Risk in Reward
Greed is a dangerous thing. Power, a motivator of great magnitude. Striving for the latter, while embracing the former, represents a balancing act with an unforgiving margin of error.
The Avenger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33n9GuDKoBQ&t=2s Captain Prabu turns the pistol over in his hand, thinking: my men. Then, resolved: my village.In front of him, Tower K rises black and monolithic in the soft Rijan…
Reminiscing
Honraz Abalax stood before the smoking mass of the only drop pod that missed the landing zone. The serenity of the post-battle scene was broken by the stirring of debris and loud coughing. His soot-covered thrall soon emerged from the wreckage holding a black sphere.
The Lone Ranger
If the Marshal had still had lips, the top one would have curled in disgust when he saw the shuttle dropping from the stratosphere. But his lips were long gone, along with a whole load of other shit no sane person really needed, so he contented himself with vocalising a kind of sigh through the vox-grill occupying the site of his former mouth.
The Pale Moon
Reality tore open with a sound like ripping fabric and the echo of a gunshot. The gaping hole bled colours no living being could name, and from it bloomed the…
Fast Fiction XII
Traitors Featured Story The Featured Story is the grand winner of this theme’s contest. They are chosen by a judging panel including Cold Open Stories Creative Director and Community Judges. Reminiscing Download the…
Fast Fiction XI
Back From the Dead Featured Story The Featured Story is the grand winner of this theme’s contest. They are chosen by a judging panel including Cold Open Stories Creative Director and Community Judges.…
Tideborne
The terrible storm subsided, the eversea's bid for the sky's domain once again denied. The last rays of the setting sun speared through the clouds, turning the waters a liquid…
The Wisdom of Ages
Is this what my bloodline has become?Irena Vorthax woke with a gasp. Her eyes snapped open, and she was greeted by darkness. The first thing she noticed was the pain…
The Transgression
The messenger drone had plummeted from the sky arresting its fall seconds before crashing into the concourse paving. It had inserted needles, interrogated her implants and scanned Por’El’Tau’Lian’s retinas before…
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