The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 4
Chapter 4: Gathering Together The years passed quickly. Besegrare was busy restoring Gryning and he kept his court open always, fording questions from travelers and denizens of the North. They approached him with a multitude of problems. "Money,"...
The Wolves of Gryning: A Vixen's Tale Pt. II
Interlude A Vixen's Tale - Continued Jula leaned back and lit another cigarette. She drew the smoke deep and held it, held it so long that it came out clear, near-invisible. Her ears twitched and she crossed her legs. "You were right. This is an...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 12
Chapter 12: The Ballad of Siljna Now understand when I tell you that the land as we know it has existed far longer than even the wolves. It has seen the forming of dark seas, and the thrust upward of land. And with land came bright spring green. It...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Back to Shadow King Besegrare had given up, his frustration great and his sense of loss greater. He and his wolves were well on their way home. When Vacka heard the news, he felt that he should be overjoyed. That wolf's meddling soldiers...
Central Space: Part 1
KAGEMUSHA Of course it would be the zipper. It was always the zipper, getting stuck on the way up. Kellan didn't risk many people seeing her like this, half dressed, breasts still hanging out, but if she couldn't get the zipper back up soon it would...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 2
Chapter 2: The Order of the Flame There were some, in the days that followed, that would see Besegrare punished. "Let him hang," they said. "A life for a life, for our true King!" It was only a few who dared openly oppose him -- a select few who had...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Molokhn Slain Our world is very old, and full of ghosts. Across these sprawling, ancient lands, there is no place without spirits, no town without ruin. But there is one place and one name alone which stands cursed above the rest. Gryning....
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 5
Chapter 5: In the Lair of Slumbering Shadow Vacka, the Hand of the Dark, waited in a small stone hut. It was built into the side of a cliff and had only a narrow path running up to it. The climb was strenuous, and any beast who approached would have...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 28
Chapter 28: The Sorcerer The immortal spread beneath the waves like a spilled blot of ink, Rheuhl stretching out and out and out... In between the isles of the Strait the inky darkness flowed, through the channel of Himmel, into the sea off the coasts...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 27
Chapter 27: The Queen Winter's chill had finally taken Gryning. Leaves had finished falling, and their brittle bodies had long-since crumbled away, leaving the bare skeleton trees exposed. The evergreens of the Kvalsdimm held tightly to their dark...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 26
Chapter 26: The Exile It had been a difficult road for the exile. His life had taken him across many kingdoms, had shown him more than most beasts could ever expect to see. Yet he walked in sorrow, shunned by his own company, sent out of the kingdoms...
She Woke Up In The Woods
She Woke Up In The Woods She woke up in the woods. There were trees all around her. They grew closer together than in the parts of the woods she knew. Darkness enveloped her like a fog, but at least that part was normal -- she came to the woods...