Priests of the Field - chapter 09
They went to bed, which was in a small room just by the library. It was a messy little space, and books and candlewax spilled over everything. Crawling along the ceiling and walls, Bochi cleared a space enough for two people on the bed with his long...
The Brittle Unbreakables - chapter 5
"Don't care what you're after, monster," the attacker said, "you're not getting it here." After delivering the kick, he used momentum that hadn't been part of his jump to flip backwards into a battle stance. There hadn't been time to properly...
The Brittle Unbreakables - chapter 7
Oddly, he could breathe. More oddly, Zeboul affectionately sucked on his hands, the last of him to slide in. "You're warm, too," the snake said, at last, mouth free. "But that was a dumb, dumb thing to do, little hero." Oman...
The Brittle Unbreakables - chapter 6
"We're..." Zeboul rubbed his bicep, unsure of what to do with his hands, anymore. "We're friends, right?" "What?" Despite not having eyelids, the snake winced. "What?" Oman asked again. This was weird, now....
Priests of the Field - chapter 10
Bochi's smiles were all catalogued, now, and Raguel knew the feeling behind each one, and behind each of his movements. The mask-like 'plate' over his eyes, which never blinked or narrowed, was no longer a hindrance. This was a mixed blessing....
Priests of the Field - chapter 12
The complicated gates of the castle were usually open, since the wide chasm between it and the lake at the base of the cave worked as an effective enough guard. It was possible for invaders to climb the hills the cavern filled, and find castle openings...
Priests of the Field - chapter 14
Something clamped inside the door as Raguel closed it. Here was another wide, circular hall with a transparent roof, like the theatre, but the moonlight reaching Raguel was dappled. The walls of the hall, all the way up, were lined with a...
Priests of the Field - chapter 13
Raguel saw nothing. He could feel that he was no longer in the castle proper. Ged's hand covered his face, his palm thick with hair. Raguel could feel a breeze against his body, and he could hear the rivers below them, flowing into that...
The Brittle Unbreakables - chapter 2
Lamia had committed unspeakable and unnatural crimes in her quest to understand the biology of the supernatural, often at the Serpent Guy's expense. The Serpent Guy forgave her, but there was someone who couldn't: another villain, Dr. Strix, watched...
The Brittle Unbreakables - chapter 3
From the Drakons of the Peninsula, who could tell the future and heal wounds, Strix took venom and blood. From the half-human Water-Serpent spirits of the world's Southernmost jungle, who could ensnare and consume men's souls, she stole shed...
The Brittle Unbreakables - chapter 4
Minted, invincible, and sad, Zeboul left Strix's Dark Aerie to seek a new life. Unfortunately, while he was very skilled at what he could do, they don't offer many jobs requiring hyper-strong python people with psychic powers. People didn't...
The Brittle Unbreakables - chapter 8
Oman laughed, happily -- one could say childishly -- and got to work wiping the slime of Zeboul's throat from himself. The serpent-monster, for his part, rested his head in his hands and watched the monk bathe from the side of the...