Eminence Grise: Part 1
If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and…
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The Firedrake’s Heart: Part 1
Astris liked to watch the fire-spirits dance from the outskirts of the lava field, where she couldn’t enter. The air scorched there, and none of…
The Trees Swallow People: Part 18
I did something stupid. Illuminating, but stupid. I suppose that’s the same for most people; moments of clarity in drips and drabs of the unintentional.…
Allie Bedeviled – Chapter 1
It was too cold to think. Snow filled my slippers. The wet slush drove my toes to numbness and crept up my legs. Goosebumps poked…
Allie Bedeviled – Chapter 2
“Ooof. Shit. Ouch. Damn,” I collected myself from the graceless sprawl of my landing and took inventory by feel in the unrelenting darkness. “Yep, hands…
Allie Bedeviled – Chapter Three
“Can you see the top?” I asked Ferrous when, what seemed like a billion years later, we finally reached the slimy wall of The Pit.…
Allie Bedeviled – Chapter Four
The table cloth was still tied around my neck. It felt like a super hero cape. I figured why not. If there was anywhere that…
Allie Bedeviled – Chapter Five
Now we were four climbing through the sludge instead of what I had come to see as a comfortable two. Knowing I was wrong about…
Allie Bedeviled – Chapter Six
I came to with Boo Boo shaking me roughly. Not surprisingly, he was a mouth breather with a tendency to drool. Adrenaline flooded my system…
Allie Bedeviled – Chapter Seven
The plan started with a bet, drawing many feverish gamblers: Who could grow their head back the quickest. It sucked them right in. Then I…