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A Crimson Shore 35.3 Two Tales and Two Tails

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Garden Variety

There’s no safety from a tempest at sea, from a dragon in it’s lair, but especially from an angry lizardman when his tail is up. Frank had never thought he understood this island expression. It sounded a bit exaggerated he … Continue reading A Crimson Shore 35.3 Two Tales and Two Tails

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A Crimson Shore 34.6 Two for the Price of One Mystery

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Garden Variety

Thrak’s beady eyes opened, blinked, opened, blinked and then shot open wide, which for a man with a lizard’s face wasn’t very wide. Even still, there he was-looking around like a lizard buzzed by a fly.  Then, like a cat … Continue reading A Crimson Shore 34.6 Two for the Price of One Mystery

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A Crimson Shore 34.5 The Dead Rise

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 Garden Variety

Once long ago, a part of Thrak had died, and a part of him had lived. He had never fully understood it. This did not surprise him in the least as when he awoke on a beach, tail-less but alive, … Continue reading A Crimson Shore 34.5 The Dead Rise

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BLACK HOLLOW 7.4 Don’t Forget the Light, Haryk

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Garden Variety

The third and last, arrives in cheer. To all who see, the third appears. And when she’s come, all is no more. Heroes arrive from different shores. The chaos lasted only moments.  Before Andril could send another scorching ray at … Continue reading BLACK HOLLOW 7.4 Don’t Forget the Light, Haryk

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BLACK HOLLOW 7.3 A Fate Worse Than Death

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Garden Variety

The Lord Haryk leaned against the cloaked statue, the statue of the fated figure from legend.  A series of concussive strikes from the dragons outside, sent parts of the mortar down around him.  He didn’t bat an eyelash, partly because … Continue reading BLACK HOLLOW 7.3 A Fate Worse Than Death

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BLACK HOLLOW 7.2 I See Runes, People

May 20, 2019May 22, 2019 Garden Variety

He was barely inside when the entire outside of  the temple quaked. Haryk had only a moment to look around into the most magnificently stone carved room he could have ever dreamed of. All around were frescoes and statues, reliefs … Continue reading BLACK HOLLOW 7.2 I See Runes, People

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BLACK HOLLOW 6.4 The Door that the Help Uses

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 Garden Variety

Haryk figured that his last thought, as he was about to be swallowed whole, was that he wouldn’t ever get that plate of roasted boar, or that pint of beer. He had spent his last fucking day on this earth … Continue reading BLACK HOLLOW 6.4 The Door that the Help Uses

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BLACK HOLLOW 5.4 The Study of Ages

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Garden Variety

Wake up sleepy head. Waaaaaaaaaake uuuuuuuuuppppp. All was black while Haryk’s mind tossed in a sea of memories, of darkness, and clawing things, and cuts and wounds. Andril was dead, and he was dying. His arms shot up uncontrollably, pushing … Continue reading BLACK HOLLOW 5.4 The Study of Ages

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BLACK HOLLOW 5.2 Lazy Bones

May 14, 2019May 24, 2019 Garden Variety

Andril and Haryk had been on the loose inside the ancient ruins when they each made a mistake that should have cost them their lives. Together, they searched for a way out of the old keep. Only a few hours … Continue reading BLACK HOLLOW 5.2 Lazy Bones

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A Crimson Shore 30.4 Areia’s Wrath

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 Garden Variety

Areia, riding atop the steel dragon which they knew to be Abraxas, fell through the sky like a thunderbolt of lightning. It was very very frightening. Before the dragon had landed, shaking the stones of the chamber floor, Areia had … Continue reading A Crimson Shore 30.4 Areia’s Wrath

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A Crimson Shore 32.3 Sasser Paradise in the Sky

April 27, 2019 Garden Variety

Zy’an kicked the last of the bodies off the ship. He no longer thought of them as Sassers. To him, they were The Host. All of them were. It was she, Wrath, who ruined this soul, ruined them all. Just … Continue reading A Crimson Shore 32.3 Sasser Paradise in the Sky

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A Crimson Shore 26.3 Iricah Aside Herself

February 2, 2019February 3, 2019 Garden Variety

“Iricah, you haven’t aged a day,” said the prince. He motioned for her to sit, and she ignored him perfectly. He was dripping in gold and silver and his ridiculous gem encrusted sword hung at his side. The so-called sword … Continue reading A Crimson Shore 26.3 Iricah Aside Herself

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