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Chip: A Virus Tale

2013-05-06T10:07:59-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: T
Sci-Fi/General
Chapters: 6, Words: 5,885, Reviews: 2, In-Progress

Chip is an AI, and Artificial Intelligence. However, he was a virus before that. Now he's in a whole new world, populated by programs like him. What will he do with his new-found life, now that he doesn't need to destroy to live?

A Fantasy Christmas

2012-12-26T13:28:00-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Humor
Chapters: 14, Words: 11,076, Reviews: 1, Complete

Ander is a cheese maker from Glendale. Princess Katherine is trying to avoid being kidnapped by playing a kitchen maid. And, of course, the Christmas Eve Ball can't go according to plan...

Paladin

2012-10-12T12:05:01-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 4, Words: 4,476, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

Nathan is an inexperienced paladin who has been assigned the task of bringing the only person to steal from the Palidian Order in centuries to justice. And, of course, nothing is going to go as expected.

Silicon Thoughts

2012-09-11T21:33:17-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: K
Sci-Fi/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 464, Reviews: 1, Complete

"It's amazing what people think, what they fear. I am an excellent example, a showcase of the unknown. Of course, I can't reveal myself. Doing such would be...fatal." The thoughts of a, well, you can figure it out.

The Physics of Fiction

2012-07-20T23:09:55-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Essay
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 579, Reviews: 1, Complete

A short essay-ish explanation of how fiction works. Admittedly, it does have some resemblance to Magic: The Gathering's general idea, but that is just a microverse in the Multiverse of Fiction.

Through the Eyes of a Phoenix

2012-05-25T09:41:28-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Mythology
English, Rated: K
Fantasy/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 375, Reviews: 1, Complete

A short story about a couple of treasure hunters as seen through the eyes of a phoenix. Oneshot.

Just In Time

2012-05-24T00:02:08-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Spiritual
English, Rated: T
Hurt/Comfort/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,269, Reviews: 3, Complete

Matt is a teen contemplating suicide. Johnathan is a stranger who somehow mysteriously appears in his house. How will this all work out?

Farewell

2012-05-23T13:12:42-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Friendship
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 105, Reviews: 0, Complete

A poem about someone who is destined for a far-off land comforting his friend.

The Prison

2012-05-23T13:06:38-08:00

Author: ThatBlackMage
Life
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 184, Reviews: 0, Complete

A tribute to the strongest prison known to man. It's one of my older poems, and one of my favorites among the ones I've written.