An anthology series featuring short, punchy tales spiked with chapters from long form projects. A mix of noir, crime, thriller, espionage, and the cruelties and loves of everyday life.
Latest episodes
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3 min
The Exchange
A short Halloween piece on need and fear.
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3 min
Lie Settled
A Shorthand Missile piece on the madness of power.
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2 min
House Broken
A Shorthand Missile piece about the road to the cold, straight world of men.
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5 min
What We Leave Behind
What does the angry youth do when they see their parents have left them with no future?
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3 min
Survivor's Bias
A short story about what happens when everyone won't buy into self-propagating obsolescence.
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12 min
The American: Chapter 61
The American is a noir tale in which expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In th…
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2 min
Boulevard Escape
The madness had been spreading for some time.
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15 min
The American: Chapter 59
The American is a noir tale in which expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In th…
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19 min
The Dunhill Usurpers, Chapter 1
The queer tales of Cole McDowell, last heir to the McDowell family line. As he makes his way through the city of Dunhill, Cole must contend with dark alchemy and religious zealotry…
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10 min
The American: Chapter 58
The American is a noir tale in which expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In th…
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1 min
Strong Spirits
A very short story on the dangers of serving alcohol in a fantasy world.
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14 min
AMM: The Case with No Client, Conclusion
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in…
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9 min
AMM: The Case with No Client, chapter 3
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in…
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18 min
AMM: The Case with No Client, Chapter 2
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in…
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18 min
The Case with No Client, Chapter 2
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in…
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2 min
What Goes Around
When hope keeps old ideas alive.
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21 sec
The American: Chapter 57
The American is a noir thriller of an expatriate in France who finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl.…
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18 min
AMM: The Case with No Client, Chapter 1
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in…
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18 min
The American: Chapter 56
An American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, with a wounde…
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1 min
The Tower
A very short piece on the principals of power.