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Red Darkling (2018)  

Red Darkling’s ship is a weevil-infested piece of junk. Her smuggling business barely brings in enough credits to buy cheap beer. Alien creeps think a blaster can get them favors when their charm fails. Her only company is a glitchy cat and the occasional hook-up.

Her life is dirty, dangerous, and lonely: just how she likes it.

It all takes a turn for the worse when things start going well. A little too well. Partying with movie stars, weekends in paradise, troublesome people turning up dead—it’s maddening.

Who is this anonymous benefactor, and why does he think she needs protecting?

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Bonkpocalypse (2022)

Bonk isn’t a normal cat. It’s glitchy, rusty, its eyes don’t match—and it’s only getting worse. Red Darkling, its owner and all-around space babe, is determined to find out what’s wrong.

Red’s investigation takes her across the galaxy, from Chuck’s Tap to the Whore’s Knuckles, from Dr. Mn’s Vet Clinic and Oil Change Emporium to The Meaty Noodle. Along the way, she’s joined by a lounge lizard, a government assassin and her busty wife, and some suspiciously hospitable monks.

Will Red uncover Bonk’s secret? Who is Todhunter Balzac? And will she ever get that damn FlinkBar jingle out of her head?

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Vacation on Planet Glor:
A Mix-Your-Own Darklingverse Jam (2023)

You’re a small-town nerd on your first off-world vacation. You’ve got a detailed itinerary, a pocket full of credits, a lust for adventure . . . and no idea what you’re doing.

Don’t let that stop you.

Each path you choose determines what you'll experience in the massive Lhaorn market and beyond. Will you meet a grisly fate in the jungle? Marry the love of your life? Witness a cavalcade of twerking cosplayers in wet t-shirts? The choice is yours.

No pressure.

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The Bone Clock (2025)

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"Weird Little Project"

This French Gothic horror tale tells of the darkly mysterious Charbonneau family who live in a crumbling chateau outside the tiny village of Le Fleaucasse. However, the main narrative is missing. All that remains is the supporting matter--prologue, glossary, appendices, etc.

 

Working from the author's own notes, sketches, and clippings, renowned scholar Dr. L. A. Guettler of Hillhaven University has stitched together a peripheral framework through which an astute reader might guess at the content of the missing text.

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WARNING: This is an experimental piece. There is no story. I repeat: THERE IS NO STORY. Blank pages are included by design.

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The Frog's Kiss (2025)

An Itch.io Exclusive

"Weird Little Project"

Yesterday or today or tomorrow, in a land of golden spires and sapphire skies, in a fine house by the sea, there lived a man and his wife and their only daughter. She was not a princess, but her father was wealthy and enjoyed the favor of the local lord, which was really just as good as being a princess.

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 Was she beautiful?

The story does not tell us.

Why not?

It must not be important.

I think she must have been beautiful.

If you like. Shall I continue?

Yes, please.

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