Jayce Ran's Sweet Insanity

Tag: short-story

  • Blue Ash Crisis: Chapter 2

    Chapter 2: Morning Red light pulsed behind Apricot Signa’s eyelids, warm and steady with her heartbeat. She drifted inside it. Safe. Buzz… buzz… The sound pulled her loose. Her eyelids parted, vision swimming in a soft wash of color. The…

  • Blue Ash Crisis: Chapter 1

    Chapter 1: Blood On The Streets Night pooled in New Ash City like spilled ink. Arikado moved through it the way a man moved through a dream he didn’t trust, slow, precise, senses on thin wire. Sirens painted the wet…

  • Blue Ash Crisis: Prologue

    Static clawed her ears. Symbols twisted on her display, glyphs reshaping into rows of teeth. She blinked. They clung, gnashing at the edges of her sight. The machine wanted in. Falcon One’s voice cracked. “Engines one, two stable. Engine three……

  • The Accursed Painting

    Charles had this routine every morning, strolling through the older neighborhoods where the buildings sagged like they carried the weight of a hundred forgotten tales. The cobblestones clicked under his shoes in that comforting rhythm, and he’d nod at the…