The Squid's Ink


  • The Nightmare Report

    One year ago, in a single moment, eleven dreamwalkers were murdered by a nightmare monster. The archmage slew the beast and saved the city. At least that’s the official story. I’ve spent this past year year investigating, interviewing, and gathering evidence to uncover a more elusive and disturbing truth. In the press conference after the…

  • Changing Fortunes

    Friends in a fortune teller club all see real, provable visions of the future for the first time… except for Julie Brooks.

  • Scheduling Failed

    So uh I just realized today that the last few scheduled short story posts failed to post as scheduled. They’re up now. Oops. If you follow me on Patreon or Substack, they’ve been up and available the whole time. Scheduling next month’s post and hoping it’ll work.

  • Radio Counterspell

    A radio host is actually the station’s arcane security expert – and in the midst of scry attacks, another station wants his contract.

  • A Gallery of Hundreds

    Piper doesn’t want to move out of Ravenshore. Her only problem: a few thousand centipedes and their representative spirit.

  • The Burnwillows

    Duncan isn’t a hunter and doesn’t want to be. He may not have a choice.

  • Revolver Recurring

    I wrote this story for a contest. Well, it was the idea for a story I wanted to write, and I squeezed in some references to the contest prompt – which means I didn’t win, get published, or get mentioned, because that’s not really the best way to approach a contest. Anyway, it was a…

  • Lost Witness

    Quick note: this takes place after Ravenshore’s Antimagic, the novel which has just started going up as chapters. I didn’t really think about that until right now as I’m writing this post and thinking why? Why did I do that? Well, you’ve been warned, I guess. Contains spoilers for the end of Ravenshore’s Antimagic. — Justiciar Radiant…

  • A Flock of Seagulls

    “Do you like my hat?” Rick asked. The stranger gasped. “That huge raccoon just talked!” Their little group hurried away, disappearing into the nightly fog. “Wow, rude,” said Rick. He touched both paws to his furry belly and hoped the human was only comparing his height to a normal raccoon. It was true he’d gained…

  • Ghost in the Smell

    This is another prequel to Ravenshore’s Nightmare, set about three years earlier. The novel mentions an incident with detective Bollart and a sewer elemental a couple of times – so here it is! ___ “You’re godsdamn lucky you can’t smell this, Frank,” Kat said to her gun, fighting and coughing to control her gag reflex.…

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