The cool night air felt refreshing on my skin, I could almost convince myself that the grip of painkillers I had downed might do the trick this time. I threw the two empty sports drinks into the bin along with the mostly full packet of painkillers.
Couldn’t let Celia find the evidence of my nightly ritual. She would just make a fuss and force me to go see more specialists. Having spent over a year……
In the fractured world of Arcadia, where superhuman abilities are both a blessing and a curse, some powers carry consequences more devastating than any external threat. Levi, the Twisted Mirror, discovers this brutal truth when his unique ability—creating and reabsorbing mirror copies of himself—transforms from a tactical advantage to a personal nightmare. The moment he touches his newborn son Sean, erasing an entire potential life in an instant, reveals the terrifying cost of power unchecked by understanding or restraint. Through Sol’s haunted perspective, we witness a profound meditation on identity, the fragility of existence, and the monstrous potential that lurks……
A much more upbeat short story about ants, my friend and accepting whatever strange and wonderful things might happen in your lifetime.
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10 Years Ago
It was stupid early in the morning as Steve né Levi and Seeker made their way through the cool air to the House of Levi.
The Seeker felt vaguely excited, he tried to not think that this was because he was working on his Mission. He had even managed to hold himself back on the booze and was only nicely drunk unlike Steve who was occasionally having to get very friendly with walls to keep himself going.
They made it to the House of Levi and Steve took the lead, knocking and holding what he must of thought was a……
The colony was in danger. The Silo’s, the living historians of the colony had memories spanning generations. They knew of the Good Times, when we found that entire four leg and had it to ourselves, to the Lean Times when the Foragers had to push further and further from the colony to secure Nutrition.
Then there was the Dark Times, when the Fire Colony attacked and managed to strike deep into the heart of the Colony. When the Queen herself was forced into battle. The tales the Silo’s tell of the Dark Times were to ensure we are ever vigilant against……
In the fractured world of Arcadia, where superhuman abilities are both a blessing and a curse, some powers carry consequences more devastating than any external threat. Levi, the Twisted Mirror, discovers this brutal truth when his unique ability—creating and reabsorbing mirror copies of himself—transforms from a tactical advantage to a personal nightmare. The moment he touches his newborn son Sean, erasing an entire potential life in an instant, reveals the terrifying cost of power unchecked by understanding or restraint. Through Sol’s haunted perspective, we witness a profound meditation on identity, the fragility of existence, and the monstrous potential that lurks……
A short story about a man longing for a place in the world and trying to heal from his past.
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Holding my ribs I stepped into the main drag. My nose was well and truly broken and the rest of me was not feeling so hot. Still in the Old Town so ducking into an alley away from the crowds for some quick triage was a bad idea.
Heading towards one of my old watering holes, the Rusty Duck, I kept my head down and thoughts churning. Winding my way through the drunks and hopefuls looking for a score I made sure I did not meet anyone’s curious gaze. My ruined face was enough that the Stars or the Finches would……
“Take the rest of the night off John. I am going to just have a quiet one and I am sure I can scrounge some left overs.”
My body man stared at me for a beat before nodding. “As you say Sir.” He closed the doors and I heard him walk down the stairs towards the Rolls.
I briefly thought about peaking out the stained glass windows beside the doors to watch him, to see if he still walked in an iron-rod spine way even when not around me. He has been my body man for almost 10 years now and I……
In the fractured world of Arcadia, where superhuman abilities are both a blessing and a curse, some powers carry consequences more devastating than any external threat. Levi, the Twisted Mirror, discovers this brutal truth when his unique ability—creating and reabsorbing mirror copies of himself—transforms from a tactical advantage to a personal nightmare. The moment he touches his newborn son Sean, erasing an entire potential life in an instant, reveals the terrifying cost of power unchecked by understanding or restraint. Through Sol’s haunted perspective, we witness a profound meditation on identity, the fragility of existence, and the monstrous potential that lurks……