| Revolution (thriller) 11. 9. 2012 A few years after the most devastating conflict on Earth, the Republic of Slavia is once again caught in turmoil as a new threat rises to question its existence.
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“No,” Clemens grinned. “But you should be afraid, for this isn’t the last time.”
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| Curse of Fatness (fantasy) 8. 9. 2012 Bolag, one of three sons of the woodcutter, has come of age. As is customary, he sets out to seek fame in the world. No lair of a fearsome monster sways him to go and slay it. No errands to run for influential individuals could convince him. No. Instead, he ventures far, hoping to find the most challenging and rewarding quest yet. However, what he might find can prove more than a match for him in terms of both skill... and bizarreness.
...“How dare you insult me, the leader of this village?! Guards! Militia! Off with his head! Do you hear me?! Get here, damn it! You lazy fools! Where... where... ah... I forgot. They’re all fat. They can barely move”...
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| Drought (humour) 22. 8. 2012 The city of Nearville has been hit by a severe drought. Facing tough times, its mayor is forced to look after its people and ensure that the supply of water is secured despite the overwhelming odds.
...The road was scorching and he sought every tree to hide under and feel the chill of a shadow. However, his duty was to continue and he was aware of it despite the relentless burning of a sun...
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| Still Waters (sci-fi) 10. 8. 2012 The land is being eaten by an ocean and its ravenous hunger. Not many people remain and most gave up hope long ago, but where past is shrouded in legends and future is uncertain, a hero can always rise.
..."Good. So sit down and let me reveal an untold legend to you. There once was a human living in a small settlement"...
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| Treasure (fantasy) 26. 7. 2012 The Barony of Witwark is in serious trouble as its coffers run dry. Its ruler has decided that his son is to gain fame by seeking fabled treasure. To ensure all goes well, he tasks one of his most trusted advisors with guiding, expecting that the journey will be full of treachery.
...However, he was unaware that he wasn’t the only one to secretly plot and to exploit others’ lack of readiness. There were those that wanted to profit, being so close by the lampshade like carnivorous leeches...
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| Seance (horror) 16. 9. 2011 People are different. Their ways incomprehensible to a neighbour. Their brains are delicate clockwork machines. Is there a way to repair a malfunctioning one? And just how do we recognize a malfunction?
...He grabbed the door handle and held it with all the waning force he had. He didn't want those abominations to reach him. He dreaded it as he imagined it. Smashing the door. Taking him in and tearing him to pieces. Alive...
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| War in the South (thriller) 5. 5. 2011 There was a brutal civil war raging in the state of Olbia. However, not all wars are what they seem and local skirmishes might be more than just that. Especially when there are hidden players with ulterior motives. Oil? Power? Who knows...
...Aside from a limited number of civilians outside, he could also see soldiers on every corner. Those were on patrol, ordered by the self-styled Only Leader. Their mission was to enforce law and preserve peace. Uproot the very element of resistance that had been stirred across the entire country like a shockwave. There was a brutal civil war raging in the state of Olbia...
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| Realization Ten (experimental) 27. 3. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...He watched many people scream in agony. Curl in pain. Die in fear. He saw towns lay in ruins. And he realized he was a tool, an instrument of that carnage. Killing, slaughtering, desecrating. In the name of somebody with lust for power. In the name of somebody who couldn't ever imagine the horrible suffering the pointless conquest brought. In the name of a deluded individual...
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| Realization Eight (experimental) 11. 3. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...TTo be so close, yet so far, that was such a cruel and ironic twist of fate. All that was necessary was voice. A thing he did not possess during the decisive moment. He needed to call for help. He needed to rise. Yet he couldn't. His limbs refused to move, his consciousness refused to break the blockade...
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| Realization Eight (experimental) 27. 2. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...They demanded that all animal slaughter and imprisonment ceased. Be it for meat, fur or medical research, they condemned everything. They were right in that aspect, for no living being should be subjected to mistreatment, but they were up against powers and urges far greater than anything else...
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| Realization Seven (experimental) 21. 2. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...He knew the truth. He knew that man was nothing more than a liar, a criminal and a soul of twisted, corrupted and morbid beliefs. Those in power always were like that...
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| Realization Six (experimental) 10. 2. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...Apart from the feeling, he learnt of another thing over the course of his life. Numbers. He had no names for them, but his brain recognized them. One, two, three… as was said, the names were unknown to him...
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| Realization Five (experimental) 2. 2. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...He always woke up though. He always found he had won. However, he didn’t view it as a battle, not to mention a victorious battle. He viewed it as a terrible experience. An experience not worth reliving...
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| Realization Four (experimental) 27. 1. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...No matter where he went, there it was. He wasn’t even sure if he was walking or falling. At least the air was present. But what about food, drink and environment? What about people? Now that they were not, how could he be sure what was true and what existed...
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| Realization Three (experimental) 20. 1. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...It was such a simple thing. Such a simple, easy thing. An injection. An erasure. An application. Always but a single operation. All that was needed, all that was necessary to solve the hardest of problems was like operating a single switch...
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| Realization Two (experimental) 3. 1. 2011 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...From dots on a smooth surface to a place of uneven terrain, he moved aimlessly. And endlessly. Every process felt so unknown, so unsure. He could never have known when it had started and when it would end...
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| Realization One (experimental) 27. 12. 2010 Many live in delusions and think they are right. They fail to realize that nobody is.
