From Heaven, or Near It: Part 1 (Book 4)
BOOK FOUR The airplane landed in the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and they were scheduled to fly again in an hour. The next plane would land in McGhee Tyson in Knoxville. It seemed like they'd already waited hours, but nothing changed,...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Mark of Death is Made Foxes in tow, they traveled. The Kvalsdimm was less a forest and more an infestation, the thick trees so close and so tall that there was little room for light. But the abundance of trees began to thin and a little...
Culling the Fold
Culling the Fold And God looked down upon the face of the world which they had created so long ago. In their absence it had changed, and yea, it displeased them greatly. No longer were the people kind or hopeful or honorable. God touched theirself...
Then It Was Time For Toronto to Drown in the Sweet Sorrow
Then it Was Time For Toronto to Drown in the Sweet Sorrow There's a prevailing theory of human consciousness, simple enough for anyone to understand, which reads as follows: "What the fuck is going on?" Well, now -- that's the question,...
I Cannot Read Because of the Cat
I cannot read because of the cat. I'm telling you, it's just out of hand. She's not even my cat and that makes it all the worse. I can't set her outside, or scold her and lock her away. So whatever the cat decides to do is what the cat is going to do,...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Kvalsdimm The King and his forces travelled on foot. Besegrare said it was unlikely their foe had taken to the sea, so they should patrol the roads on the way down Inthil. He dared not tell anyone about his dreams, about the forces he'd...
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...
Thin Ties: Pt. I
Thin Ties Pt. I Pinefall is a little town in Northwestern California, past the San Francisco Bay, past the Mendocino Redwoods, past even Eureka. It is so far North, in fact, that it borders on being an Oregon town. Pinefall is squirreled away...
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 25
Chapter 25: The Wedding Feast So it was that the royal wedding came to pass. It had arrived on short notice, and just on the heels of the Lord Khiifa's funeral, leaving the beasts with very little time to prepare. The main keep had been a source of...