Grimm

In a study, laden with dust and covered by the collected papers of countless of lifetimes, two strangers had met for the first time and, after moving past the polite amount of small talk, were now regarding each other with a protracted silence.A bookshelf of neatly stacked jars softly flickered their firelight into the study … Continue reading Grimm →

Epilogue

Snow sprawled across the forest floor in the silent blanket of winter’s embrace. Only the sounds of drifts, long caught upon the branches of the pine, dared move that day as the shadow of morning held the forest to silence. No sunlight could walk upon the earth in daple or lay as a second shadow … Continue reading Epilogue →

Aya and Carrick Part 9: Magic’s End

In the Eastern forests of the Firwood four friends were preparing to set out from the small cabin they had taken as shelter as the frigid gusts of winter had appeared in blizzard and then departed with the meekness of an embarresed wombat. ‘Hey guys, come look how great Carrick’s hat looks on this horse!’ … Continue reading Aya and Carrick Part 9: Magic’s End →

Aya and Carrick Part 8: The Problem with Giants

A lazy sun rose over distant planes of Eastern Joyce and languidly dropped daylight across the seven kingdoms beyond. Despite the occasional war--often kicked off just to keep the soldiers on their toes--these merry kingdoms had coexisted in the pleasant harmony of free trade and open border crossings; seven rulers all united under the banner … Continue reading Aya and Carrick Part 8: The Problem with Giants →

Chess for Wizards Part II

‘Ticking you say?’ ‘Yes sir,’ Leyland replied, carefully placing a bundle of towels on the desk before him and then taking three stridesome steps backward, ‘much like a watch that is known for keeping the very wrong type of time, sir; I’ve never heard a more ominous kind of tick, if I may say so, … Continue reading Chess for Wizards Part II →

Aya and Carrick Part 7: A Message Delivered

‘You look a little dishevelled to be a postman...’ Life had been rather difficult for Carrick the adventure wrung wizard. Tired, bruised and as magically absent as a dish towel, Carrick was trying his best to keep a positive outlook but life seemed to be poking him in the eye somewhat. Many moons ago now, … Continue reading Aya and Carrick Part 7: A Message Delivered →

Chess for Wizards Part I

In a dimly lit chamber of flasks and curious magical relics, a rather flustered wizard was attempting to haggle with the postman. ‘Twenty five crowns! You think I’m an alchemist!?’ stammered the wizard, standing from his chair and only just managing to restrain himself from jumping over the desk and throttling his visitor. ‘What person … Continue reading Chess for Wizards Part I →

Aya and Carrick Part 6: Jailbirds do Sing

I’m sorry you were arrested for kidnaping me,’ said Sunny, looking firmly at the cobblestone floor of the jail and avoiding the glares of her two new friends. Jumping back in fright as a metal teapot reverberated off the bars that separated them, Sunny caught one of the two prisoners performing an obscene gesture with … Continue reading Aya and Carrick Part 6: Jailbirds do Sing →

A Posion so Vile

‘Bring me the god slayer’ Althu-urk bellowed. Sweeping his crooked fingers downward in a scything slash, the Demon-wizard of the quantic steppe cut through the plume of noxious green haze that billowed from the dread-cauldron before him and caught an unexpecting underling across the back of its head.Drawing himself up to his imposing full height, … Continue reading A Posion so Vile →

Aya and Carrick Part 5: Back on the Wagon

Nights of kinship, so underscored by joyous laughter, will forever become inextricably tied to the memories of a fading youth; between these misspent nights of carousing and falling off of chairs, lies absence, a darkening void of long forgotten--or otherwise equally repressed--memory. Scattered fragments of horrific recall that wisp past the vision in hazed blur … Continue reading Aya and Carrick Part 5: Back on the Wagon →