...His job was a boring stereotype, a repetitious process happening every day. Food was tasteless. Entertainment bleak. Movement still. People empty...
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| Feast (humour) 18. 10. 2010 Once again, we meet our friend Troll, who is eager to share a story or two with us. This time, he has decided to tell us about a special feast.
...It took a day for the lawmen to make it and casualties racked up to thirty cars, five fat cops and a crate of donuts. Who caused such carnage? No, Bort and his friend, two swamp ogres, didn’t do it. Then who, you ask? Answer is simple. The swamp!...
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| A Little Musical Venture (humour) 18. 10. 2010 Meet Troll, a shy, albeit very sarcastic little fellow who has been there and done that. His adventures are almost always bordering with the impossible (because he likes to exaggerate a lot) but this time, he has decided to tell us of a gig of his favourite band. Of course, it wouldn’t be him if there wasn’t a twist.
...No, thanks? Suit yours… wait, what? No, I’m not going to hell. I don’t like publicity and from what I hear, there is a bunch of angry devils roaming around with tridents. Hey! Stop insulting me! I haven’t done anything to you and you get all whiny. You know what? I bet you can’t play that instrument of yours as well as I can...
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| Stitches (fantasy) 23. 9. 2010 The picturesque village of Toz has been home for those wishing to live in peace for many years. Seemingly without conflict, it soon proves otherwise when a girl goes missing, setting off an unexpected chain of events that will unveil Toz is anything but a peaceful village and its peace was bought for a price most bloody...
...for a moment, I thought it was originating from the buried ruins of a supposed city belonging to a long lost civilization rumoured to wield insurmountable powers, but then I saw the skies, which were grimly black and thundering far and wide as if trying to reach every soul and wake terror...
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| VURI (crime) 17. 7. 2010 Life turns out to be a struggle for survival for four people that have arrived at a party after being invited by a mysterious man, and one of them must be the killer… or not?
“Somebody called us in to… dispose of us?” Jeffrey wondered.
“Exactly,” Margaret nodded. “One crack in the glass and we could drown,” Jeffrey conspired. “I believe it can’t be hard to lock us up here and make us die of thirst or starvation once the food runs out.” “Scary,” Margaret said in a grave voice, taking it as a great fun, but before anyone could continue expressing their grim scenarios, a loud groan of Phil’s could be heard. |
| An Interview with a Pet Rock (humour) 4. 7. 2010 Troll, a shy friend of ours has decided to share some of his knowledge with us. Although he is not that good at story-telling, it is the bizarre situations he gets in that assure a good laugh. This time, he will tell us about an interview with a pet rock.
She married a man and they, oh yes, I remember they didn’t live a happy life after all, instead, they had to run the kingdom. Let’s face it, to make a society of millions and a bustling economy work like clock is beyond drudgery, so it’s no wonder the princess succumbed to her stress and became morbidly obese and eventually exploded like a balloon hit by a nail.
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| The Case of the Three-toothed Hat (fantasy) 26. 6. 2010 In the Kingdom of Murr, a world where evil doesn’t exist, a young detective Claire is called upon to investigate a sudden disappearance of Mr. Cubey’s famous Tree-toothed Hat. However, the hat is no mere trinket and as it soon turns out, a seemingly trivial task is but a prediction of dark events to come…
Houses were varied in design yet they were not strong in numbers in spite of the town being large. They were lavishly coloured and vividly shaped. One resembled an overgrown white toadstool with red dots. It was surrounded by mushrooms, making it look like a small mushroom forest. Another was shaped into a children’s slipway with jungle gyms of bizarre curves around it.
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| Citizen #5 (thriller) 8. 6. 2010 Roy, a submissive weak man living within a totalitarian state where everyone is carefully monitored, suddenly becomes engulfed in a deadly plot as he becomes a hostage of a madman determined to overthrow the government. However, things don’t turn out as he always believed them to be, revealing that the ruling are on the brink of an inside mutiny.
...He knew the Rules couldn’t be broken. He knew they would have found and
punished him. He knew for he had been present to so many penalizations.
Some had been cruel, some not that much and some had been most horrid...
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| Reports from the Dark Places, vol. 2 (horror) 5. 5. 2010 A person stranded within the depths of a society that became insane and bent on killing one another struggles to survive and to cast the madness down in hopes of righting the wrongs he finds himself in. The second volume delves deeper into the insane world where the protagonist arrives at a toxin facility in an attempt to shut it down. Even though it seems apparent that the facility is a source of air pollution and perhaps even a plague responsible for the madness, something seems fishy.
...It was the seventh sign so far. It always said the same:
“Factory of death. I produce the deadliest toxin ever made and spill
the air with it. I will make it eat you inside out and you will scream like a little child while you rot alive. You are just a mile away now. Continue this way.”... |
| Reports from the Dark Places, vol. 1 (horror) 23. 4. 2010 A person stranded within the depths of a society that became insane and bent on killing one another struggles to survive and to cast the madness down in hopes of righting the wrongs he finds himself in. The first, introductory volume tells about his travels around and in the
...Immediately as I did so, I turned around to watch the mass suicide ritual. People were crawling to the top of the pile, slaughtering others in a brutal fashion with whatever they had. One stabbed another with a knife and carved some symbol into his body. Right after he ended, he was hit in the head by a large stone. A maniac was bent on cracking his skull open and making a mush out of his brain until somebody shot him in the back. Then another chopped the sharpshooter in half with a large butchering knife...
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