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"Negotiations With a Stranger" by Inkedust Tap. Tap. Tap. Echoed throughout the suffocating darkness. At its source, a great figure was slumped over a desk - like a puppet on a string - tapping the wooden surface with a claw. He would’ve blended in with his surroundings had it not been for...

"Nameless" by HelloYellow17 The first thing she knows is damp and darkness. She cannot see, cannot hear, can only feel. As she crawls from her hatched shell, there is only one thought, one instinct in her mind: forward. So she eats. She chews through soil, layer after layer, pushing her way...

"Like You Belong" by kintsugi “Can’t it be anyone else?” “It has to be you.” “… I know.” Hayate rolls the conversation over in his mind as he approaches the back of the line. Remembering the harsh angles in Jaina’s voice is reassuring, in its own odd way. Her anger’s always smooth and...

"Into Light" by canisaries Third-Place Winner “Looks steep,” huffed Vera, stopping to catch her breath. Ken nodded. He could feel a bead of sweat slide down his forehead. “Yeah.” The mossy forest floor rose and fell in waves around them, the largest hill straight ahead. A narrow path of dirt...

"Hunting Game" by Spiteful Murkrow It’s sunset, as rays of light sink over the horizon and paint the desert and its sands brilliant hues of orange and red. The wind carries a nipping chill as the day’s heat begins to bleed away. It’s reminiscent of the sands around the ancient castle where the...

"Eidolon" by AbraPunk Rumors had spread that Eikris' Sentinel, the Eidolon of Bloodshed, had recently been seen atop the Windless Peaks. This sent a buzz throughout the region, as its guardian was notoriously reclusive, and had kept itself away from human contact for decades. Some Trainers...

"The Drawing Board" by K_S Once upon a time, in the depths of the darkest tunnel of Dim Sun, there was a whiteboard. Purloined from the scientist labs, with a squeaky wheel and a perchance for listing. It wasn’t missed, and could be flipped. And so was. One side it was rather mundane, boxes...

"Dawning" by Farla "Oh no..." Gololyod groaned. "How could something so terrible happen?" It was the most miserable time of the year, one she preferred to spend inside as much as possible, but this morning Gololyod had found the weather was unusually cozy when she ventured outside. Hail had...

Mischief and Malice Contest Entries "Dawning" by Farla Gololyod woke to find a hailstorm outside and dark clouds coating the skies above, so naturally she set out to visit her friend, only for the weather to turn brutal. Can anything save this terrible day she's having? Links: Judges' Comments...

Mischief and Malice One-Shot Contest Results It's time at last to reveal the results of our Mischief and Malice one-shot contest! This was our biggest contest yet, with twenty-one entries, and it's clear our authors were really loving the theme. There's a lot going on in the results thread...

Orzo's realm--you could tell somebody thought they were hot shit, when they started calling the place they lived a fucking "realm"--was exactly as unpleasant as Nate had expected. You could barely fucking breathe for the dust and the heat and the feeling of foreboding or whatever the fuck. It...

All right, it's time for everyone to draw their Tarot cards! What will your fate be? As I said at the outset, I wasn't sure how many sign-ups to expect. I definitely wasn't expecting more than 22! That means we don't have quite enough Major Arcana cards to go around. Therefore I gave a Minor...

Welcome to the forums! Figured I’d check out your first chapter, here. It looks like you’re setting up an interesting scenario here. Two kids getting sent off to an arid region to do medical testing for cash? Nothing could possibly go wrong with that. Especially not when you consider the fic’s...

Nate watched uneasily as Darkrai descended on Mightyena. On their side or not, it was hard for him to take the legends as entirely tame or friendly. If nothing else, the ones around here had a nasty habit of wanting to test people. But as dark energy flared and swirled around Mightyena, she...

Almost as suddenly as it had come, the black of the Nightmare drained away, leaving Nate and Mightyena sitting together in the middle of… Another nightmare. Or dream, if you wanted to be polite about it. Nate was pretty sure fancy-ass reality-warping castles like that didn’t exist in the waking...

All right! I can't guarantee you'll land on one of those, but we'll see what happens.

Glad to have you all! Only one thing--if you'd like to request a specific card, please do narrow it down to one; it's going to get really complicated for me if I have to try and figure out card assignments across multiple people asking for one of three or so. @Inkedust Do you have any one of...

Thousand Roads Tarot Our deck is COMPLETE! See all the cards here, or discover your fortune here! As a special art event this year, we're going to work on creating a Pokémon-themed Tarot deck! Tarot decks were originally intended for typical card games, but over time have become more...

All right, I definitely said I hoped the previous update would be the last, buuuut that didn't make much sense. Instead I hope this is our final judging update of the contest! Two judges have completed their full ranking of fics, and on the whole I'm hopeful that we'll come close to hitting our...

The 2022 contest season is winding down, so let's close it out on a high note by revisiting last year's first-place winner, "Methods of Support!" Whether you missed Equitial's entry earlier or simply want a chance to revisit it, I hope our author interview will give you some insight into the...