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Different Stories. Different Mediums. Same Universe.

Christopher Mitchell: Writer/Creator

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Welcome to the site. You’ll find creative works here ranging from the romantic to the macabre. All work is original. All of it stems from my mind and my mind alone.

In “Stories” you’ll find a compilation of literary fiction—some short, others much longer—that center around themes of grief, honor, horror, and the beauty that exists within each of them. The tales are harrowing, the characters flawed, and the subject matter at once both horrifying and poetic. At the heart of each story resides a central truth: change is inevitable and often comes with a cost. Those changes leave within us echoes of their passing, to either fester within our souls, or strengthen our overall will to persevere in the face of adversity.

In “Artwork” you’ll find my interpretation of the world through acrylic and oil mediums. All work featured on the site is available for sale.

*Coming Soon*: Bits and Bytes—The Music and Audiobooks of Christopher Mitchell

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Stories

This Week’s Featured Story:

Looking up at tall trees with green foliage, forming a canopy against a light sky.

The Swaying Canopy

Oliver Ketch is cursed. While he spends his days tilling his fields and sowing crops, he recognizes that something is missing from his life; something he’s avoided to prevent the curse from taking. Then a stranger comes crashing through the walls he’s raised to protect himself and those around him. Now Oliver must balance his newfound friendship with the dread of fulfilling a prophecy that’s plagued his family for generations.

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A painting depicting two silhouetted warriors fighting against two red demons near a campfire at night, with mountains and cherry blossom trees in the background.

Blood on the Blossoms

HAKADOTE, JAPAN: 1873 CE

GENRE: DARK FANTASY/HISTORICAL FICTION

In 1873 Japan, a powerful outsider descends into an unfamiliar world of ancient demons and codified honor. His mission: find and recover a stolen asset. But ulterior motives guide him, and his hopes of harnessing the power of gods lie in a small, ornamented box...one that simultaneously carries great power, and a crushing guilt.

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A city skyline at sunset showing tall buildings, a river, and a highway with cars.

Hammer and Anvil

DETROIT, MI: 2076 CE

GENRE: DARK FANTASY/HORROR NOIR

Fifty years from now, the U.S. exists on the precipice of decay. Agents Hammer and Anvil work to dispel the growing tensions between Primacy and Faction elements, utilizing their tenacity and penchant for methodical violence to keep the peace. A case arises with resounding implications for the agents, and they must protect a witness from hostile elements. Allies become enemies, enemies become allies, and the lines between good and evil begin to blur. Will they discover who's pulling the strings? Or will they soon become food for a nightmare older than the stars?

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Two people riding horses on a dirt path through a vast, open landscape with rolling hills under an overcast sky.

The Nine Shadows

PICTLAND, CALEDONIA: 378 CE

GENRE: HISTORICAL FANTASY/ LITERARY HORROR

Two Roman legionnaires loyal to the Primacy travel north to Pictland in what will one day become Scotland. An unknown force terrorizes the countryside, leaving bodies in its wake. Now, Marcus and Tiberius must discover the origins of the occupying malevolence while protecting a young boy with a shrouded past.

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An abandoned glass greenhouse with broken windows and overgrown plants, featuring a central platform with a tent-like structure and a chandelier hanging above.

The Girl in the Greenhouse

ROCKWOOD, MI: 1995 CE

GENRE: DARK ROMANCE/COSMIC HORROR

James is plagued by a terrible gift. While the world around him twists and undulates to reveal people for who they truly are, the course of his life has led him to seek shelter with the worst of men. Now in league with grifters, James encounters a house with its own malevolent life force. As the presence tries to claw its way into his soul, a woman with gifts similar to his own promises answers to questions that have haunted James his whole life.

What she reveals will transcend time and space, and leave James forever changed.

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A dark, moody painting of a man standing in a dimly lit billiards hall, smoking a cigarette and holding a cue stick, with other men playing pool in the background under hanging lamps.

Pariah

ROCKWOOD, MI: 2074 CE

GENRE: HORROR NOIR

Trevor Morrigan enlists the aide of an enemy to track down an insidious creature with a penchant for human prey. What begins as a hunt for justice slowly descends into a gristly quest for vengeance. Soon, Trevor must discover for himself what separates men from monsters, and how the line between them blurs when coupled with a craving even monsters fear.

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A painting of a mountain range under a dark, stormy sky with streaks of rain and dramatic, swirling clouds.

The Swaying Canopy

SILVERSPRING, WY 2036 CE

GENRE: LITERARY FICTION/ROMANCE

Oliver Ketch is cursed. While he spends his days tilling his fields and sowing crops, he recognizes that something is missing from his life; something he’s avoided to prevent the curse from taking. Then a stranger comes crashing through the walls he’s raised to protect himself and those around him. Now Oliver must balance his newfound friendship with the dread of fulfilling a prophecy that’s plagued his family for generations.

READ HERE

Artwork

A painting of a sunset sky with orange and pink clouds, a mountain range in the distance, and a lighthouse on a hillside beside the water. Foreground includes green shrubbery and a rocky shoreline.

Inspired by mythology, beauty, and Bob Ross

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