I was in love once.

inspired by the art of Victor Hugo Harmatiuk

By Hunter Baugh

The lad, quivering in his boots looks up at me and my murderous growling. He seems to flit his shield arm aside, ushering me in. I can feel his soul as he soils himself. He begs a god that I do not know to spare him....

Another night in the Underdark

inspired by the art of Johnny Morrow

By Arthur De Martino

The priestess of Lloth sat quietly at the temple gates of her beloved spider god. Her eyes closed, turned inwards in a deep meditation. The political crisis eating away the noble caste of Menzoberanzan, the dregs of...

Nose first

inspired by the art of Miglena Chervenkova

By Arthur De Martino

Absolute panic.
This is what you feel when the controls of the biplane start to fail and you are nose first into your death.
Protocol tells you to avoid populated areas, to crash your airship into the water But you are...

A beetle for all

inspired by the art of Daniel Sian

By Arthur De Martino

Every day the Beetle would roll up a pebble over a hill with great effort.
Using his long and slender antlers, he would put the pebble in the middle of them and push!
Whenever the Beetle reached the top, he would leave...

20 years of Pokemon: Caterpie

inspired by the art of Sergio Palomino

By Arthur De Martino

And when you went to the grass, the screen shook, strange black graphics, flash all over the screen and then... There it was!
A Pokemon. 20 years ago, you probably met a Caterpie if you had the Blue version of the...

Sun Beam

inspired by the art of Pedro De Elizalde

By Pedro De Elizalde

A knigh in search of his deep soul, on night, on the day, on the mysteries of the long and scary yellow river. A sun beam hits him from above, or is it god? Or is he DEAD? Where is he? Where are we really?...

Dispiacere

inspired by the art of Chris Karbach

By Arthur De Martino

All was lost.
His family had fractured.
His country in shambles.
His love, gone.
In the darkness, he feels a strange pain shooting up from his arms.

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The young man tries to escape from the clutches of that dark being.
He...

Forward Collision

inspired by the art of Dmitry Vishnevsky

By Omar Gonzalez

Too much lateral momentum on landing, the report concluded. The pilot landed the craft unaware that his collision with the ground tech had knocked him flat on his back and that poor man was crushed by the...

That one time where a plane almost killed me

inspired by the art of mohammed rizwan

By Arthur De Martino

When I was fourteen years old, I had a near death experience. Not like you see in Hollywood though, I mean I didn't see a tunnel of light or saw my life flash through my eyes or anything like that. But a plane almost...

It all started with a radio.

inspired by the art of Mac Drabik

By Hunter Baugh

I remember, we were sitting in the barracks and Tom had this old AM-FM radio out; he was playing some old radio station recordings his great grandfather had recorded in The Warehouse. An alto woman singing that old...

My Wife Didn't Want Me To Go Into The Bedroom.

inspired by the art of Jeremy Deveraturda

By rightnomwritenow

I havn't been able to sleep for a while.

Sometimes I stay up late. I love my wife, so much. So so much. But, sometimes I stay up late. My wife goes to bed, and I stay up. Redditing or playing video games, or watching...

Obsession is a Hell of a Thing

inspired by the art of Afanur Rashid

By Jaime McCall

He called the beast “Bobby.” If you asked him why, you’d of likely gotten a narrow-lipped bearing of teeth and eyes that no sane man would ever call… comfortable … as your reply. The beast was Bobby. And that’s all...