Short Stories
What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?
-Jim Butcher, White Night
The Illuminati really did slap the Eye of Providence on the American greenback. The Knights Templar survived, and fled to the New World with their holy relics. The Hashshashin have had a hand in the assassinations of Martin Luther King, JFK, Indira Ghandi, and Benazir Bhutto. The Green Dragon has infiltrated a dozen East Asian governments. A hacker collective known as the Network has hacked into your computer, and has access to everything you ever posted online. The Inquisition continues to hunt down witches and heretics. The Bilderbergers control the wealth of entire nations, available at a single phone call.
Aliens really did crash land as Roswell, and their remains were taken to Area 51 by Majestic-12. The government really is experimenting with chemtrails... but not for any reason you'd believe. Project MK Ultra was a success, as was the Philadelphia Experiment. Tesla had a secret lab, but it was hidden by the government because of the terrible inventions created there. The FBI has verified that miracles are continuing to occur. Subliminal messages were actually placed into vinyl albums.
Hidden cities lie beneath the ice of Antarctica. Atlantis sank beneath the waves. A dead god sleeps beneath the South Pacific. Crop circles are a message from alien visitors. Vampires control over half the nightclubs in the continental United States. Mummies run the Egyptian antiquities trade. Guardian angels are real. Dragons control Wall Street. The Nazis built a city on the Moon. The Bermuda Triangle hides a hole in space and time. Your memories are stored in the Akashic Records. Yggdrasil connects the worlds. The Ring of Power remains in family of Brunhild. Pandora's box is opening again. Muramasa's blade still hungers for blood. The Tower of Babel never fell.
The Once and Future King sleeps in Avalon. Nicholas Flamel discovered the secret to eternal life. The Mad Arab is gathering new followers, who dedicate themselves to the Black Pharaoh. The Numbers Stations were protecting us. The real purpose of the Mars rovers is to discover why the canals dried up 100 years ago. The Pyramids of Giza hide even greater secrets. The bees are leaving. Eleven days are missing. Jack the Ripper will kill again. Loki lies chained beneath the World Tree. Dracula sleeps in London. Orochi stirs in his grave. Elvis lives. Rasputin never died. Sasquatches walk through the wilds of Canada. The number 23 is everywhere for a reason. Reptilians have infiltrated our governments and businesses.
The Men in Black investigate incidents on behalf of the world government. Werewolves bred their way into European noble families. Demons control cults throughout society, and trade souls in return for fame, fortune, and power. The fairy kingdoms are girding for war. Victor Frankenstein actually created life. Solomon's ring can bind jinn to your service. That house is haunted. Magic exists. There really is a monster in your closet.
A thousand stories remain to be told. This is just the start...