Fugitive's Trust Chapter 5 Part 1 of 2
Truly fast travel was something that only governments could afford. The amount of resources required to get the materials to the proper places was astronomical, especially if it was to a place ruled by a different government. On top of that, in most...
Fugitive's Trust Chapter 10 Part 1 of 2
**A Ship Called Hope Part I:** **Fugitive's Trust** **Chapter 10: Oasis (Part 1 of 2**) The sign read "East Oasis 100 kilometers." It was about the middle of their nightly walk and, it was very encouraging. "We might get there tomorrow," Gregor...
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...
What Once was Eden Chapter 4 Part 1 of 3
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What Once Was Eden Chapter 1 Part 1 of 2
What Once was Eden Chapter 1: Stranded (Part 1 of 2) The Uvall Desert in Rhidayar is the second largest desert in the world of Terah. It makes up a little over eight percent of the nation's land and would be completely unpopulated if the rest of the...
Splintered Light, Ch 10.1: Second Place Is...
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The Lead Crown: Ch 8.2c, The Great Illusion
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The Lead Crown: Ch 7a, Un-Escaping (Pt 4)
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The Lead Crown: Ch 4b, Your Highness (Pt 4)
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The Lead Crown: Ch 4b, Your Highness (Pt 1)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 4-1, Your Highness Aodhan had often heard stories told around the campfire of groups that included injured hunters far from home and trying to return. The men in the stories did not often manage to get back to their...
The Clockwork Falcon - part 15: Weeks 1 through 4
_Week 1_ Jim couldn't remember how exactly they had reached the prison; fragmented images flicked through his mind in a loose interpretation of the events. A surgeon stitching his wound and saying that his eye would be sewn shut and I hope you go...