May I Have This Dance
"Why, your grace, you look wonderful this evening. I hope I won't trouble you by asking for a dance?" The Emperor politely unfurls his paw, but the Prime Minister sits in slowly building anger. He brushes a singular lock of his mane from his eyes,...
Oman
A nameless fear bloomed in my heart. The noon sun burned hot and urgent on my face. The sea lapped ravenously against the rocks, hungry to drag someone beneath its waves. Once, when I was young, the cave paintings of our clan filled me with a childish...
An Emperor's Mercy
A prisoner slams his arms into iron walls. His cries are hoarse and thin, keening for the Father above, for the dragon god. He cries for the beat of his wings, begs for mercy to flow from his draconic lips in the way of rain, perhaps from water in a...