Violence Stories

A Story in the Zokia Province Universe
Let it be said that Murphy (as in 'Murphys's Law') is alive and well, in every universe, not just our own. Even a simple pursuit can go utterly wrong for these would-be heroes. Kinda short, I know, but this is a good example of what we, in the gaming world, refer to as a "fumble".

Max Success, one of the most successful algorithmic traders on Wall Street is found dead in his office by his wife Avery. Tony Weatherman, the largest institutional investor in New York's commodity speculative space seeks the best hedge fund to invest $500 million. Gillian Bear is a freshman at NYU seeking an internship that will make her dreams come true. The three of them will soon be witness to an event, triggered by one of them, that will transform the world of Commodities Trading forever.

A Muslim student is killed by police in a Missouri college. The public demands to know why.

Everything begins somewhere... A very short story about how things got started.

Sir Bertram Utterside issues a series of pronouncements, not always entirely serious, on a variety of burning social topics.

A series of astounding experiments carried out by the redoubtable 'Sage of Trondheim', with caustic observations from his chief rival, the 'Swedish Savant'.

Two Berlin detectives attempt to investigate a strange murder, with the only clue being a piece of paper with a name on it.