Chapter Four
"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Kai asked impatiently. The brun turned his gaze to the wood elf. "Tell your fleshie that if he opens his mouth again, I will rip out his tongue and feed it to my hyolf. For the third and final time, yes. I am...
Chapter Two
To'roc blinked slowly as he woke. The bright sunlight crept in the window like an unwanted intruder. Unhappy to be dragged from blissful dreams, the jruu groaned softly and opened his eyes wider to look up at the small window. A thin hide had been...
Chapter One
The golden eagle's cry echoed across the barren land. Watchful golden eyes scanned the soil, seeking any signs of life, but observing only the evidence of past carnage and the discarded casualties of war. Bones, long scattered and picked clean, lay...
Death's Rejected Child - Intro
**Death's Rejected Child** The Wolfcaller Chronicles vol. Two _Oh! Hello there, friend! Come in, come in! Set yourself by the fire and warm yourself up. Nasty weather out there tonight, isn't it? It's not just the rain, it's also that chill that...
Zombiology - Bighorn Sheep
The crack of bone striking bone echoed down the mountain like a roll of thunder. Before the first wave had faded from the rocky landscape, it was chased by another and another. Large bighorn rams, fueled on testosterone and rage, smashed their heads...
Zombiology - Crows
The living corpse took a slow step forward, its half-rotten body bent nearly double under the weight of the burden it carried. On every possible perch clung large feathered bundles. Some tucked their heads beneath nightshaded wings while others kept...
Zombiology - Grizzly Bear
The grizzly bear blinked sleepily as he ambled lazily from his den. Large jaws opened wide in a leisurely yawn, exposing rows of finger-long teeth. Small dark eyes blinked in the morning sunlight, already shining brightly despite the hour. The bear...
Zombiology - Guinea Pig
Dedicated to Kasperdragon and Flipper (Fair warning - This short will likely disturb or even piss off the lovers of the small and fuzzy. That's kind of the point) The guinea pig squeaked and bit at the bars of her cage. She was hungry. It had been at...
Glossary/Author's Note
**Bruha** - (pronounced Broo-ah) Adult female ork **Brun** - (pronounced broon) Adult male ork **Calf** - A tarous that is not yet an adult of either gender. **Dredey** - A large desert dwelling mammal, the dreydey resembles a horse with longer...
Epilogue
The world held only pain for the tarin as she opened her eyes, her vision dark and grey. Her body clung tightly to a memory of agony, even though her mind claimed it was all a dream. It had to be. A voice that was not her own whispered back that it was...
Chapter Twelve
Nadirah looked up at the sky as she brought the flask to her lips, silently counting the stars. The gentle murmur of voices and occasional clatter of metal on wood created a soothing wall of grey noise that allowed the tired warrior to relax. After a...
Chapter Eleven
The crescent of eclipsed moon hung high in the sky, tilted like a smile as it watched the lone figure travel across the desolate landscape. The soft thump of footsteps was the only sound in the still night, even the wild beasts having long ago retired...