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Read more about the article The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFVIII - Through Alien Eyes

Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 Sweat. Blood. And something that is beginning to die.The scent-sight of what locals call civilisation does not faze me as they…

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Read more about the article Dere’s No Such Fing Az ‘Umies

Dere’s No Such Fing Az ‘Umies

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'Dere’s no such fing az ‘umies!' Boss Skumskab spat out the words with the same casual confidence that he’d bite out an opponent's throat. Boss Rutgob and Warboss ‘Eadchoppa stared…

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Red’un

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Mob Muncha took a wrench to his own teef. One solid blow knocked his remaining tusk free and sent it skimming across the junk strewn floor of his shop. It…

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Her Eyes

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Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 The sum’eo fish glowed red, blue, and green in the garden pond, as Qadan chased her lover across the foot bridge,…

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True Purpose

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The Hair Squig had no concept of how it had arrived on the isolated island, or even what an isolated island or planet was. It remembered a lot of noise…

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Jungles of Concordia

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Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 As the morning sun warmed the broad leaves of the Concordia’s jungles, the forest began to awaken. Wrapped around a thick…

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Read more about the article An Orky Stand-off

An Orky Stand-off

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On a dark, lone, barren world in some forgotten corner of the Segmentum Obscurus, Kaptin Dakdred’s rage grew with each breath he took of the thin air. The ork’s eyes…

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Fame Cimex

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Birth was a strange and sudden affair for the Lictor. It burst into awareness with a jolt, awoken by an impact that ripped its mycetic spore to bits.

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Hunted

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Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 ‘Surely it’s gone?’ The Bondsman’s voice was shaky. Though not from the cold. From the fear.‘Quiet Covo!’ Sing snapped as she…

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Read more about the article Taking The Blame

Taking The Blame

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Sergeant Ullis had been the bane of my time as a commissar: too competent to demote but too crass and full of demerits to actually advance. Ullis knew it too,…

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