Here’s a short story I wrote a year and a half ago. It’s kind of fun and will be part of the anthology I am working on.

It’s called Final Test.

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Aaron needed a weapon.

He ducked left, but it was as if his opponent could see the future, because the enormous creature swung its gnarled tail in the same direction. Aaron’s muscles tensed, feeling the impact the moment before it landed.

Then he was flying, the entire left side of his body caved in, ribs pulverized, his hip bone screaming in sudd...