Jeff Mach Writes

May 15, 2020 / dark lord

An Unchosen Fate

It wasn’t fair for the Chosen Ones. Why would anyone expect it to be? If…

May 14, 2020 / alternative history

I used to stay up all night playing ‘Resident Evil 2,’ and it wouldn’t stop…

May 13, 2020 / fantasy

Once, there was an apprentice magician who was very curious. This is often a good…

May 12, 2020 / I assert reality

Sixteen spiders of burnished gold; sixteen spiders, live and real. Two hundred fifty-six scurry-legs, thirty-two…

May 11, 2020 / dark lord

(This is a wholly standalone piece from my upcoming book, “I Despise Your Prophecy“. If…

May 10, 2020 / Demons

As I crawl through the ruins Of my burnt laboratory, I cannot help but think…

May 9, 2020 / I assert reality

Once, there was a game, a video game, an immersive video game, a game so…

May 8, 2020 / Apocalypse

It wasn’t my idea for the Internet to be run on human sacrifice. Marvin Graves,…

May 7, 2020 / alternative history

Susane, the Chosen One, Child of Prophecy, stepped over the body of her fallen companion,…

May 7, 2020 / dark lord

(as told by the Dark Lord) It so happened that there existed certain people who…