The Lead Crown: Ch 8.5c, The Great Illusion
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Splintered Light, Chapter 10.5, Welcoming Party
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The Lead Crown: Ch 9.5c, Legacy
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A Lead Crown contribution: War
Nicole Arnswold found herself in a world without color. It was the streets of Newport, she realized, as she staggered down the grey city road. In place of the bright orange sun, a searing white penny lay in its place; instead of the normal brine in the...
Sacrifice
Flickering lights swayed overhead, and steam and smoke filled the narrow space. the walls popped like burning corn, as the metal of the chamber expanded. they struggled on.
Fugitives' Trust Chapter 9 Part 2 of 2
**Fugitives' Trust** **Chapter 9: Recovery (Part 2 of 2)** * * * Farnsbeck wanted to go with Magenta to get the groceries, but she insisted he stay put. "Clients pay for the shopping to be done, they don't go themselves," she'd warned. He'd...
The Clockwork Falcon - part 16: an Unlikely Rescue
"What am I doin' 'ere?" Tuck whispered to himself as he approached the gates to the Black Prison. But he knew his purpose. The last month had been a haze of agonizing guilt, and the hyena had tried everything to make it stop. Even his past thieving...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.2b, Shock and Awe
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Couldn't Keep his Mouth Shut
Tobias Severna sat over the edge of the examination table, waiting in the lonesome, Spartan room for Dr. Chris Brownwell. As he awaited the physician, the pronghorn fiddled with his broken horn, partly out of impatience, but mostly out of comfort. It...
Fugitive's Trust Chapter 7 Part 2 of 2
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What Once Was Eden Chapter 3 Part 1 of 2
Sajani awoke feeling happy. The rest of the tent was still asleep, so she put on her necklace and went outside to see if Gregor was awake. He wasn't. Her companion was sleeping on his cot, curled into a fetal position. His hand was near his mouth, so...
For'se; Gentleman Kobold: Liberations
The rap-tap-tapping awoke him from his dreamless slumber, which jerked him up from his bed and his pillow, wiped the drool from his mouth, and force him to role up to his feet, with a blink. It was rare to get a visitor,...