Fur and Freedom - A Suncasters Short
Whinnahael winced in pain as she wrapped a bandage tightly around the wound on her arm. Every part of her body hurt, she was covered in bruises and scratches, and her left eye was throbbing. To top it off she was exhausted, and she knew that there...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.1b, Shock and Awe
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Thrones and Powers
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The Lead Crown: Ch 8.2b, A Dozen 'Tails' Told
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The Crafty Professor
As the sun's rays spread over the mountain industrial city known as Steamporia, an alarm clock goes off, with a loud combination of ringing and steam whistling as if tea pot were going off. While it was not loud enough to wake the dead or the entire...
Death In The Time Bay: Part Five (Last Part)
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Splintered Light, Chapter 4.4: Farewells and Salutations
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The Lead Crown: Ch 2b, Outside Influence (pt 5)
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The Lead Crown: Ch 3b, The Prodigy (Pt 5)
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Furs in Steam Chapter 1
Breathing in the cool wet air after the passing spring thunderstorm Lesus Altara began away from home into the evening soaked cobblestone streets of New Roya. With each step the metal tip of his walking cane struck stone echoing about the buildings and...
The Verentti Chronicles - Chapter 1
I wrote this story a few days before the Califur'08 conbook deadline on the suggestion of a friend. Well i am happy to say it was accepted, so now here it is for all of you. So please do not distribute, change, modify, etc, etc. These characters are...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.3a, Accountability
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