Bone-Cracker roused to darkness and pain. Disoriented, he tried to remember where he was and why, but shock clouded his thoughts and dirt clogged his mouth and nose, preventing him from thinking much at all. He gagged and choked, digging blindly at the musty earth that threatened to suffocate him. Eventually, he cleared away enough [...]
Because of the unusual weather patterns on the planet, it was far too risky to descend directly to Ferrell in the transporter, but the city was the only location on planet that could properly accommodate a space marine freighter crew on shore leave.
Spear-Thrower was being a little careless as he walked the perimeter of his tribe’s terrain. The Black Talon had not dared venture into the Snowy Barrens territory for the last couple of years, their attention redirected elsewhere. Why they had stopped attacking didn’t appear to matter to most anymore. The longer the lack of raids [...]
This will be my final instalment of the field guide, and I'm digging deep to the true root of zombies. Before the biological-sourced zombies, before those originating from a hefty dose of cosmic dust...
“It’s the magic plague, isn’t it?” Reid stared at his partner, his eyes filled with dread. “How?” He sat back in one of the chairs...
I’m going to turn to what is currently the most predominant zombie – the one of biological origins. Be it viral or some form of parasite, the “infected” zombies come in varying types. Some have perished and risen from their graves and others have never actually died, but are merely diseased, mindlessly driven to feed [...]
I decided to cover these “species” of zombie next in my field guide because they fall somewhere between tech zombies and biologicals, and in some cases are a little of both. I count these as any type of zombie that originates from an environmental source, one that would not be directly attributed to another biological [...]
To put me in the right mindset for starting my zombie novel, Sleep Escapes Us, for NaNoWriMo, I decided to post my own personal field guide to zombies. I intend to cover a full range of shamblers and runners, from your basic magical Voodoo zombie to the more popular viral infection zombie. At the moment [...]
Ebon struggled with his telekinesis, trying to get his phantom fingers to do what he needed them to do. The quill twitched and skipped over the paper, but his fine manipulation with the spell...
A Magic University Teaser Tale Nia clawed nonchalantly at the dirt by her feet. She sat splayed on the stoop, her silver scales glinting in the sun. Glancing briefly over her shoulder at the sturdy oaken door behind her, she heaved a ragged sigh. Her current position was all a result of being good at [...]
