Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 1
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Chapter 1 - The Newest Recruit** **5578 words** Something was amiss in Irilian. In what had been a thriving and profitable kingdom, towns and villages suddenly came under siege by beasts....
Guilt
**Guilt - a novelette** **22,862 words** You'll have to forgive me if I need to take a moment to collect my thoughts. You need to understand that recounting these events is strange. What time and memory are supposed to fade, I've...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 2: Dusty and the Barbarian
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Chapter 2 - Dusty and the Barbarian** **7308 words** The coyote was surprised. The skunk barreled at him like a wild bull, surprisingly fast for his size and easily trampling bushes and brush...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 12
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Part II, Chapter 12 - A Meeting with the Steward** **7970 words** It was early morning. The first light of day was on the horizon. Dusty had already been up for the past hour. He had woken up...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 11
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Part II, Chapter 11 - An Incident on the Dormian Road** **8456 words** Feeling much better rested than he had the previous morning, Dusty woke up shortly before Kuroga at sunrise. The tavern wasn't open...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 4
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Chapter 4 - Ways of Binding** **7789 words** Up close, Dusty was struck most by the rat's size. If anything, the spyglass and the pictures didn't give him the right perspective of just how massive Reeve...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 9
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Chapter 9 - The Coyote and the Rat King** **7241 words** The next day was a Sunday, and Dusty went off to chapel and attended service. He felt oddly dirty after his counter with Conrad and the looks he...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 8
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Chapter 8 - Of Beasts and Sorcery** **9383 words** It was well into the afternoon before Dusty was able to head to the guild hall to see Radan. The bull opened the door expectantly for him, but before...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 13
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Book II, Chapter 13 - The Fleeting Shadow** **7348 words** Morning broke pale gray and cloudy. Dusty still managed to wake up somewhat early and went down for a quick rinse while Kuroga slept. When he...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 10
**Adventures of Dusty Yote, Part II** **Chapter 10 - Through the Concolor Pass** **7899 words** Dusty woke up early in the morning, almost before dawn. He had a small roll of bread and a few pieces of meat left over from the previous...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 7
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Chapter 7 - Scale and Fur, Claw and Fang** **7790 words** It was early in the morning when Dusty was awakened by the ringing of a bell. The sun had barely risen in the east and there was a faint chill...
Adventures of Dusty Yote - Chapter 3
**Adventures of Dusty Yote** **Chapter 3 - The Rat-King of Highwaymen** **8187 words** The wounds were gone and the bruises had mostly disappeared within the week. Courtesy of his position within the Order, Dusty was able to...