Short Stories by VanDraught

Sergeant Ryl Canner, sheltering a songbird in his jacket, discovers his own data—and ominous files on children and civilians—streaming across his hijacked datapad. As the AI project...

Benny, the Carousel Horse bartender, jokes about ghosts and glitches in Jupiter City, but his warning—meant to save—draws a crowd into disaster. Haunted by guilt and a...

Halloween, celebrated on October 31st, may seem spooky with its ghosts and skeletons, but it's truly a joyful holiday. Its traditions, from imaginative costumes to trick-or-treating, emphasize...