Chasing the Unicorn - PART 10: FAREWELLS

The day had turned to evening, and in its passing was merriment. Bart had never known such a rush of joy and happiness, overshadowing the gloom that loomed even now on the horizon utterly. In the wake of the ceremony, the peoples of the town had simply...

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Chasing the Unicorn - PART 2: LACHHEIM

Lachheim was a city that couldn't decide who or what it was. The name of the city came from the dozens of tiny runoff lakes that dotted the landscape, fed by splintered tributaries and creeks that split off the Espree River. The 'Land of Lakes'...

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Chasing the Unicorn - PART 3: BELLY OF THE BEAST

"Hey. Tinman." Lidia said after a long stretch of silence, looking down at her wrists as they walked. "Yes?" Bart replied, eyes fixed ahead, letting her lead. "About ye wee little book. I'm sorry, aye?" she apologized, shifting her ragged...

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Chasing the Unicorn - PART 4: HELL ABOVE, HELL BENEATH

The storm tunnels wended and wound for a while, the entire time Bart found himself feeling more and more concerned about the space. They were mostly dry, with but a few puddles here and there in the middle of the channels - Lidia assured him that the...

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Chasing the Unicorn - PART 11: EPILOGUE

The horizon rose over their journey many times, the purple dawn cresting over the ravaged lands they traversed. A solemn journey across the blasted and pockmarked fields of Lachheim. Cithara's sorrow seemed to manifest itself in the still palpable haze...

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The Distant Year - CHAPTER 1

PART ONE: DREAMS The darkness was nearly total, a primeval sort of blackness that was unlike the moon-bathed night nor the ebon-gray shadows of well-run tunnels. This was darkness. Pure, elemental darkness. Lidia's sidheborn gaze was not totally...

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