The wind howled with blistering delight, whipping through the moonlit valley. Normally choked with fog, the sky was unusually bare tonight – the wind again, stealing the fog and carrying it off to blight some other town. My car, sleek black body dotted with beads of stubborn …
I rubbed my hands together with glee as I stepped into my newly-renovated games room, throwing my arms up as I got to my newest purchase. ‘Ta-da!’ I cried out. ‘Dad, you don’t have to yell, we’re all right here with you.’ My eldest daughter rolled her eyes, while somehow still managing to keep them …
I paced around my living room, wondering whether my friend was ever going to show up. We’d agreed to hang out at 3:00 pm. I looked at the clock – 5:30 pm. Almost dinner time. I had been hoping to order a couple of pizzas for us, but by then I wasn’t even sure if …
Okay, I’ve seen a lot of crazy things happen while window tinting for the Empire, but this definitely takes the cake. I’ve been at this gig as Emperor Palantine’s personal window tinter for almost 25 years now, but I’ve never been caught in the middle of a giant battle while the Emperor himself shoots lightning …
I’ve been serving Supreme Chancellor Sheath Palantine for a while now. It took a few months to get used to my new life on the world of Croissant, but eventually, I got into the swing of things. At first, I wondered how the Chancellor could possibly have enough windows to keep me on the job, …
I’m really excited about today’s big project. It’s the 27th day of summer vacation, and we’re finally getting to the good stuff. Today, Fern and I will be building the biggest and best wooden fort ever created. I’ve heard that Australia is known for its awesome wooden fortresses, but we are going to put them …
When word reached the Fungus Kingdom that the Renovation Kingdom had been the most recent victim of Trowser’s fierce attacks, the Fellowship of the Power Star set out immediately. Led by Princess Plum, the group also featured Marion the plumber and the Mushroom Rangers – Red Mushroom Man, Pink Mushroom Girl, Green Mushroom Man, Blue …
It was four in the morning when I got a phone call from my good friend Red Mushroom Man. He told me about how he was uniting the Mushroom Rangers to help his friend from the non-fungus world. Apparently, things are pretty bad over there, and it has been impacting his friend’s work, which has …
I woke up and groggily stretched out my arm, wincing as a jolt of pain ran up it. ‘What the—’ I mumbled, blearily looking to see what had hurt. ‘Easy now, easy now,’ a familiar voice drifted over to me. ‘Take it slow.’ ‘Where am I?’ I asked. …
I slumped down in my chair, a deep sigh escaping me as I sifted through the mountain of paperwork that had accrued on my desk. When had this become my life? This company had started in a small garage on the weekends, and now we were taking up a significant chunk of …