The West I literally can’t believe I ran into my own fucking brother in some random reality in the middle of nowhere. There I was, having fun pirate adventures, when Tommy and Servus just show up and ask if I want a ride. So, okay, the ride was appreciated, and maybe I was a little in over my head. But like, what are the odds of that? I did tell you not to get in trouble, Cynthia. And why would I actually listen to you? Because I’m an “old man” who knows what he’s talking about? I’d rather...

Katya Borozova and the Forgotten Temple Part I The air is stale, so much so that it sits on his tongue. He is somewhere deep, somewhere that hasn’t been touched in a very long time. Though he feels as if it should be wet and dripping, it is instead dusty and dry. Dust floats through the air so thickly that even in the dark he can almost see it, a thin haze over everything. He is alone, though he feels he shouldn’t be, at least for a moment. Until the whispering begins. It’s that phrase again,...

Thirst Alexandria was very quiet. It also possessed that particular heavy feeling, weighted both physically and metaphorically in that way that only libraries could be. Except that this library was the size of a small city. At least, that was Mike’s current assessment. It was referred to as “the infinite library,” so maybe it truly did go on forever. It seemed to him that this would make it very difficult to find the information you were looking for, especially considering the non-euclidean...