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Issue 1, Vol. 6 – JANUARY 2026
It’s here! The very first issue of the PRL Serials Volume 6 – Meridian. We are so excited about the new release schedule and the debut of the PRL print issue. The new release schedule means that you can come here for the best serial fiction on the internet all year long. You can find
In this issue:
Wielders of the Green – 35 – Pultine in Paradise
Pultine was impressed by Paradise Earth. She saw most it from afar as she traveled with her party from the Fonlands to the Paradise universe, but it was a sight to see even from a distance. It was like Earth as conceived by the Fonlands, specifically the Disc of Agê, and she marveled at the…
Tier 1 – 13 – The Vodun of Deads and Wraiths
The undersides of the Discs of the Fonlands rest on the back of the slumbering snake, but it is possible to dwell on the underside of the Fonlands Discs. The undersides, like the topsides, are marvels of arcana that defy expectation and this allowed for the creation of the newly christened Disc of Deads and…
‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Sakpata’s First Student
“I came from very far,” the man of graphite said from a distance. There was a strong wind all around him and snow drifted on the maddened currents creating a cascading wall. The man of graphite was not bothered by the temperature, but he wore blue cloth that wrapped his waist down to his knees…
From the Manual and Reference of the Fonlands – Disc of Sakpata
Gold Apprentice Compound The compound was formed on Sakpata’s Disc in relatively recent history to foster a scholarly understanding of the powers of Fonlanders. The most serious students of Pattern Magic attend the School of Patternists that is located in the Nanto Highlands of the northern Disc that surrounds the pillar to the Lofted Disc.…
Master’s Log 2120 – 1 – Colors of Arcana
To understand arcana, it is helpful to understand the Earther conception of existence, which is sometimes known as science. Actually, many sentient civilizations of the multiverse have disciplines that are synonymous with science and understanding any of those as an explanation of the origins and workings of existence is helpful. The reason and source of…
Team Spotlight:
The Outsiders
Issac Washington, the Master of Multiversal Arcana; Maria Moreno, Wazad the Transverse; and Zacchaeus Turner. They hail from the Node 1 Dark Universe and have been Outsiders in the Fonlands since the 2024 Interim Shorts.
First Appearance: The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus – 10 – Brad Jordan
Latest Appearance: Death Magic – Issue 6 – The 4 Shades of Violet – 3 – The Spacetime of Deads and Wraiths
Character Spotlight:
Pultine, of the Large Flower
Pultine is an aboatia born on the Disc of Agê in the Node 5 Fonlands.
First Appearance: The Divine Essence – 2 – A Daughter of Pultine
Latest Appearance: Wielders of the Green – 32 – Golden Green
Popular Issues
Stories About Deads
From the PRL Day of the Dead Special and the Volume Archive
“You need look no further than Owuo’s Deads’ Town to see that Death Magic is as wondrous as the Essence.” – The Detritus Witch
What Else? – Issue 7 – Owuo, the Vodun of Death
The Discs of the Fonlands defy the physics that an Earther of any existence would recognize. Many of the Discs have landscapes that would be familiar to an Earther, like…
The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus – 10 – Brad Jordan
The mist that rose from the stone floor of the Smiting Chamber started out light blue, but the individual bubbles that comprised the mist began to pulse with light, turning…
Deads’ Town – Issue 1 – The New Guy
“The fuck is this?” Brad Jordan asked angrily after he stepped through the black oval that hovered in the space behind him. A dark-skinned man with hard, black eyes stepped…
Deads’ Town – Issue 3 – Lêgba About Town
Neither of them were dead. Both Lêgba and Owuo had stabbed one another, both viciously enough to demonstrate their anger–Owuo’s in response to Lêgba’s who had questioned his creation of…
Deads’ Town – Issue 5 – The Oba of the Conjuror’s Elu
“If any dead knows how to leave Deads’ Town,” Baity said, “it is the conjurors.” He led Brad Jordan along the main road through Deads’ Town, past the musicians who…
Death Magic – Issue 2 – Wednesday
