Ashes of Empire
These stories are vignettes in the history of a world, spanning the rise and fall of the Alpha Met, and the dark ages that followed. These are the history of the slow, piecemeal construction of civilization from the ashes of an empire.

Aspiration Stilled - 5711, Alpha Met calendar

Completed

In a city under siege, two friends find themselves caught between honor and duty.

The Orator's Cycle

Trillin Andril was accepted as a student by the great orator, Demarthikos. He and his lover, Aristokles trained together under the aging man, but as their city is battered by the world, their bonds feel a similar strain.

To Speak of War - 5702, Alpha Met calendar

The Memoirs of Liaeden Danvil - 5712, Alpha Met calendar - Incomplete, teaser up

Recovering the Dancer

A grim soldier in an auster city is removed from duty, with no reason offered, to pose for a sculpture. He chafes at being removed from his job, but the strange artist portraying him provides an even greater irritation.

A City Fallen - 7021, Alpha Met calendar

A City Scattered - 7021, Alpha Met calendar

A City Proclaimed - 7022, Alpha Met calendar




Miscellaneous

My Friend, My Love - Present day, Earth

Completed

A young man, leaving an abusive home, finds himself taken in by a strange author and his lover.



Through a Glass, Darkly - Present day, Earth

Incomplete, teaser up

Sebastian's life is, by and large, perfectly acceptable to him. When he approaches a beautiful and strange youth in a park, however, he begins to learn the difference between the real world and our Earth...