Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 1
"Hurry up, you wench," Nusha hissed. Nusha had been waiting in the cellar for almost an hour now, curled up between two crates like a viper around her eggs. The air was frosty and dank, poison to the Argonian's cold blood, and she dug her rake-like...
HUNTED C13
Chapter 13 - "Faith" Raku could hear the dwarf as they quietly crept up a spiraling staircase of stone. Torches kept the area lit just enough being placed at every half spiral. Behind them the soft murmur of music and laughter. Climbing higher and...
HUNTED C12
Chapter - 12 "The Deep" A sudden crunching of sticks and twigs jarred Reecie awake. The chilling wind raking over her exposed skin. A horizontal view of blackened earth marked with dense stark white trees devoid of any sort of foliage. At first...
HUNTED C10
Chapter 10 "Balthazar's Journal" Garrock rolled an unsplit log over to Raku and seated himself on it. He folded his hands in his lap, the braids of his beard hanging on either side of his legs. Something was bothering him, Raku could see it on the...
Knothole High: Playing for the Team
. _"... elve!"_ _clang!_ andy put the bar back, panting heavily and letting his arms drop. "_sheeeeet..._ never done twelve before..." he grinned up at billy. "your my good luck charm, buddy." "you're just getting stronger..."
How Darius Met Fel
**_March 20_**** _th_ ****_, 37 AF_** It was a dark and stormy night, a deafening torrent of rain pounded down upon the earth below as flashes of lightning briefly illuminated the dreary scene. This was the kind of weather where should one find...
HUNTED C2
Chapter- 2 " Thieves and Liars " Haraku awoke the following morning to Anareecie's father kicking him in the foot. "You dead beast?" Haraku groaned. He hadn't shed any gear last night except for his rain-soaked cloak that hung on the door. A Pounding...
I Applied for a Delivery Job and Got Turned Into a Flying Reindeer?! The Revenge of Mari Lwyd: Chapter Twenty
**Chapter Twenty** ** ** Back when he’d been human, Lucas’ family had never had enough money to go shopping on Black Friday, but even he had heard stories about the atrocities committed in the name of discounted toys, though he had always...
A December's Night: Rudolph's First Flight
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. Long ago there were only eight reindeer. But as the population of earth grew, and the number of children needing gifts on Christmas night rose in numbers, the sleigh became too heavy for...
HUNTED The End? / Epilogue
The End? / Epilogue Raku slept for almost a day solid after his first transformation if it could even be called that. Garrock and Reecie managed to drag him out of the woods on a piece of the remaining runner from the church. Escaping proved to be...
HUNTED C11
Chapter 11 "Bury A Friend" Raku laughed. Reecie glared a little folding her arms. "What's so funny? Raku shook his head, still grinning. "Skal must be pulling your leg. Meesari village is a story they tell children to stay indoors at night. There is...
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 8 – Rest and Romance
During their days of rest and recuperation, jak had built a small raft to carry themselves and their gear across the elv so they did not have to brave the icy waters.