short story – Words from other worlds

The Last Monarch

Rls has no kings. Not anymore. The last monarch was no bloated leech, no decadent reveler like his predecessors. Nor was he a fool, an inbred wretch who earned the throne only by being born in a castle rather than a barnyard. Instead, he was a noose. Not a constrictor, because a constrictor tries toContinue reading “The Last Monarch”

The Algorithm

Day 1: After many sleepless hours, after months of planning, after calling in every favour I had ever accumulated, I have finally found it. The key to the algorithm. From here, the world is my domain. I can pull every lever, every string of the swarming masses. They shall dance, my army of puppets, asContinue reading “The Algorithm”

Nowhere

The ringed city of Nowhere exists in a state of constant motion-it is always exactly 14 miles away from you. This is achieved through a constant monitoring of your mind, and through the city’s great phase-wheels, which allow travel through solid matter or empty sky as though nothing was there. As such, Nowhere can onlyContinue reading “Nowhere”

Five Five Eight Two

Five Five Eight Two is the name it is most known by. It has many others. The Drink of Gods. The Nectar of Finality. Sommelier’s Arrogance. Molten Hope. On every world, in every system, rumours of it circle. It is the most valuable substance known, by volume or by mass, and holds the prestigious titleContinue reading “Five Five Eight Two”