An old work of mine, this story served as the inspiration for my short story, “The Children,” published in Lost Boys Press’ first anthology CHIMERA!
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Kingdom Hearts II: Re ✥ Right – Ch. 2 – Rites of Passage
Donald’s idea is to retrace King Mickey’s collaboration with Ansem, starting with Ansem’s only known location – The Radiant Garden. At first he takes Sora and Goofy along as he consults with Chip and Dale, but neither of them knows where Radiant Garden actually is. Frustrated, Donald asks them “Isn’t there some kind of a …
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Chains of the Abyss
You awake… stirring uncomfortably against a stone at once both smooth and rough… solid. You haven’t felt anything like it in… measurements of time… you’ve forgotten the words… you haven’t needed to use them in so long… You’d slept, in that dark place, longer than you have any bearing for comprehension. You’ve been asleep, but …
Kingdom Hearts II: Re ✥ Right – Side Story A – The Chains of Memory
EXT. LATE EVENING. OUTDOOR SEATING AT A PUB. A blond teenage boy wearing black clothes shrouded by a frayed, faded, hooded yellow cloak (hood down) sits opposite a mysterious figure whose entire head is obscured by a golden, horned helmet, and who is clothed in deep indigo and light yellows, adorned with many golden medallions. …
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Kingdom Hearts II: Re ✥ Right – Ch. 1 – The Seal of the King
EXTERIOR. MIDDAY. DISNEY WORLD. WINDING PATH. Sora, Donald, and Goofy run after the dog Pluto who carries a letter bearing King Mickey’s seal in his mouth. SORAWhere’s he leading us? GOOFYWe’re on the Rolling Hills Road that leads to the Castle! SORASo this is your guys’ world? DONALDIt sure is! SORAWow… I can’t believe I …
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Cratertown, an Introduction
What they do, it’s not so much terraforming as it is pumping atmo into and around the rock. Results in a heavy increase in seismic activity, the emergence of trapped liquids and gases, and it’s not exactly energy efficient, but it makes a place livable in less than a thousand years. You can pump a …
The Crucible of Coal
CLANK! The souls of this dark, lifeless world have long since passed. CLANK! The world itself warped and broken. CLANK! It has been taken by the Abyss. Clink! Clink! All save the dilapidated castle that floats through the nihilistic morass of time decayed. Clink! It is nothing more than a Shard now. But deep within …
The Switchboard
Yeah, yeah , hello. My name’s Ziegander. So, you’ve been tangled in her webs too, have you? Well, where are you headed, then? You like swords and magic? Or is it fear that drives you? Barren moons and ray guns, maybe? Or… perhaps you’ve come to walk the Dark… I could show you how, you …
The Waybetween 