Miklagard (Teaser)
By the Ese! The skalds told no tall tales - truly this was a sight worthy of the months of hard travel. Seven months along muddy trails, across rough-shod routes, down sheer gullies and through dense thickets. Even the sleek paved roads that crossed...
Nomads
Long have we shared forbidden dreams, Kept secret by an art of subtle glances While I went about braiding your mane, So you could at least be beautiful before a fight. Now as you gather my pale hide, close, Under the halter of your rowan coat, I...
A Fine Tale
About 4700 words A Fine Tale By Televassi "Not again!" Hroldnir roared, slapping his thigh. The black wolf jeered and shook his mane. The old crow-bones woven into it clattered, but their sound was diminished by the jingle of silver that now...
To Your Own Defences
About 8000 words To Your Own Defences By Televassi They sat in the roundhouse watching the flames, waiting like the ancestors had done centuries before. "Do you think it's true, Artos?" Gwenhwyer sighed, poking the scrawny fox beside...
Room 3621
Room 3621 By Televassi It had been a whirlwind so far, as all good conventions were. Bumping into old friends, making new ones, and struggling to pin down a couple of elusive characters between hectic schedules. The bar was a hive of activity. The...
Another Coyote
Another Coyote By Televassi "Do you know why your progenitors came to space?" Xolotl startled the coyote with their question. The words made the canine's hackles rise and eyes widen, but it was the yelp that he produced that made it sound like...
Writing Advice: Before You Write
Writing Advice: Before You Write I've been mulling over the idea of doing a couple of writing tutorials lately, to share my experiences since I started writing a good decade ago now. Hopefully what follows here will be helpful to you; either providing...
Wishful Thinking
Wishful Thinking By Televassi "Hey, we're closing in ten!" Atali called out, in lieu of any automated announcement. The white wolf leaned over the counter, trying to catch the eye of the final customer of the day - an elusive coyote slinking between...
The Song of the Slayer - Prologue
A honed pair of amber eyes glare out into the desolate night, scanning the few skeletal trees for any sign of movement. The sky is dark, with barely a prick of starlight to break the midnight veil, and across the haunted marches, nothing stirs. The...
'Anubis'
Dissipated down, into swirls Of midnight blue dunes, The beat of the nekhakha stirs Shadows from the breathless night. Accepting the indictment, I heed thy call, For thou hast come to claim my heart. Then come fulfil thy pact; Take from me this...
Short Staffed
About 9,500 words Short Staffed By Televassi I stare at the curtain's stitching as I wait to start. Marie's silk curtain. My silk curtain. I try to swallow the lump in my throat, but it's stubborn. Shadow dancing isn't my job. I'm a bartender -...
A Mutual Arrangement
About 3500 words A Mutual Arrangement By Televassi Cael caught his admirer's eye as soon as the equine 'taur trotted into the cafe, but it wasn't exactly eye to eye. Even though he saw the cute stallion out of the corner of his eyes, he knew the...