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Golden Renewal
“Sorry, I can’t sell you mead unless you turn this stone into a bird.” Duncan frowned at the speckled, egg-shaped rock in the tavernmaster’s hand. “I… don’t understand.” “It’s Town Law,” replied the tavernmaster. “That I do understand. Why the stone?” The tavernmaster held the egg-rock up to his eye. “This,” he said dramatically through…
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The Long Game: The Singer
The enchanting singer Indira performs at a princely oasis party and overhears something that unravels her entire life.
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The Outrider
Today I’m posting a work-in-progress. Not because I’m lazy and it’s not done (or at least not only), but to show a bit of progress when it’s eventually updated. Hopefully I’ll remember to link back to this when that happens. The point is, I already have notes on some changes I want to make to…
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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…
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Changing Fortunes
Friends in a fortune teller club all see real, provable visions of the future for the first time… except for Julie Brooks.
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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.
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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.
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A Gallery of Hundreds
Piper doesn’t want to move out of Ravenshore. Her only problem: a few thousand centipedes and their representative spirit.
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The Burnwillows
Duncan isn’t a hunter and doesn’t want to be. He may not have a choice.
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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…
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