The Story So Far: The game nears its conclusion. No team has ever won, but the three remaining contestants have made it to the final stage, with one last barrier between them and freedom. One of them, however, has a secret. Having made a deal to avoi...

Adrenaline buzzed through Lena's veins. The outpost's perimeter had been breached, and she and Liz had only just escaped the living quarters in time. Hearing shrieks from beyond the bespattered door, she smiled in sympathy. Jen and Sarah hadn't been...

The research facility had seen better days. Liz cast wary eyes about the domed living quarters, once pristine white, now tarnished by swathes of lilac mulch. The farcical squid-like abomination clamped to the hull was slowly infesting the interior, l...

Steam wafted lazily around the cabin's stout rafters. In an open-topped shower cubicle, Sarah closed her eyes and lifted her face into the spray. Water burbled softly through a drain in the floor, until a twist of a dial brought it to a sputtering st...

Note: This is another mini-finale marking the end of Act 2. Like before, I'll wait a few weeks before posting the final batch of stories. If you want to read in stages, the best place to pause is after The Event. If you've been following this series,...

The Story So Far: The contestants have reached the exit to the palace, but with the villains in hot pursuit. Lucy and Lena tried to hold off their pursuers long enough for the gate to open, but found themselves cut off and surrounded. Meanwhile, Anna...

Note: The last time I tried to post this series, this was as far as I got before the site went offline. Hopefully this time I'll make it to the finale. If you want to read in stages, the 'score settling' and 'door defence' scenes might be good points...

The Story So Far: After the events in the purifier and the ensuing ambush, the remaining contestants became split up and are now trying to escape the palace. Meanwhile, despite having their identity revealed, the traitor remains at large.... Part 9:...

Note: Fair warning, this is a long one, running at double the length of most other chapters in the series. Trying to read it in one sitting might get exhausting, though the scene in the 'testing lab' comes just before the halfway point, should you be...

Liz was no fool. This whole thing had 'set-up' written all over it. For all Annabelle's claims to have found a conveniently-placed map carved on a wall, Liz wasn't convinced for a moment. Something fishy was going on. Her one consolation was that Ann...

The Story So Far: In aid of charity, a team of intrepid contestants are trying to get across the Splatter Dome - an elaborate arena full of gooey traps and patrolled by the so-called Gunge Ghouls (basically a bunch of women in silly outfits who are...

Note: This chapter is a kind of mini-finale that closes out the first act. As such it's a little longer than previous entries and contains a lot of mess (arguably too much). It might benefit from being read in stages rather than in one go. Part 5: T...

The pyramid echoed with the clamour of pursuit. Amidst the tumult two figures crept along shadowy passageways, silent and unnoticed in the inky gloom. Coming to a junction, Nikki pressed her back against the cool stone wall and peeked past the corner...

Faced with yet another dead end, Annabelle sighed. The labyrinth was getting the better of them. Nearby, Ellie twirled the neck-string of her little white two-piece, tipped her heart-shaped face skyward, and giggled. "We are sooo hopeless." Annabell...

Lena's hair brushed silkily against her almost-bare back. Above her, warm sunlight streamed through the dome's crystalline shield, illuminating the scatter of tumbled walls and canted columns that lay before them. The entrance tunnel had brought them...

Note: While this story follows on from the prologue, you should be able to get by if you haven't read it. This chapter is focused on character introductions, so contains a bit less gunge than normal. Part 1: First Steps Dusk approached. A coach wo...

All was still. Melissa studied the treeline intently. Where did they go? Just minutes before, when she and her comrades had taken refuge in this abandoned outpost, the woods had whispered with the sounds of pursuit. Now there was nothing. She wasn't...

Foreword: Back in late 2008 I decided to try my hand at storytelling. Things got out of hand, and what was intended to be a single story ballooned into an entire series. Given this, I've written a short(ish) teaser to give you a taste of my writing...

It was almost midnight. Cassandra stood at a balcony overlooking the harbour, where the glow from quayside restaurants and casinos cast flickering reflections upon the water. She ran her fingers across the smooth stone balustrade, surprised to find i...