Author's Note:
The Cold Inner Circle is a collection of short stories that take place in the Mortal Kombat universe. The individual stories involve various characters and are told out of chronological order. Although its format may seem severely disjointed it ultimately comes full circle in the end and even with the many faces seen as focuses on each tale the center of this saga is Sub-Zero and his relationship with the Lin Kuei. These stories are to be considered neither inside nor outside of the Mortal Kombat canon. The content you'll be reading here will be familiar, existing material in the series' mythology. Some liberties may have been taken to some degree but this is for all intents and purposes a reasonably faithful adaptation, not a sequel or an offshoot.
To Readers:
While this certainly isn't the first piece of literature I've ever written it is the first few I'm determined to make public. Please, any feedback—whether positive or negative—is encouraged. Stories in this series will be added periodically but with an entirely unspecified schedule.