(Aurhìm) Reayx (RE-yu) comes to town, looking for a job, only to transform into a dragon—something that might signify the end of the world. Now, with the help of a bookish princess and a caustic former-mercenary, Reayx must win back his freedom and confront the darkness that did this to him before everything disappears. (Rough draft. Reviews will be returned.)

I am a mute who only cares about mysteries. He's a liar who only cares about his youth gang. I didn't mind him, until he decided to break into my house, steal my salad, and oh yeah, kidnap me. / Most creative plot SKOW award winner / Featured on Project Fiction / story removed.

Tell me, my friend," he spoke, taking a smoke from my pipe, blowing a perfect ring and returning it into my hands. "What will you think of me if I die?"

You know the story: boy meets dragon, boy becomes dragon rider, boy and dragon save the world from evil. This, however, is not that story; not quite. In this story, the rider is a tyrant, and the dragon, well... he used to be 16-year-old human high-school student from San Francisco. He's been shanghaied, and he's not happy about it! / Reviews will be returned! / Updated: 1/15