#gritty fantasy

EMPIRE OF THE DAMMED

84/50 2025 *reread*

I hummed as I missed.

I tossed another stone, and grinned to myself as I heard a crunch. Until I realized the sound of the rock was just the crunch of dress shoes in a patch of frozen snow.

“Quiet the walk in the dead of winter, thinking of getting in?”

The voice rang in my ears as the shoes squelched in the grass behind me again. I had heard whoever it was, but I still jumped.

I swallowed and noted every possible escape route. I was alone in nature, far enough away from the house that no one would hear me over the music.

I turned - slowly - facing a very tall, very shaggy-haired man.

Fear should have flooded me, and I did swallow that frog in my throat. But a strange recognition came instead. It was the same guy that told Niall to fuck off last week at the club.

I felt less frantic.

He was wearing a dark black suit with a ridiculous green winter jacket over it. Yet he still had the air of the son of a wealthy man.

I raised my eyebrows. “Considering it, are you?”

His hands stuffed into the pockets of that absolutely ridiculous green jacket, as if it just dawned on him that he’d walked up to a girl all alone in the dark and said a very strange thing as a greeting. Like he was trying to shrink himself for the sake of my trembling hand.

Other than that, he looked amused by my response. Or maybe just thankful I didn’t back away terrified.

“I’d rather make it to midnight.”

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The Ground is Sour – Resurrection gone Wrong

“Sometimes, dead is better.”

In particularly cursed places, the very ground itself rebukes death and damns the souls of whoever is buried there.  This could be from the sight of a great war, a disturbed burial grounds or more.  No matter the case, the land is tainted.  And for those who dare to gamble against the forces of life and death within these corrupted lands?  They may become something…

EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE

83/50 2025 *reread*

CHARMCASTER

12/50 2025

July 2017 Blog Carnival – Conflicts in Dark Worlds and Genres

Welcome back, gamers!  I usually homebrew stuff and this is a complete change of pace for me.  That said, I’ve been meaning to write pieces examining things within games in addition to homebrew.  As it is, I’ve branched out with gaming recaps and those seem to reach some sort of audience, so I’ll continue to experiment.  That said, homebrewing is still my prime focus. Back on topic, last time I…

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Concept for a battle-mage in my own dark sci-fi fantasy setting.