RC Smith: Stories

A South Sea Cannibal opera, preceded by an instructive first-hand report by a British lady traveler on the Brinala archipelago and the strange customs of both its savage and civilized tribes.

A girl walks into a strange town, looking for a meal, but what she finds is her fate. (A variation on the theme of the "Mercy" story.)

A very short story about a Princess and her suitors, about a challenge, about death and love.

A slave girl is stranded on a deserted island, after the summer. With little hope she searches for a way to survive the impending hard and long winter until she might be rescued in the spring, but what she finds turns out to be far more disturbing than the prospect of death by nature’s freezing hands...

A girl asks for mercy, while a Goddess waits for a sacrifice.

A girl growing up in a violent world, a mysterious teacher, torture and death, a cruel king, a young queen. And in the second part, a country in ruins, a man who is not a hero, and a slave girl who slowly remembers that she is.

A captive, an interrogator, rape, torture, honor, betrayal, and a war.

An idyllic place for a vacation, a troubled vacationer, and the girl who serves him.

A small group of explorers and two natives in a boat, on their way to a temple hidden deep in the jungle. A short tale of love, pain and death.

A bar at a remote beach, after midnight. A waitress with a past - but what about her future?