Category: microfiction

March 3, 2026 / Elves

Elf Evolution: Or Why Their Hair Is THAT Good

A biologist named Lamarck believed that animals evolve towards what they desire, that, for example,…

Ancient Alien Pickup Lines? Yes. Somewhere in the cyclopean, sterile, uncaring cosmos, beings with heads…

February 24, 2026 / Bards

To the fortunate recipient of this missive: Congratulations! Your son/daughter/wife/husband/relative/pal is a hero!…

February 18, 2026 / dark lord

“…quite clever, really, in concept. It takes a good decade for a single Wizard to…

February 13, 2026 / dark lord

The economics of treasure are a complicated personal and religious question for Dwarves. For example,…

February 11, 2026 / Curses

Oh, in the frickin’ name of Set, He Whose Face Is The Word For “Darkness”,…

January 26, 2026 / Dwarven

It is said that once three wise Dwarves, wearing reasonably well-used mining gear but whose…

January 15, 2026 / fantasy

Once there was a Paladin—a paradigm, an example, a Hero—who sought a single object of…

January 12, 2026 / fantasy

The Goblins were the only species whose embassy was also a theme park. “We don’t…

January 4, 2026 / (unginged)

SPOILER ALERT: If you’re not familiar with the movie “Soylent Green” (or Harry Harrison’s original…