Tag: grimdark

  • Chaste: Chapter 1

    Chaste: Chapter 1

    THE STAIN Seven Years Before The Escape An unholy sound rose into the air, ripping through the silence of morning and raking claws through the isolated minds of the citizens of Chaste. Cheryl lifted her head from the straw pillow and didn’t know where she was. She looked at the humble, wretched home around her…

  • Legends of the Exiles: Chapter 1

    Legends of the Exiles: Chapter 1

    DREADED DESIRES, Part I 31 Years Before The Escape Her head hurt. She kept running. She was hungry and hadn’t eaten in days. She kept running. This was much farther out than her father had ever taken her hunting. But the image of her mother screaming with reddened face, slapping and clawing at the floor…

  • from Legends of Perilisc

    from Legends of Perilisc

    THE SECOND AGE ~120,000 Years Before The Escape A thousand gods warred, legions of them lined shoulder-to-shoulder in ranks that cast twisting shadows on the surface of the shattered land. The sheer strength of their blows filled the air with thunder. The crunching of the lines, roaring against one another, displaced the air, and the…

  • Seeds of Revenge: Chapter 1

    Seeds of Revenge: Chapter 1

    SNIP Forty-Five Years Before The Escape The blade of her instructor was quick. Her father told her this man was the greatest field medic in his army, and though her instructor was well over sixty, and Cat heard that was old for a human, his hands never shook and he was not infirmed at all.…

  • Seeds of Juniper: Chapter 1

    Seeds of Juniper: Chapter 1

    AND SO IT ENDS Before Recorded Time “Well, what is it?” Tralaesh asked. Juniper looked at the object in her hand and grinned. She held it out to her best friend. “What does it look like?” “No fair,” Tralaesh said. “No games.” Juniper’s friend was beautiful the way only a breaking heart could be beautiful.…

  • The Friday 13 with Rosalyn Kelly

    Rosalyn Kelly grew up in the magical New Forest ​in the south of England and has lived around the country ​as well as in the Middle East, and travelled all over the world. She studied English Literature and Language at Oxford Brookes University before embarking on a PR and marketing career. After ten years telling…

  • The Friday 13 with Keith McArdle

    Keith was born in a hospital, somewhere in Australia, when he was very little. He owns every David Gemmell book ever written (and two versions of some books), including the graphic novels. To maintain some semblance of sanity, Keith likes writing fast-paced stories ranging from Fantasy and sci-fi, to modern military thrillers. He now lives…

  • The Friday 13 with Richard Writhen

    Originally from Newport, Rhode Island, Richard Writhen has also lived in Providence and New York City. He briefly attended college for music and video production, and began his first online serial six years ago. Richard has since been e-published on several notable blogs and websites and is now also the author of three independently published…

  • The Friday 13 with Elle Lewis

    Elle Lewis lives in Florida with her husband, son, and a phenomenal orange cat named Cheddar. She is a nurse by profession, but her heart belongs to monsters, fictional worlds, and all things conjured up by the imagination. She dreams of one day moving to the mountains and living in a small town that resembles…

  • The Friday 13 with Anna Stephens

    Anna Stephens is the author of the Godblind trilogy, of which the first two volumes, Godblind and Darksoul, have now been published. The final book, Bloodchild, is slated for publication in summer 2019. Translation deals for French, German, Dutch, Polish and Czechoslovakian versions have also been agreed. A literature graduate from the Open University, Anna…