by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story
Growing up I was told breathing fire did not make me special. I was told nothing lay beyond our walled garden worth seeing, that intruders deserved only death. The firemoon, as my father called it, shone overhead, lighting runes etched into stone walls that he...
by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story
Imagine this: I used to be a normal farm kid until the Darklord took me as his host. For five years, I was a shell for that tyrant who nearly conquered everything. When he fell and I was freed, everyone knew I wasn’t at fault—but having the face of a once-great evil...
by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story
Across countless worlds, there are forty-two originators of existence. The deity who watches over our world is like a quiet mentor who never enforces curfew, allowing us to roam free, to make our own choices without stern retribution. The others view this leniency as...
by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story, Most Popular
A single man controls the entire world. No decision is made without his say. The thing is, he doesn’t know he’s the ruler. All he knows is these men in suits come to his house every Saturday and ask him strange questions. “Gentlemen, gentlemen. Come on...
by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story
“You know my name?” I asked. “You’re a pirate,” The Lost Boy said as he tucked his chin to his chest, fighting to hold in his tears. “Lost Boys are not to show fear. That’s what they’re told. Lost Boys fight to kill all pirates at any cost, and to die in battle with a...
