Stories

Chapter 21: “Anansi,” I said. Quinn didn’t understand the importance of the name, but I did. Anansi was an interesting deity from the...

Chapter 20: The vast majority of the world’s jade production is mined in Myanmar. With Quinn’s Mortis entropy detector vaporized, he...

Chapter 19: The deep ocean hosts an uncountable variety of life. That was the pitch Hugo Bellisar used many years ago when he stood...

Chapter 18: Ephemera Cave had a nice ring to it. Out of all the options listed on the map, that was the only one that practically leaped...

Chapter 17: Written by: Martin Shannon Shock jock vocals played out over the bomber’s cheap radio. That mixture of hate and humor churned...

Chapter 16: The Smithsonian was more than a museum or even a collection of museums. It was a research facility, library, zoo, worked in...

Chapter 15: Kinlochleven wasn’t always a tourist destination, but over time it had grown to be one of the highest rated parts of the...

Chapter 14: Kirby Bridge Park in Kansas City had wonderful walking paths. The city built them wide enough for both walkers and bikers to...

Chapter 13: In the small snow flurries, Nick drove around the last switchback up into the mountain village of Fort Elder. It wasn’t...

Chapter 12: Ancient beings made the room from unhewn rock and small glints of distant firelight cast flickering shadows on the ceiling...

"Didn't expect to see you here." I turned in a slow circle, taking everything in. The room was decorated in lavish fashion from ancient...

Chapter 11: The whiskey bit hard and sharp. The mixture swirled in his gut as his head pounded a thrumming beat against the insides of...

Chapter 10: For much of its history to that point, Japan had kept to itself and kept the rest of the world out. That all came to an end...

Chapter 9: Once upon a time in a land near Calais there lived a duchess named Anna. She lived in a tall stone castle on a bald hill just...

Chapter 8: Every great while the utterances of the world seem to skip a breath, and time loses the names of those born with a peculiar...

Chapter 7: The tower stood tall once. It held the nobility of the country, and within it there were still many secrets and power. There...

Chapter 6: It was quiet here. And quiet was exactly how Mike liked it. He thought about fumbling with the radio knob, but then thought...

Chapter 5: Titus and Cassius climbed down the stone steps, away from the center of Kom Al-Dikka. While most of the people came to the...

Chapter 4: From his window seat looking out at the landscape appearing under the clouds, Quinn could tell this job was going to be a...

Chapter 3: Brown Horn Hunts was a well-respected outfitter in northern Hungary. They knew the best places in the Bukk Mountains to find...