The Accursed Pt 4
Kemly felt something warm and soft wrapped around him, which quickly roused him. Kemly's eyes fluttered open in unison with Illeb, they both looked up to see Tuulpen hovering above them. “I am sorry I could not let you sleep, but you both are needed....
What Lichen Longed For
Lichen longed. What for eluded him--he did not know what else to describe the fleeting feeling. The tug in his chest to turn away, to leave. To look out over the trees to the westward mountains and imagine what existed behind them. The spotted hyena...
Bound Ch.10: With No Masks Between Us
The message on Chisur's phone read simply: Come to Lunelei's apartment alone. We must talk. S-- Now the dragon rode the commuter train disguised as one of the dragons he usually met Lunelei as. He was unsure how to arrive. The message came from a...
Scourge No Longer Pt. 4
“Well, you look better than the last time you knocked at my door," Melbin said standing on the porch of his manor. Karniel had recognized, among Basphemen's list of Sebodal coordinates, were phase glyphs to the Honeyed-Tongue Estate. Apparently,...
Bound Ch.2: First Contact
At the very bottom of the CattaCatta Tower, under the smooth stone tile of the tower’s ground floor and beneath it, below the musty concrete basement most of the public thought made the tower’s bottom, was a pit with real dirt on its floor. Not the...
Scourge No Longer Pt. 6
“Hmm, cancer is certainly creative for him, I'll give Dialdon that," Karniel mumbled. Korlyon elbowed Karniel's side. “Focus." Cathka mind raced as she sat beside the pair, inside a pew during the morning service at the Temple of Crystals, named...
What We Are in the Dark Pt.2
Cathka studied her once idol, now like a child sitting cross-legged and staring at the sand. She hated walking across sand—her hooves did not favor it. She managed to only wobble once before sitting across from Karniel. She knew he knew she was here....
Bound Ch.11: A Network of Connections
Kyle woke on a padded operating table. Pain lanced his skull before he tried to grab it. His hands had been restrained. "Welcome, human," a voice, _Airok's_voice said. Standing over Kyle was Queen of Archay. Beside her stood a cobalt dragon. They...
Under the Willow
Growing up, my family had this mulberry willow tree that grew out in our front yard around a scrubby garden. Mom called it Cousin Itt--you know, like the Addams Family? It had its trunk, and its branches went up and came down like a fountain so thick...
There's a Tuba In There Somewhere...
The Loren Hotel on 4th was leased out of an old building on a crowded city square. Each one bedroom suite came with small bathroom, mini-fridge, and TV not connected to cable but that got just a set of local stations. It offered no wifi. The queen size...
In Another Life Pt. 4
The first floor of House Cirrus usually acted as a large antechamber. Along its walls a spiral stairway ascended the tower and descended into the basement, and a mosaic depicting the family history of House Cirrus stretched its circumference. Its floor...
"Always Near My Dear" Extended
A full moon always drew me out on wistful walks. The Tumamoc Hiking Trail wasn't far, and at night the whole, rocky hillside emptied out. I liked that. Just the quiet of coyotes, the occasional brush of air, the sharp chill biting my ankles. I had...