Greetings and welcome to my web page. Who am I and what is this all about? There's a handy-dandy 'about' link right up top, but the short version is: I am Proximal Flame, a writer who specializes in science fiction and fantasy. I've been hosting the lion's share of my work on SpaceBattles.com and my… Continue reading The Journey Begins
Scars, Chapter 11
After the previous two updates this month being selected by my patrons, this third one is all up to me and I've been aiming to finish up this arc for a little while. With that, we return to the setting of Scars. The source of the corruption within the local farmland has been located and… Continue reading Scars, Chapter 11
Weekly Drabble: Within the Streets
This week's short story for my patrons uses the prompts of 'statues of the gods' from N3R0 and 'abandon your quest' from Peter Armstrong. With them, we return to a Scars side-story: Khy-kala's visit to the City of Dreams and the question that has brought her there in search of something... or perhaps someone. Enjoy!
Patreon Update: ‘A Lure’ and new Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread
This week's prompt comes from patron Stormblessed with 'not a cry for help', bringing us back to the endless, impossible city of Horrak-Sarn and those trying to eke out a living in it day by day. For this tale, we follow up with Emmanuel after his encounter with someone who wasn't making a cry for… Continue reading Patreon Update: ‘A Lure’ and new Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread
Patreon Update: To the Victor, the Spoils Chapter XXXIII
As the second-most voted for option this month, we have a new update for To the Victor. In this chapter, we check in with Mr. Orange and one of his associates to see how things are going, as well as visiting with Darren now that he's hale and hearty again. At least, until certain people… Continue reading Patreon Update: To the Victor, the Spoils Chapter XXXIII
Children of Heaven, Chapter 23
The major looked down at his huge gauntlets; they were stained with blood. The freshest blots were from a young ensign who’d been skewered on the end of a bayonet. She’d never even seen what killed her, the alien creeping up behind her, invisible and impaling her on the end of its rifle. There were some sounds that you never thought a human could make until you heard them for yourself, straight from a dying throat. Leibowitz had heard too many of those. He’d killed the ensign’s murderer. Not very forgiving, but he hadn’t joined the Corps to proselytize mercy. Especially not to some tentacle-faced monstrosity that had just gutted a helpless girl like a fish. The Marine leaned back against the scarred bulkhead, listening to the comm channels as more of his people died. I hope this tub is worth it.
All the Little Lost Boys and Girls, Chapter 71.
My patrons have voted and the newest update for this month is live; a continuation of our science-fiction horror. In this update, we're still with Alexei and Duty Before Glory in the final days of their lives. Fresh from the horrors of Gemini Pax, they're responding to a distress call from an Imperial vessel, hoping… Continue reading All the Little Lost Boys and Girls, Chapter 71.
Patreon Update: ‘Upcoming Harvest’, Weekly Drabble Prompt and News
First, the news. Regular visitors may have noticed that there was a recent lack of updates to this website the last week. The truth is... I forgot. I've been busy with a new project (about 12 pages done in one week) and just have to edit it, and then we'll be updating regularly here once… Continue reading Patreon Update: ‘Upcoming Harvest’, Weekly Drabble Prompt and News
Patreon Update: Below, and Drabble Prompt Thread
With some sinister prompts of 'silence' from Xpholia, 'surprise party' from Sam C and 'skeletons' from Knightress, we have a particularly spooky story this evening, about a vampire hunter, a vampiress and a dark, dank cave... As well, there's the customary drabble prompt thread for patrons to post their themes for next week's short story.… Continue reading Patreon Update: Below, and Drabble Prompt Thread
The Last Angel: The Hungry Stars, Chapter 16
And here we are, closing out the spookiest month with a chapter from The Hungry Stars involving some spooky things (yes, that was wholly by design and not a coincidence...). In this chapter, people, ships and plots are in motion. Grace and Allyria are on a new mission, the Compact is continuing its efforts to… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Hungry Stars, Chapter 16
Patreon Update: Deathly Slumber and Weekly Prompt Thread
This week's prompts are 'i'll sleep when I'm dead' from Stormblessed, 'wake the dead' from Pehtrai D'Arkos and 'haunting' from Knightress, so it should come as no surprise that this week's tale is a bit on the spooooooooky and mysterious side, with a slumbering vampire and a vampire hunter. What could possibly happen!? Read on… Continue reading Patreon Update: Deathly Slumber and Weekly Prompt Thread
Proximal Flame's Fiction 