Stories tagged “Asian”

  • Forged in Fire, Quenched in Blood

    The splash of blood was hot and wet, and the screams that followed were the birthing cries of a new empire. Such things always required blood. A lone horseman stopped beside General Kao-Tsung. He wasn’t worried. There was only one man that his gu...

  • Souls of Virtue, Blades of Vice

    The sound of ringing steel broke the morning’s stillness. An underlying sound called to her. “Come and see.” it whispered. She followed the noise, lured by a song violence. Quietly, the young girl crept as close as she dared and watch...

  • Fire-bright Memories

    Kaili was all youth and fire, that bastard. He was small, even for one descended from the mountain people, and his blue eyes were alight with electricity. I hated him, the lousy mutt. At least, I thought I did. We were of the Wu Xing, or the elements. ...

  • The Angel's Fall

    You have seen it before. The circle’s halves are black and white, each with a drop of the opposite color within it. Yin and yang — it is the embodiment of opposite and equal forces. Darkness and light. Female and male. Passive and active. M...