A Storm for Blackwing, or, Former Glory
A Storm for Blackwing, or, Former Glory The sea stretches outwards, vast and glittering, beneath brilliant blue skies. It's hot today. Unbearably so, were it not for the breeze. The heat ripples down in waves from the white disc of the sun,...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 30
Chapter 30: The Riot Seuthu knew that the best place to cause trouble was right under Besegrare's nose. Unfortunately for her, not even her rank would matter if the king was present. The guards would listen to their king before they'd listen to their...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 29
Chapter 29: The Assault A fire was burning in the Trade Quarter. Plumes of smoke rose, billowing like clouds in the sky. Sections of the dock were completely engulfed in flames, while homes and storefronts crackled and roared. Beasts caught in between...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Mark of Death is Made Foxes in tow, they traveled. The Kvalsdimm was less a forest and more an infestation, the thick trees so close and so tall that there was little room for light. But the abundance of trees began to thin and a little...
Culling the Fold
Culling the Fold And God looked down upon the face of the world which they had created so long ago. In their absence it had changed, and yea, it displeased them greatly. No longer were the people kind or hopeful or honorable. God touched theirself...
Then It Was Time For Toronto to Drown in the Sweet Sorrow
Then it Was Time For Toronto to Drown in the Sweet Sorrow There's a prevailing theory of human consciousness, simple enough for anyone to understand, which reads as follows: "What the fuck is going on?" Well, now -- that's the question,...
I Cannot Read Because of the Cat
I cannot read because of the cat. I'm telling you, it's just out of hand. She's not even my cat and that makes it all the worse. I can't set her outside, or scold her and lock her away. So whatever the cat decides to do is what the cat is going to do,...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Kvalsdimm The King and his forces travelled on foot. Besegrare said it was unlikely their foe had taken to the sea, so they should patrol the roads on the way down Inthil. He dared not tell anyone about his dreams, about the forces he'd...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 10
Chapter 10: The Shadow Comes For Irda In all of their travels, the only sign they'd found of the enemy was the time Nashil had suffered her episode. Tanda insisted that the Foxwoods had been crawling with the dead. He emphasized this turn of phrase,...
From Heaven, or Near It: Part 11 (Book 5)
BOOK FIVE "Hey, Ashleigh. I know you don't want to hear from me right now. And... I understand that. You don't have to keep listening if you don't want to. But I don't have a choice. I have to keep talking. This has been weighing on me for sometime...
From Heaven, or Near It: Part 10 (Book 3)
Work was numbing and grueling. Take an order, take the money, put on gloves, shave the ice, pour the syrup, hand the over the ice, remove gloves, take an order, take the money, put on gloves... The process repeated endlessly. And as the only employee...
From Heaven, or Near It: Part 9 (Book 3)
"Oh, hey Oliver. Come in on your day off, I see. What'll it be? 'My choice?'" Renee smiled at him. They'd had a game going on ever since Renee opened the coffee shop. They called it 'my choice,' because it meant Renee got to guess what he'd like to...