"Sometimes, one has to be sacrificed for the many. Sometimes, things are not as they seem."
“The demon,” the Great Mother spoke, and her voice boomed all around us, “is too strong!” Silence fell over the hall like a leaden blanket. A pair of feet shuffled on the floor next to me and stirred up dust....
"Home again, the Lowborn confront the Lakeshore Man."
The wagons creaked and rattled down the road as the sun sank toward the horizon. The women were excited, because familiar bits of scenery appeared the closer they moved toward Lakenshire. Mindblind, however, was on edge. He kept his eyes...
"An ally amidst the carnage, and the chase begins."
Mindblind came to, feeling rain on his face and grass beneath his back. With a great deal of effort, he managed to open his eyes and sit up. His vision swam, and he could feel the knots beneath his hair...
"Running from a storm, and standing against assassins."
The journey started pleasantly enough. The ladies of negotiable virtue chatted and laughed, still relating to each other the tales of their latest adventures and clients before leaving town. Indigo whistled as he drove the wagon, and even Raven seemed...
"An elderly lady gains voluptuous youth through magic, but wonders if the price is too high."
Laura Lioness’s hips hurt. She wondered if she needed hip replacement. She limped to her dresser and pulled out one dark chocolate Ferrero Rocher, unwrapped the foil around it with fumbling, unsteady fingers, and popped the crunchy dark ball in...
"Sometimes all it takes is a little faith, a little trust, and maybe some pixie dust!"
"This is the last time I go camping, I swear," Toby grumbled as he hiked through the thick undergrowth around his legs. His weekend hadn't been going quite the way he had intended. It all started early Friday morning upon...
"Lena learns a bit more about her mysterious genie..."
Lena thought about the note Arion had left her as she stood in the shower, letting the hot water cascade down her body. She washed her hair slowly, still savoring that morning-after tingle. She thought about what Arion had written...
"She came for a job, but got much more."
“I can type over 100 words per minute” she said, shifting in her chair. There is magic in her eyes, I thought. “I can file your papers, I'm good at short hand during business meetings.” Sparkling, dancing, teasing, tempting. Fascinating...
"A mysterious lady walks through the forest"
Mysterious lady walks through the morning glade, a veil of icy dew, to her feet adheres Birds alight on her hands, she is their chorus maid, her presence, it wakes the buck and deer Nymphs and Elves shy away, in...
"Returning home one last time before beginning her new life with her love."
Alicia rode at Thakkor’s side down the hill, once more traveling on the well maintained roads of Freeland. After four days of easy riding, she and Thakkor were within a day’s ride of the city. As on their previous journey,...