I turned on the TV to see the aftermath of another battle. It was out in Yokohama, far from here, and the damage didn’t look too bad, although the JSDF lost another suit. They were burning through their budget this season, I thought, as I chopped vegetables and added them to the simmering hotpot.a Life had finally returned to normal since the original Kaiju Disaster over a decade ago. And things were much better than they had been in those first lean years. Prosperity helps, I thought as I added a writhing batch of fresh tentacles to the bubbling stock.
The Mountain’s Shadow, the first Everyday Drabbles collection, is now available for preorder from Amazon!
Hello Readers! I’m proud to announce that the long-awaited first collection of Everyday Drabbles is now available for orders and preorders on Amazon! The Mountain’s Shadow collects three-hundred of the best Everyday Drabbles written between 2018 and 2020. I originally started the project on Wattpad, and some haven’t been published outside of that site until now! The collection features a gorgeous cover by Natasja Hellenthal and is available to order as a paperback now! The ebook copy will be available on April 30th and is available for preorder. This collection features a huge number of hundred-word stories that will take you from the hearts of the secret, magical forests to the fringes of outer space, and everywhere in between! I hope you enjoy this collection of curated drabbles, and I’ll see you tomorrow for another story!
Once shipbuilding moved off-world, designers suddenly had an unprecedented amount of freedom. A spaceship propelled from a planet’s surface must contend with gravity, friction, and the dangers of launch and re-entry. If a ship only needed to travel in the void, such concerns were trifles safely ignored. A new age of whimsical starship design bloomed, and shipbuilders were free to make beautiful creations. When the war came, both sides used this fact to their advantage. Nobody expected the laser strikes to come from the Fluffy Bunny Fleet, but their visages brought fear throughout the galaxy in the age that followed.
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Everyone in the city saw the red flash of light streak across the sky. It happened during rush hour, and half a million people saw it through their windshields and office windows, moving so fast they had to check with each other that they’d seen it, too. A few lucky people caught it on their phones, and the brief, grainy videos were downloaded and dissected by a billion more. The magnified images provided much discussion but were inconclusive. But she was the only one who spotted the hand, poking out of the red streak and flailing as it flew overhead.
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The path wound out from his door, through the wooded hills, and towards the distant mountains. It led away from the safe, secluded life he’d always known and into the unknown. Or so he imagined as he trudged the path from the cabin into the woods. Every day was the same: Food had to be grown or hunted, firewood needed splitting, and there were always chores to do around the cabin.. He daydreamed of adventure and excitement outside his little patch of forest. Until one day, a group of tourists arrived, seeking solace from their stressful lives in the city.
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The General threw a cloak over his shoulders and left his tent to inspect his troops. Each carried a lantern atop his spear. They would light their way to the castle of his hated enemy, the Duke. Their clans had been warring for centuries. While there was little contact between them, the General knew that the Duke feared an ancient prophecy: His castle would fall on a snowy night, surrounded by starlight. The General gave the order to move out. He would leave an offering on his great-grandfather’s grave when he returned in thanks for planting the prophecy long ago.
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He lowered himself into the stone chamber carefully on a steel cable. He shone a light through the vast space, and what he saw took his breath away. The old castle still lay waiting beneath the surface. His beam shone on delicate columns carve directly from the rock and wide, grand staircases. The air smelled musty and dry. No mould had gotten in to ruin his prize. He touched lightly down on a landing, and a circle of runes glowed white at his approach. The magic of the Ancients still had power. It was the archeological find of the century.
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Marvel Snap Developed By Second Dinner Published By Nuverse Played on Android OS
The Skinny: Marvel – The Gathering Marvel Snap is a mobile collectable card game based on the Marvel comics, movies, and TV shows. Players build decks of twelve cards of heroes and villains from across the Marvel Universe, and attempt to hold up to three locations, much like the table-top card game Smash Up. Players use either their cards raw strength or tricky abilities to gain the upper hand at each location. There is a surprising amount of strategy and depth involved. Over six rounds, players gain energy points to play cards, increasing from a base of one. One cost cards are weaker but often more versatile than expensive cards that can only be played later. Cards also have other various abilities, and these are clever and tie into the powers of each of the cards. For example, Colossus, being tough and invulnerable, can’t have his power reduced by enemy cards or from location effects. The assassin Electra can remove a one-cost card from the same location. There is a nice big pool of cards to draw from, each with different kinds of effects. The combat took some time to grow on me, but now that I have gotten the hang of it, matches are fast and addictive. Its the sort of game you can easily stay up too late playing just one more round. Marvel Snap also maintains good card balance and combats ‘rich kid syndrome.’ Because the cards are in sets released as the player upgrade their decks, new players are encouraged to try out different combinations, and receive their rewards randomly. While there is a ‘Premium tier’ that grants certain exclusive cards and does feel a bit heavy-handed, players do not buy cards, just variant illustrations and other cosmetic rewards. And part of the fun is chasing that next card you need to make your deck stronger. And the art is the star of the show. Since this is a online only game, the art is upgraded in ways that only a video game can produce, breaking their card boarders and animating. There’s even a nice 3D effect. Every card has unique animations when played as well. Ant-Man shrinks when you place him on the board and Cyclops is laid down with an accompanying optic blast. As cards are ‘upgraded,’ which is the heart of the advancement mechanic, the central illustrations break the borders of their cards, get small animations, and even upgraded logos. A variety of variant cards exist as well for each character. Some recreate iconic designs or character moments, while others are more whimsical, such as pixelated or ‘chili’ variants. Marvel Snap is an intuitive and addictive battling card game available now on IOS and Android app stores.
They had lived in the crumbling sky city for generations, believing the old wisdom that the surface was uninhabitable. But he looked down at the ground, saw the vast plains and rolling hills, and felt an overwhelming urge to explore them. He built a falling machine of his own design and jumped from the lowest platform. After a harrowing few minutes, he found himself on the ground, shaken but unharmed. He explored and learned everything he could about this mysterious new world. But he had no way to return home. Instead, he found himself in the city of the fallen.
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Hugh J. O'Donnell 