Stories by @nihilisticat

Tellos

A young boy named Jarek and his anthropomorphic tiger companion Koj encounter the swashbuckling pirate Serra, a fox thief named Rikk, his companion in crime Hawke, Brad the dragon, Tom a turtlish-wizard, and many other mysterious entities. The heroes strive to unravel the mystery behind Jarek's origin and escape the attentions of a mad boy-wizard named Malesur who is seemingly bent on Jarek's destruction.

The Phantom Thieves

A vigilante group of high-school students working to change the hearts of criminals by getting them to confess their crimes through defeating a physical manifestation of their subconscious in a mysterious realm known as the Metaverse.

Stargate (2020 version)

An archaeologist and a group of marines discover a portal to another world.

Fathom

Marine biologist Aspen Matthews discovers that she is a member of a race of aquatic beings with hydrokinetic abilities.

Stranger in the Woods

Based on the book by Michael Finkel. This is the remarkable true story of Christopher Knight who in 1986 left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human being for 27 years—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own.

18 Days

18 Days is a re-imagining of the great eastern myth, Mahabharata, and follows the course of the climactic war that concludes the age of the gods and begins the age of man. It is the prototype for every war ever fought. The scale is epic, wherein the biggest armies ever conceived face one another across the ultimate battlefield to decide the fate of the future.

She

She is the story of professor Horace Holly and Leo Vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the African interior where they encounter a mysterious queen, Ayesha, who reigns as the all-powerful "She" or "She-who-must-be-obeyed" and who has a mysterious connection to young Leo.

The Edda

An adaptation of the ancient stories of Norse mythology, the creation epic, the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival, and the gods' tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle, Ragnarok, when the world will be destroyed.

Ace Attorney

Rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright strives to protect his clients in various murder trials. His greatest ally is Maya Fey, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by her sister (and Phoenix's former boss and mentor) Mia Fey to communicate with him. Can he successfully swing the gavel of justice or will he be crushed by the weight of incriminating evidence?

Gen 13

A group of teens are invited to take part in a ‘government internship’ for gifted youths, which is in actuality a prison-like testing ground to activate their latent powers. They escape when they realize the government's true intentions and are labelled dangerous fugitives.

Planetary

Describing themselves as ‘Archaeologists of the Impossible’, Planetary is an organization intent on discovering the world's secret history. The field team consists of three superhuman beings: Jakita Wagner (strong, fast and almost invulnerable); The Drummer (can detect and manipulate information streams, such as computer data links and radio waves); and new recruit Elijah Snow (can create intense cold and extract heat). They travel the world investigating strange phenomena – including monsters, aliens and other superhumans, unusual relics and suppressed military secrets – for both the betterment of mankind and out of sheer curiosity.

Silverlock

While on a sea voyage, A. Clarence Shandon is washed ashore in a fictional land known as the Commonwealth of Letters. He is befriended by the poet Golias, who nicknames him 'Silverlock' and who becomes his guide. Together they encounter Robin Hood, Beowulf, Huck Finn, and countless other figures from history, literature and mythology on the adventure of a lifetime.

The Anubis Gates

Brendan Doyle, a specialist in the work of the early-nineteenth century poet William Ashbless, reluctantly accepts an invitation from a millionaire to act as a guide to time-travelling tourists. But while attending a lecture given by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1810, he becomes marooned in Regency London, where dark and dangerous forces know about the gates in time. Caught up in the intrigue between rival bands of beggars, pursued by Egyptian sorcerers, befriended by Coleridge, Doyle somehow survives. And learns more about the mysterious Ashbless than he could ever have imagined possible.

Tigana

Tigana is the magical story of a beleaguered country struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant king Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful home cannot be spoken or remembered. But years after their homeland’s devastation, a handful of men and women set in motion a dangerous crusade—to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Based on the brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendía family, and chronicles the irreconcilable conflict between the desire for solitude and the need for love.

Conker's Bad Fur Day

An animated movie about Conker, a greedy, heavy-drinking red squirrel. During his quest to return home to his girlfriend, Conker finds himself in a series of increasingly absurd and often dangerous situations, including having to recover a bee hive from enormous wasps, confronting a giant opera-singing pile of feces, and getting drafted into a war between grey squirrels and a Nazi-like group of teddy bears known as the Tediz.

Perfect Dark

The story of Carrington Institute agent Joanna Dark as she attempts to stop an extraterrestrial conspiracy by rival corporation dataDyne.

The Worm Ouroboros

The story of a remote planet's great war between two kingdoms. A sweeping tale about battles between warriors and witches on fog-shrouded mountaintops and in the ocean's depths along with romantic interludes, backroom intrigues, and episodes of direst treachery.

Dorsai

In the future humanity has reached the stars. The inhabitants of the colonized worlds have evolved culturally, and to some extent, genetically, into several splinter cultures, like the Exotics, peaceful philosophers, mystics and psychologists, or the Friendlies, puritan faith-holders. But no one is as feared and respected as the Dorsai, the ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, unbreakable honor, and fierce independence. No man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the art of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the known universe. Donal Graeme is Dorsai. But he is different as well, with talents that maze even his fellow Dorsai. And once he ventures out into the stars, the future will never be the same.

Foundation

Hari Seldon spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory. With it he can predict the future, but only on a large scale. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Galactic Empire, and a dark age lasting 30,000 years before a second great empire arises. To ensure the more favorable outcome and reduce human misery during the intervening period, Seldon creates the Foundation – a group of talented artisans and engineers – to preserve and expand on humanity's collective knowledge, and thus become the foundation for the accelerated resurgence of this new galactic empire.