeds from his storage device and threw them towards the walls as he fell, a few hundred meters between him and the bottom of the tower.
The seeds expanded into ever-burning brambles before they hit the walls. Thorns dug into the rough surface as the plants quickly spread and...
2025-06-13 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostEvery Saturday, we turn one community-suggested prompt into a short story — wild, weird, heartfelt, chaotic… anything goes.
But to make it happen, we need your ideas.
If you’ve got a prompt you want to see brought to life this week, now’s the time to toss it i...
2025-06-12 16:13:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Yep, you read that right. Harmony Wars has officially leveled up — into a full-blown, story-driven FPS.
Set in the gritty, corporatocratic world that predates the books, this game throws you straight into the madness of the Harmony War universe: desperate troopers, rebellious col...
2025-06-11 19:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe world around them was bleak and foreboding as they materialized atop the dark gods’ prison. The air was heavy, thick with mana, and the skies above were a roiling sea of black clouds. Thunder forked and snaked silently between the clouds, either silent or drowned out by the churning maelstr...
2025-06-11 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFlash Fiction Friday
Father Alric stretched as he walked along the country road, raising his hand in greeting as he passed the Sutherlands heading the other way.
"Back from Trivia night already?" Keith Sutherland asked, his breath visible in the chilly evening air.
"Early...
2025-06-09 21:34:24 +0000 UTC View PostPetor was the last to arrive at the command center. Passing through his third security check before he was allowed inside.
The room was tense with Mya over the map table.
With a practiced gesture, she swept her hand across the surface. The magical display shifte...
2025-06-09 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Comment below on any wild ideas you have for today's flash fiction! All comments here will have priority!
2025-06-06 17:31:14 +0000 UTC View PostMya turned her head within the main ritual circle, as she turned illusions allowed her to see beyond the walls of the room, out to Osola and beyond.
Her consciousness stretched across Osola's shores, from blood-soaked beaches to the horizon where Irdun warships loomed like iron giants...
2025-06-06 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSpoilers! DO NOT read if you haven't finished Restarting the Apocalypse Book 1!
Which of these two blurbs do you like the most?
Option A
Option B
Len's boots crunched over a carpet of crystallized vegetation as he sprinted through Halem’s mana-twisted forest, Rick draped over his shoulders in a fireman's carry. The trees around them had transformed—once-normal pines bark now cracked with blue, purple and other neon colors that pulsed w...
2025-06-05 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostPetor watched as the landing craft ground against Osola's shores with harsh scraping sounds.
Armored soldiers splashed down into the water, their plate armor catching the morning sun as they struggled against the waves. The heavy metal weighed them down, but they pushed forward with d...
2025-06-04 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPetor stood at the edge of the inland lake, Valter held up the last core, its faint glow catching the morning light. The core crumbling into a glittering dust that swirled like embers before dissipating into the planar gem.
"Ready?" Valter's voice rang out across the clearing.
The ass...
2025-06-02 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post