Category: Adventure

Adventure Short Fiction

The Samurai’s Quest

Moriyami backed out of the emperor’s presence. Beside him, Hiroki, his most trusted companion, bowed equally low. They’d both taken care to sweep their sheathed swords back, and they shuffled their feet lightly over the polished parquet floor. The smoke of burning incense swirled around their heads and clung to their leather armor. Emperor Karasu had charged Moriyami with a noble task, entrusting him with a sacred box that he must never open, now tucked inside his jacket. Moriyami in turn chose Hiroki—five years younger, yet his most capable soldier-brother—to accompany him on this mission to the very peak of…

Adventure Editor's Pick Short Fiction

The Lost King’s Curse

Centuries before the Great Western Expedition, the Kingdom of Vlitra spanned the northern half of what today is Arbus Arkad. At the height of its power, the kingdom’s territories stretched nearly from coast-to-coast. On occasion, settlers would stumble upon ruins left by that ancient people—generations ago, in the days of the early pioneers. They knew that evil spirits dwelt in those forgotten, dead places, and most decent folk avoided them for fear of being stricken with their curse. Most, but not all. The founders of the modern West were a sundry lot. Some were possessed of educations and had too…