8 min Undead Monkeys Liu Tung, the Monkey King, was gone, escorting the Incarna, Palasia Bab, to the Ashlands. In his stead, during his absence, he left in ch...
7 min Kappas and Drowned Lizards Lyre Copine had befriended a Kappa. It had happened almost a month ago. She had gone swimming in Furrow River with her brother, trying to...
8 min Shadows of the Damned Roji Hafu loved his father. His father had raised him alone after his mother had died in childbirth. He had always been kind to Roji, nev...
8 min Dragon Stance “Get up, girl,” Pong Nei sneered. “I’m not done with you yet!” Omi gritted her teeth. She would show this arrogant upstart what she was m...
13 min The Sorcerer's Tower and the Were-Beasts Runam Jaal Baagh scrutinised the Sorcerer’s tower across a field of palm-dotted hibiscuses, a wide swathe of pink. He had done so from ev...
9 min Morkri and the Mouser “There is something I must tell you before I die, my son. In the corner, there is a loose rock in the wall that can be pulled out to reve...
8 min Prophet's Blade “Steeleye? Musclebound? Fleetfoot?” “Your feet aren’t all that fleet. Wouldn’t be the right name for you.” “How about Steelrod? Ya know –...
10 min The Pygmy and the Bandits Sunbathing at noon in the middle of a Zamphian summer was considered ill-advised by most, on account of the risk of sunburn or sunstroke,...
7 min Curse of the Sidhe Finnegan and Cillian Byrne were fools. On a hot spring morning when their young wives needed their help with their sons and daughters, th...
9 min Dogs of War “Onward!” barked Prefect Salvio Vulpes in Hybic, and his cohort tramped on, passing by a line of armoured legionaries guarding the area. ...