Sufficient Velocity

February 6

Mom's on my case again—still trying to get me to move back to Heidelberg.

"It's not like it used to be, Schatzi. The US and Japan are the old guard," Mom says from the kitchen of our old place. I can see that stupid Matryoshka set on the window sill behind her.

I make sure she can see me rolling my eyes, but ...

There are many kings in the Mortal Realms.

Some rule from marble palaces, surrounded by courtiers and servants. Some command great armies from ancestral fortresses. Some are beloved by their people, others feared, and a great many have discovered that the distinction matters considerably less once the taxes are collected.

You are not one of these kings....

It is the year 1975 and the Cold War continues with no end in sight as old powers lick their wounds and new ones rise to usurp them in the game of geopolitics.

The Second West Russian War, rather than the climax and death kneel for Hitler's empire would end up a half-victory for the reborn Russian Empire as the White Army managed to push the Naz...

Oh hey! I didn't see you come in there.

This is ORCS vs ELVES, an epic and extremely silly sex fantasy action adventure story. However, I am starting here with this warning because I want to make it very clear to everyone opening this thread up for the first time: This is a story where concepts of consent are going to be played with EXTREMELY fast and lose. Orcs AND...

Chapter 1

All Gia could hear were faint sounds of gurgling. She hesitated at first, but when the sounds did not stop, she walked up to the door.

"Rue," she called out, hoping against hope for an answer.

"Rue," she called out again, but there was only that strange sound as she reached the door and slowly pushed it open. And there s...