"Skylands: The Third Gate" ch.05 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Just over a week was the actual travel time but it felt like thirty days. Dorath was small for a duskland but large for a day- or cloudland. The enchanted ores keeping it afloat had been fading for centuries. It and its sister island, Carath, had...
Final Migration [Iron Pen Winner, Furry Migration, 2015]
_This story was the winning submission in Furry Migration 2015's "Iron Pen" competition. The rules were to create the story in under 24-hours using the "ingredients" of a Minnesota-native animal species, a "migration" of some sort, and a secret...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" chapter 3 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Every city, every town and village, bore within its heart a dark spot. Perspective taught that such darkness usually existed within the divide between the wealthy and the poor. Fights, cheap alcohol, baser culture, drugs, sickness, and the sale of...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" chapter 2 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
"Newcomers: ya jus' can't trust 'em." The drunken priest slammed his clay mug down so hard, several others at the bar jumped. "Them's an' their ... their heretical, so-called 'gods'! I don't see why the Commons has such a love affair with 'em." His...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" chapter 1 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Skylands: The Third Gate, chapter 01©2015 Sylvan ScottAches and pains were six years gone, now. Provided the landscape of his life was not a tapestry rewoven by insanity and delusion, Adam hadn't felt this good in ages. Physically, he never could have...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" ch.13 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
"I am truly sorry; I'm an architect: not a doctor." Kelmore stood back as the rest gathered around Yar's broken form. The derroni, unable to save him, had at least closed his eyes. The tahvic, through all his wounds, looked not as much at peace as he...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" ch.12 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Higher up in the city, above the myriad narrow avenues, alleys, stairwells, and streets, the moaning of the winds was much louder. It blew across the lintels of the wide open arched windows looking down upon Seva. The setting sun cast its lengthening...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" ch.11 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
"Eilekarra, in many ways, was the Kellendar of its time. Located on the island of Alamar, it was a unification of nine disparate kingdoms under one rule." Kelmore sat on a small, smooth stone bench outside the third gate. He wove the mystic rites of...
"Skylands: The Third Gate" ch.10 (NaNoWriMo 2015)
Hammer and tongs beat with the rhythm of pain from within Kelmore's skull. He tried to scream but he couldn't breathe. Forge-like, the heat inside his brain blazed white-hot as if someone were trying to forge it into a weapon. Colors exploded before...
Nightlights
_This story is an original work created for the 2013 Hallowe'en season. The setting, situations, and characters (in this context) are owned by the author. This work ("Nightlights") has been distributed and is available for use under a Creative Commons...
A Little Group Action
Both the wolf and his vulpine cohorts had been busy. The three of them must have visited every gay bar in town over the past week. Judging by the number of guys who'd come home with them, their charms had been nearly impossible to refuse. How many...
The Duelists of Menagerie: Puzzles
**The Duelists of Menagerie: Puzzles** ©2014 Sylvan Scott _Tomorrow, or perhaps the day after..._ Jumping puzzles were his second least-favorite challenge in the game, but he didn't like to lose. Only riddle quests made him feel more helpless in...