A medical office manager has no clue magic and monsters exist until he's handed over to the Dragon King as payment to settle a debt. Title: The Dragon King's Medic Mario Zikmund is an overeducated, underpaid healthcare worker who's in a love-hate relationship with his career. When he's betrayed and becomes prisoner of Rosner the … Continue reading The Dragon King’s Medic
Prologue PRINTED ALONG subtle edges of certain food packages are dates. Some dates advise sellers, others advise consumers. The most important dates are determined and issued by The National Public Health Authority in conjunction with The Secret Department for Interdimensional Research and Defense, a government agency partly funded by the Expired Perishables Council, in effort … Continue reading Milk Carton Universe
Last year was awesome for books. In 2016 the campus library kept sending up the Book Signal nonstop, and I kept bursting through the doors like Batman to save more books than I could gracefully carry. (Batman adopts Robins, I adopt paper thoughts - it's a sidekick collecting thing.) This past year I focused on a few different arts, short … Continue reading 2016: Book Nerd Like Batman
Turning off the deserted highway, James Stipanuk held a stabilizing hand over his coffee as he guided the truck along an uneven gravel road. The narrow road slithered through quiet countryside until it terminated near the horizon at a gleaming black structure that pierced the chilled sky like a cloud-crowned monument. Approaching the end, he eased on the brakes as he neared a … Continue reading Keep Breathing
AN ELECTRIC BLUE 1971 Dodge Demon rumbled into the driveway of a creaky old two-story house. After killing the engine, Dean Ransom climbed out of the American muscle car with a laden brown paper grocery sack and made his way to the front door of the house, oblivious of the opaque face watching him from … Continue reading A Beautiful Blue
Whenever I come home from university I can always count on one thing happening: a book discussion with my brother, Anton (from Book Nerds Unite). The Recent Reads One book he finished some time ago is so bizarre that I MUST share the ending. The ending paraphrased: A normal-ish troublemaker guy is invited by the … Continue reading Sibling Book Swap
When I was earning my AA, I had a history professor (PhD) who was also a fabulous storyteller (going to class felt like episodes and I had to come back next week to find out what REALLY happened; AH! She was so good!). I would absolutely take her class again, just for her. Aside from being educational … Continue reading Epic History-Inspired Story Ideas
COLIN LOUNGED on the packed dirt floor of a shaded bamboo jail cell. At least this place is a lot nicer than the last place I was arrested. Movement outside the bars drew his eye again. The cell faced the road which allowed curious villages to stop and look. Last time there were kids. The … Continue reading Jolly Jailbreak
My brother and I are book nerds. Shamelessly. We finish 1 book and we add 15 to our lists. Normal people look at 15 books and think "ugh, why so many;" we see 15 and think "sweet, I'm good for four months." (Come now, fellow nerds, you know you do it.) For pleasure reading, I prefer classics … Continue reading Book Nerds Unite
I once read that being a fiction writer is like being a schizophrenic actor because authors can play multiple people in a single scene each with distinct personalities, speech patterns and emotional states without letting them blur into one another. The simile made me smile. Growing up as a shy kid, I'd never had an interest in acting aside … Continue reading Lessons in Writing from Improv Comedy
Duri Rolvsson 