Year: 2013

31 Days of OtherSpace No. 22: In the Dark

November 2, 2013November 20, 2013 Brody No Comments

It had been dark for so long, he couldn’t quite remember what light looked like. Lost, these past years, between realities. He’d held the stone in his hand on that platform overlooking the desolate plains of the windy planet Fracture. All he had to do was clutch it, absorb its power, and he would throw…

Chiaroscuro, Fiction, MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OS Lore, OtherSpace, Short Stories

31 Days of OtherSpace No. 23: Fallen Friend

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For decades, the four had always been one. Now, though, as the stars glittered in the darkening sky above the Stubtooth Mountains, change came to Akalpatra on the sand-gritted breeze. The Theorian pack member known as Tra lay on the ground in the middle of a rough circle formed by his three companions – Ak,…

Fiction, MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OS Lore, OtherSpace, Short Stories

31 Days of OtherSpace No. 24: Confirmation

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Orduff switched off the wailing klaxon. He knew the scout’s drive reactor, breached by the Nall cannons, was going critical. The alarms didn’t help. They just distracted. An Einkep in the warrior caste of the Hekayti, the Ledelkrig, he had been on patrol near the Plosa Nebula when the rumor he had come to investigate…

Fiction, MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OS Lore, OtherSpace, Short Stories

31 Days of OtherSpace No. 25: Zookeeping

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Dangling upside down from the branch of a sprawling dorblen tree, the zookeeper suspected he looked like unusual and potentially tasty fruit to the grullub prowling in the rocky pen. Their triad eyes glowed greenish-yellow in the Castori moonlight as they moved toward him, peering up and licking their chops. One snarled, baring its fangs….

Fiction, MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OS Lore, OtherSpace, Short Stories