At the end of a small, winding mountain pass, about midway up the shortest peak of the Stellarian Mountain range, sat the fabled Winter Witch Lodge. Shrouded with intrigue, mystery, and normally a blustering snowstorm, both the Winter Witch and her lodge had been the subject of endless gossip. Much of this gossip was fueled by the long string of disappearances seemingly originating from and around her mountain home, but she assured all of her visitors that these disappearances wer...
When time travel was legalized and regulated in 2395, it was widely considered a frivolous political stunt: good for building support from science fiction fans and conspiracy theorists, but otherwise a waste of time and resources. As such, the small auditorium in downtown London (supposedly near the site of HG Wells’ original publishing house, though there is some debate on that point) proved woefully inadequate when May 7, 2395 EST (Earth Standard Time) turned out to be the most ...
Have you ever seen your cat lash out, attacking some unseen creature that's always just out of reach? Have you seen them panic and dash across the floor only to turn tail and run back to their original spot, pouncing? Have you ever seen them stare so intently at a spot on the wall, you think they might just be seeing something you don’t? Your cat has been hunting greebles.
Most people think that when cats were first domesticated, humans wanted them to kee...
Rynn’s story answers a simple question: why not sell your soul to an all-powerful extraplanar being? So what if becoming a warlock wasn’t exactly on their bucket list? After years of trying and failing to cast even the simplest spell via conventional methods, Rynn was met with an offer they literally could not refuse: limitless power with lots of strings attached, or certain death.
Ever since they were a child, Rynn had been obsessed with magic. In the ...