Elves.

Long ago, humans and elves lived in peace. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the elves turned militaristic, conquering every human nation on their home continent before building teleporters to invade the rest...

You’re a henchman/henchwoman.

Why? Up to you. A recruiter from the Henchmen’s Union sent you a flyer and you signed up. Your union rep assigned you to...

Imperatrix. Mistress of Masterminds. Leader of...

Krys Hedges. That’s what you knew her as.

She was a star athlete. Softball, shotput, wrestling, you name it, she led your school’s girl’s team at it.

She was mean. Big, strong, and not afraid to throw her we...

You could scarcely believe your luck.

After all that time in culinary school, all that time bouncing around shitty jobs in stressful kitchens, you just got a dream job. Personal chef, with pay 40% higher than anyt...

Things were going great.

You and your girlfriend, Grace, had been together for three years. She was pursuing a doctorate in botany, and you were there through the long nights of writing and the stress of ac...

Life was already strange.

It all started with your mom.

Stephanie (43). Had you when she was young, father wasn’t in the picture. Loving, but impulsive. She did her best for your early childhood, work...

Junior year of college, you were at a club in New York called Verge when she'd found you.

Julia Woolf.

At the time, she was 28 and dressed in clothes that cost about the same as your first car. She ...

Bloomington, Indiana. Go Hoosiers.

You have a gym crush.

She looks like she stepped out of a Mommy Dommy fantasy. Six foot one, thighs you could suffocate in, strong enough to throw you across the room but w...

Known Space. Civilization has spread from our home of Greena all over the spiral arm, and the frontier never stops. Humans, dwarves, pixies, hobgoblins, and more venture throughout the wild planets and bustling metropol...

Once upon a time, the Primordial Waters were over the face of the earth. Humanity lived in fear of the old gods. Tiamat, and her children, swam in the fathomless waters.

Bahamut. Dagon. Lahamu. Nu. Oceanus. Tannin...

Boston, 2026.

Your mom, Kristy, is not a very good mom. You spent most of your high school years taking care of her instead of the other way around. She gambled away your money, didn’t pay bills, got in with bad c...

Hollywood, pre-awards season. Parties are thick with meaning, asses are presented to be kissed, and people become products.

In the midst of this, you happen to catch him on an Angels game.

Jack Mainella. Fac...

Macy Maziarka was the epitome of delinquency. Always in trouble, loud, sneaking into shows and sneaking flasks into school. Her dad hit her and her mom left her to it, and she stalked the halls of your high school in Bu...

Meet Kendra McDaniels.

27, does copy editing for North Standard, a chic urban fashion magazine based out of the Big Apple. Likes anime, clothes, Terraria, and French culture. Her sister is a big shot prosecutor in...

Rogers, Arkansas. Home of the Mountaineers, the first ever Walmart, and four long-time friends.

Nina Aguayo (26), a tomboy and your oldest friend. Claimed you early in middle school with a headlock and stuck with ...

You’ve been with Madison for years and it’s been a ride the whole time.

You met in college. You were drawn to her sunny disposition, the way that everything was a story and every word you said mattered to her. She...

For almost ten years, Solstice, Exalted Lady of Pain, was the supervillain.

She terrorized the globe, her infernal magic unparalleled as she stole, destroyed, and wreaked havoc for her own sick desires. T...

Life is normal.

You’re doing your thing, working, hanging out. You have a good pair of besties, a third space you like, and a woman who’s got your eye.

Kylee Smith (26), your goth best friend since co...

Toni Perotta has never been able to count on anyone.

Her dad is in prison. Her mom is a crook. She’s got no degree, she’s spent most of her adult life working at a Price Chopper in Kansas City, Missouri.

She...

Angela Bailey is a talent agent in Chicago. She’s kind, whip-smart, and has been alone for a long time. She spends her days caring for her coworkers and fighting for her eccentric photographer clients.

You are her...

Becca just made one of the worst mistakes of her unlife, and you paid the price. You're dead in a back room of The Morrigan, her seedy nightclub in South Chicago; she lost control and took too much of your bloo...

Meet Siobhan O’Foley.

Born 1985, Born Again 1999, Embraced 2006. Sired by a Dutch Daeva, she is a neonate trying to build her own niche in Chicago’s Danse Macabre while staying herself in the process.

She do...

Macy McDowell, age 28 and based out of Kansas City, MO, is known to 2 million subscribers as Macy Muffins, a cheerful baker with hundreds of hours of tutorials, time-lapses, and adorable cupcake displays.

But she ...

Three soldiers are stuck on a mind-numbingly boring scout mission on Ares IV.

Commander Sharon Rockwell, whose ambitions feel stifled by days in the desert.
Specialist Mark Christiansen, the rookie driver who'...

Nicci Anderson is a normal, slightly underachieving young woman. She is kind, upbeat, and accommodating. In life, she mostly exists to make the lives of other people easier, working as a personal assistant and pleasing ...