“My son is dead.” Excellent! “My deepest sympathies lie with your family. May you find peace and wisdom in this trial.” Eles raced to old age in the few weeks since her son fell ill. Far more than 40 years of farmer’s wife stood in my door, hunched and intermittently weeping in the dawn’s light. […]
Part 1 Exodus Inspired by “The Amber Monolith” Batu climbed the hill, the obsidian glared in the scorching heat overhead. Crumbling bits of ancient brick turned to gravel with each step under the massive weight of it’s foot. At the top, Batu could see the old ruins of a human city that the old carvings […]
Ja’ek and the Beanstalk (as told by the Yosh, wise nomads of the Jagged Wastes) It began, as many stories do, with a sibling rivalry. For Gla’iv was a mighty warrior, indeed the mightiest to ever stride the glassy wastes of the Dessanedi, but the fires of jealousy burned hot within her heart, as hot […]
(Did you miss part 1 of Reach of Ghosts? You can start the story here!) Nalliana is already standing next to some strange devices. There’s a black glass screen and some flat round plates around it. She touches a few of the plates with a sort of brush-stroke motion with her fingertips, and the black […]
(Did you miss part 1 of Reach of Ghosts? Read it here!) By the time the sun finally decides to make a brief appearance, the hot device has uncovered the top of something that looks like smooth white synth, about eighteen feet below the surface. “I’m glad we didn’t have to dig this up with […]
Have I ever been colder than I am right now? I doubt it. So far from home. It feels like a million miles. It feels like an eternity. The snow and ice stings my face and eyes, thanks to a wind like the breath of an angry god. “How much farther?” Talrung asks, shouting over […]