It has been established that the deads of Deads’ Town are randomly selected from the pool of souls of the beings who perish in universe Prime 5 and the Fonlands…
Smiting Champs – 4Warriors – 1 – Mulweri and Adofo and Nwa Wa and Djallon
Adofo sharpened his sepow knife against a large stone. He squatted in his golden armor without the arm and leg plates attached, knees bent, his forearms resting on his thighs…
Codeine Crazy – Issue 14 – Kútmómɛ
Shini was once a powerful sorcerer of the Deep, the subterranean world that is an extension of the Disc of Agê underground. He is a son of the surface and…
Family Ties – Issue 1 – Vadzimu (or Wendy meets the Ancestors)
Wendy ran from her last name. She didn’t know if she was related to that Chimutengwende, Chen, a Mugabe dog who did the messy work of a dictator, but she…
Ishe in the Suck – Issue 1 of 4 – With Pomp
He was hit like a penny on the carpet when the vacuum rushes through. All of a sudden, he was swept up in a wind that held him and pushed…
When the Dead Die – Issue 17 – The Brave Now
The world has changed, and not just for Wendy who has realized her abilities as an extremely powerful medium capable of seeing and interacting with the spirits of the dead. …
Issue 9, Vol. IV – September 10, 2018 (Resurrection 1)
I want to stress that this is not the tale of the first humans to walk the Earth, but it is the tale of the first extraordinary people who pushed…
Family Ties – Issue 9 – Search for Helen Part 2
The PRL Event: Darker Resurrection 5 The country of China has a very long history that has been preserved for posterity. The movement of peoples under various leaders has been…
Stories for the Spooky Season
From the PRL Halloween Special Archive
Since 2014, the PRL Serials has been home to not only the best, but the creepiest, the spookiest stories on the internet.
Poor Orbison Part 1 (One-Shot)
Orbison was a horse on the Crowder family farm in the northwestern tip of Ladoga, North Carolina. The farm raised horses; a few had run the Preakness, one, a steed…
Poor Orbison Part 2 (One-Shot)
Kyle Bazemore was ordered to complete a physiological evaluation and he received a year of probation. When he returned home after his initial arrest, he was met by a silent…
A Painful Breakup
I was out late one night smoking a cigarette because I was lying in bed tossing. My girlfriend had left earlier, because she said I was a selfish jerk, that…
The Black Side of Paradise 4. Bradley
If it’s true that a house can have a soul or a spirit, then the house Bradley inhabited after separation from his biological mother had a malevolent one that caused…
Mirror (One-Shot)
One day, Pam woke up and looked at herself in the mirror. She was surprised at what she saw staring back. Pam’s every day had been consumed by a desire…
Silas in Hell Issue 1
Silas is a man of the world. Money is the most important thing to him because it is the only way to secure peace of mind. When his wife whines…
Steady Leadership (One-Shot)
Iris sits alone in a house that she bought for herself. It is not big. It can accommodate three adults comfortably, but to Iris, it is the perfect size for…
The D- of Rhasdwiis – Issue 1 – Sundown
The Rhasdwiis, the dominant sentient species of the planet Wiis, have a very long history. They have existed for almost a million years and they have always lived on the…
The D- of Rhasdwiis – Issue 2 – Sundown continued
Many preparations were made on Wiis for the coming Triple Night, when no light from the two suns of Wiis would reach the planet’s surface during a standard daylight cycle.…
Witch Moon – Issue 1 – The Exalted Witch
“Welcome,” Miriro said, floating like an apparition in the darkness of the woods. She was in a grove of the dense woods that was illuminated by the waning moon overhead…
The Witching Hour – Issue 1 – The Steede
Luca was a strong man. Muscles bulged any shirt he wore and he had a head of thick brown hair that he cut regularly to keep it neat on his…
Dialogues with the Witch – Issue 1 – The Piedmont Witch
I was very late for a meeting and I zig-zagged through the crowds on the sidewalk. I am a tall man and I was in a city of people with…
Dialogues with the Witch – Issue 5 – Lord Cockroach
“Great,” I said dismissively, “now let’s get back to these demons.” “Y’all don’t want to talk about demons,” the woman said. “You do realize that these so called demons gain…
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