Aetherloft, Chapter 4 Rashtari Windtail’s whiskers twitched as he ducked through the low entrance of the Taraq tent, the scent of spiced incense and nervous sweat mingling with the sharp tang of burning oil. The gambling den pulsed with the energy of desperate souls and hungry predators, all gathered beneath the glacier’s shadow where the […]
Mostly Harmless Magic, Chapter 1 The town of Bramblehook was tiny compared to the Capital, yet still she was lost. Rue’s pointed ears poked out through a frizzy tangle of hair as she dragged her cart over another bump in the road. Plant cuttings tumbled over books, and both nearly tumbled over her. The town […]
Aetherloft, Prologue The desert night howled like an offended god, wind shrieking through the Qirathi camp, slapping loose tent flaps and rattling bone charms that hung from wooden poles. In the center of a large group of tents, Elder Zahrek sat before a low-burning fire, his fur bristling from the cold—or possibly from the weight […]
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“I’m surprised you guys are open.” I shrug, shaking a mixer and turning to face the newcomer. It was a cop who sometimes patrolled outside the club. I’ve heard stories about him from Leeroy, the bouncer. The Final Pour is a bar that serves people from the fringes of society, and a lot of cops […]
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