Merry Christmas, DitD-Verse! ( Another DitD Christmas Tale )
Cold winds swirled around Valaranyx. The young black dragon tightened his blue-edged wings around himself. Sleet stung the sensitive membranes. There was something warm and familiar about the bracing cold. It was cold the last time he'd been to this...
More Than A Monster - Chapters Four and Five
Chapter Four Once a good few paces away from that chamber, I came to a stop so that I could lift a paw and rub at my eyes. A few tears had slipped past my defenses and run down the black scales of my cheeks, dripping from the paler gray scales of...
More Than A Monster - Chapter Three
Chapter Three Somehow, she talked her way into riding on my back. Never before had I let a human do that, and never had I imagined myself doing so. When I first surprised and disgusted myself by offering to let her stay in my home for a few days...
More Than A Monster - Chapters One And Two
Chapter One When I was young, I was always told our kind once ruled the world. I was held in awe as my parents told me tales of our greatness. How we filled the skies with color and grace, and looked down upon the world from soaring palaces carved...
Pictures In The Snow ( A DitD Christmas Story - A Writer's Portrait )
_Ten Days Before Christmas_ \*\*\*\*\* Snow swirled around The Coyote as he stepped out of the car. He smiled, savoring the chill and the snowflakes against his fur. There was serenity in the snow, in scent of the frozen air, serenity he sought but...
The Devil's Deal - Part Three - Finale
3. \*\*\*\*\*The Pleasant Evening\*\*\*\*\* Ailsa knelt beneath Varcorak's outstretched wing, rubbing oil into the black and green canopy. The dragon's wing membrane was sturdy as leather, but softer and quite warm. Tiny veins pulsed throughout it. A...
The Devil's Deal - Part Two
2. \*\*\*\*\*The Lair\*\*\*\*\* Ailsa rinsed the mud from her dress, then wrung it out and pulled it on. The wet blue fabric clung to her skin. She stepped into her boots and snatched up her pack. Ailsa searched for her sword and knives before she...
The Devil's Deal - Part One
1. \*\*\*\*\*The Opportunity\*\*\*\*\* Sunlight filtered into the cramped cell through rusted iron bars set in mossy stone. Ailsa scraped at a patch of crusty yellow lichen with her boot. Three days imprisonment had reduced her to pondering the...
The Volunteer Maiden, Chapter Ten
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter Ten --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elyra paced the dragon's treasure room the...
The Volunteer Maiden, Chapter Nine
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapter Nine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Galvarys padded down the hallway with his minion coiled in his tail. The...
The Dragon In The Dungeon: How Far We Fall
**The Dragon In The Dungeon: How Far We Fall** -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter One -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Alia Silverrain. You are hereby summoned before...
DitD 9 Preview
The Dragon In The Dungeon: Installment 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter One -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Alia Silverrain. You are hereby summoned before The...