Semeny Licket

Introduction

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 1 in Digital Reality

You've saved. You've scraped. Maybe you've even begged, borrowed, or stolen. It doesn't matter. What matters is this moment. Doing something for yourself. To splurge. Perhaps you tell yourself you've earned it. But be warned: Past this point, it's the Digital World all the way....

Abram Kischine's Story

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 2 in Castlemania

By 1801, Ludwig von Beethoven was beginning to go deaf. On the 22nd of December, 1808, his Fifth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. The piece in question begins with arguably the most famous four notes in the entire history of music, in which three short notes are followed by...

"I Can't Smell Anything!"

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Chapter 2 in The Adventures of Brian, the Confused Mail Clerk

Brian unfolded the letter within. It was some laser jet-printed form letter which read roughly as follows: "Congratulations! You have been selected to appear on the hit game show, 'I Can't Smell Anything!' You and your loved ones will be flown to sunny Orlando Bloom, Florida! Al...

Introduction

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 1 in The Adventures of Brian, the Confused Mail Clerk

The number seventeen made him sad. Not boo-hoo sad; the kind of wistful sadness felt somewhere in the rib cage, a few inches above the duodenum, that makes one stare hard at the horizon and wonder what used to be what was never seen. Brian was a rather bland-looking male of non-s...

Introduction

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Chapter 1 in Snow Day at Angstrom U

"Ugh. What the fuck time is it?" The bed was a mess. The wrinkled green sheets were all undone, mostly kicked off the foot. Its occupant had his face planted into a pillow, and bits of his elbows and legs were sticking out from the one blanket still shrouded over him. He groaned...

Cielo Scarfs Some Breakfast

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Chapter 2 in Snow Day at Angstrom U

Yeah, brekkies. Nothin' like brekkies, even before you got dressed. Well, Cielo had to admit that at least making himself decent was a priority before stepping outside, whether he just threw on a towel, some pants, or even just a magazine he had lying on the floor. Energy had nev...

Cielo Grabs a Shower

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Chapter 2 in Snow Day at Angstrom U

After a groan and a stretch, Cielo ties his towel as low around his waist as he can without being too indecent. He nudges his bedroom door open with his foot, keeping his towel up with one hand. He rubs his head feathers groggily as he notes none of his roommates are present in t...

Cielo Scarfs Some Breakfast

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Chapter 3 in Snow Day at Angstrom U

Cielo Grabs a Shower

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Chapter 3 in Snow Day at Angstrom U

Akabe Berotto, a frog-tongued dinosaur.

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 2 in Insatiable Appetite

The crude term for Akabe Berotto's sex is "cuntboy". Something more appropriate would be "intermale". His deceptive masculine appearance didn't last very long as a disguise for preserving the sanctity of his feminine sex, but solitary confinement and tidy guards spared everyone f...

Erisi Speaks to Vladison

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Chapter 4 in Star Wars: Intel on Illium Prime.

Like a dental appointment, a particularly disagreeable and incompetent vibroweapon fighting instructor, or the supergiant sub-mantle hyperspace bypass, the best way past a tedious lecture from a snide professional superior was through him. Erisi stood and stiffened, feeling a kin...

Who Stamps Your Credits

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 3 in Star Wars: Intel on Illium Prime.

Where the proles decried bigotry, the Empire deemed a need for control. Where the disheveled masses bellowed for freedom, the Empire recognized chaos. Where the wretched refuse were repelled to the teeming shores of the outer rim saw a piling grave site of their criminal brethren...

Erisi Speaks to Sherise

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Chapter 4 in Star Wars: Intel on Illium Prime.

Erisi did not consider it a matter of fortune to dance with such a man impertinent enough to exploit his professional authority to be with a woman. Considering all the bureaucratic planning that went into a mission beforehand, she could afford to keep him at bay. Besides, what go...

Introduction

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 1 in Insatiable Appetite

That morning, breakfast consisted of a hot cattle prod and a steel-toed boot to the gut. In your already-weakened state, this is enough to send you back to sleep again. You awaken to more darkness and an inexplicable inability to move. A rough, scratchy surface seems to be coveri...

Introduction

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Chapter 1 in Biotech Research Station 108

High above an uninhabitable planet floats the elaborate research space station for Biotech Science, a division of a non-profit entity focusing on the life sciences. Designation #108 specifically operates on advanced terraforming technologies with a focus on creating more diverse...

Straight to the Palace at Lycosura

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Chapter 3 in Arimneste's Bestiary: Volume I

Begrudging his lot in life, Thanos escorted Arimneste to Lycosura, located near Mount Lykaion. This was a large but quiet city, and upon their first visit, they were both keenly aware of a grim mood pervading the otherwise idyllic town. Arimneste frowned at the lack of good, soli...

Serve him in his belly.

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Chapter 4 in Shoukyaku of Blackflame

Revolting in horror, Tiela cannot free herself from beneath his heavy pawfoot. "I'll never serve the likes of you!" Though the fear can be heard in her voice, her intractable words ring out in unbroken timbre. She cringes beneath him, curling her furred tail between her legs, but...

Serve him in his lap.

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 4 in Shoukyaku of Blackflame

Tiela dwells upon the illusion of choice and the ethical implications of various motivations she might cite for defaulting. The issue is a bit difficult for her to rise beyond the pressing weight of the dragonman's foot upon her midriff, and she's never had a varied philosophical...

Kathryn Graves' Story

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Chapter 2 in Castlemania

That Kathryn can race through the uneven and cluttered terrain of the woods with little to no hesitation is a testament to her skills. Grace is something of a boon when your chosen profession entails frequent life-or- situations. One slight misstep can land a hapless would-b...

Introduction

by Semeny Licket

Chapter 1 in Shoukyaku of Blackflame

Following the eastern coastline of this continent, a serpentine mountain range traverses the terrain that separates the united kingdoms of Altrad from the Mauritzian Sea. Though its peaks reach high enough to be snowcapped, the portion of this rambling dagger-like skyline which w...