The Beastmaker's Legacy
**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_** The most immediately consequence of the death of Empress Sayn I was a scramble for...
Usagi wa Me
Kabukichō. The infamous red-light district of Tokyo, Japan. Home to countless bars, restaurants, pachinko-parlors, hostess-clubs and, of course, 'bathhouses'. Prostitution is illegal in Japan, but in the bathhouses, you can legally rent a room with a...
Of Gods and Mortals
– Chapter 25 of the Legends of the DragonRider Directly south of the grand crater that is the site of the Utopian Citadel, there rises a great, jungle-choked plateau. It extends far to the east of it, bordered on the north and south by steep...
The Last Consorts of The Beastmaker - Bonus Story
**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_** And thus, in the year 314 AA, with the death of Princess Thielwen, the Seraglio at the...
The Beastmaker's Ascension
**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_** …it can surely be tempting, as you read these historical accounts, to forget just how...
Fire from the Gods
– Chapter 24 of the Legends of the DragonRider Anitra couldn't help but feel a sense of disquiet as she watched the Utopia ready itself for battle. It had always seemed to her like a place of peace and safety, free of crime and entirely...