A Bold Kobold
_A kobold gets captured by orcish slavers, and must find her way to freedom. But she isn't the only kobold lost in the orc city. Action, adventure, and heroism follow._ _Be brave, be bold._ _Fortune Favours the Kobold_. * * * A kobold named...
Library Consultation
_I'll get back to longer, bigger stories soon. But first, more slice-of-life. (2,163 words)_ * * * Atlas was busy with his job. Walking slowly down the library aisle, he pushed along a document cart that was half filled with books of assorted sizes....
Romance Rumours and Rocks
_Another little slice-of-life in the City of Wings._ _Inspired by a comment on the last story._ _(2,795 words)_ --- * * * Caden stood at the side of the school field, watching the morning bustle. It was still early enough that bright floodlights...
Duet, Duel, Dessert, Date, Dragons
_More Jarzyl, more Atlas, and another slice-of-life story in the City of Wings. Not sure I like that_ _title, but it'll suffice. (6,435 words)_ --- * * * With a flutter of his wings, Atlas landed on the balcony. The dragon fledgling took a moment to...
Half Horny Fledgling
Jarzyl and Caden were both seated at their desks, side by side, and the two dragon fledglings were comparing their homework sheets before class was about to start for the day. While they had both finished the assignment, their math answers didn't...
Jarzyl's Clan Crisis
Atlas was relaxing in his room, carefully tuning a wing harp. The musical instrument was a flat rack of hollow tubes in decreasing lengths--with a gap in the middle dividing the instrument into two. One half went on one wing, the other half went on the...
Marked Scales
Jarzyl led Atlas to her bedroom. "Hey, hey, check this out. I want to show you something." Scampering over to her desk, the dragon fledgling snatched up a small cardboard box and showed it to her friend. Atlas peered into the box. Inside was something...
Egg Thoughts
Atlas was sitting on a balcony, leaning against the closed doors. The young drake was hunched over and reading from a library book he held, passing the time as he waited. His attention was occasionally drawn upwards by the thumping sound of wingbeats,...
Broken Wing Fledgling
_Story time. Features friendship. (8,508 words)_ * * * --- "Hey. Hey, hey, look at this!" Jarzyl bounded across her room and picked up something from her table--a long, cylindrical object made of shiny bronze metal, thicker at one end and thinning...
Winter Workers
_A greater spirit of Winter is called to take up a new responsibility for his season. Long nights, cold days, and so much snow, it makes you want to cozy up with someone, doesn't it? (24,044 words)_ * * * _Once upon a time..._ * * * At the edge of...
City Sector Uplift part 10
_The sector uplift finishes. Jarzyl and Atlas finish their adventure._ _Forewarning: this chapter has action, but not_ that _sort of action._ _(5,721 words)_ * * * Atlas reflexively blinked his eyes closed, and when he opened them a second later it...
City Sector Uplift part 9
I've been slow with finishing this mini-series, but it's finally done. Here's chapter nine, chapter ten to follow in two days. _6,820 words_ * * * "Can we go now?" Jarzyl asked. Atlas nodded. "Let's leave." The two dragon fledglings turned and...