The cavalry
The cavalry trotted along in neat rows of three along the snowbound road. Each horse had a thick patterned quilt extending from its mane to the base of its tail. Hanging down until the knees of the animal, it hel...
2019-05-17 01:25:59 +0000 UTC View PostA Discussion about Fire
"The Captain said to inform you that tomorrow he doesn't expect to cover much ground. The scouts patrolling ahead reported we will arrive near the old bridge. The road passes through a patch of woodla...
2019-05-14 01:54:06 +0000 UTC View PostStar Field Ignition
The crackling sound accompanied a miniature explosion which enveloped the small tent. The shelter beside the wagon puffed with thick, impenetrable smoke.
A familiar hacking and coughing fit, follow...
2019-05-10 01:55:24 +0000 UTC View PostA Crazy Experiment
A team of four horses pulled a long wagon across the road while the wheels crunched on the freshly fallen snow. A beggar's blanket of white covered the plains, with torn holes showing patches of dried shru...
2019-05-07 10:13:05 +0000 UTC View PostLoyal Readers, the second arc The Red Lands is now out on Amazon. I have separated the arc into two parts so as to maximize the Amazon KDP program. The eBook will be out on free pro...
2019-05-04 02:08:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe trouble facing the village
The academy provided courtyards for important guests, Scholars, and dignitaries who often visited. The location of these residences occupied a small area near the fields which catered to waitin...
2019-05-03 04:40:06 +0000 UTC View PostHalfstone? What the hell!
While the guards cautiously secured the broken shutters, Chu walked over from the stairs and crouched next to a dead Bitzer. Unsheathing his dagger, he tapped the side of the demon beast with the fl...
2019-04-30 03:11:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe warrior Lucy
Before the body of the deceased captain hit the ground, Lucy streaked past him while holding the pair of twin daggers in her soft hands. Her swift response startled the killer.
As a demon beast relyin...
2019-04-26 04:22:43 +0000 UTC View PostMr. Thomas shuffled forward while breathing heavily. His eyes opened wide in shock as the last sliver of doubt departed from his mind. A Bitzer! Sucking in a deep breath to calm his shaking hand, he turned to...
2019-04-23 01:12:35 +0000 UTC View PostA modern-day relationship between the talisman
"Chu, how long will we dilly-dally here? Winter is only a few days away."
"Sakura left this morning to ask Elder Shi a question concerning the talismans. Dependin...
2019-04-19 04:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostChaos at the Dusk and Dawn Forts
A long line of caravans snaked along on the well-trodden road that connected the northern battlements to the Dawn and Dusk Forts at the south.
A towering man outfitted in iron gauntlets...
2019-04-16 02:54:30 +0000 UTC View PostMeditation or Gambling
Chu sat crosslegged in the dark stone room that served as his bedroom in the tower, immersed in meditation. His breathing and diaphragm seem to follow a strange but steady rhythm in tune with the wordl...
2019-04-12 01:50:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Click on the google docs link and have a read. If anyone cannot access it, please reply and I can sort out the glitches.
2019-04-10 03:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostThis project has been ongoing for over a year and I am curious as to where my supporters have migrated from to this Patreon page.
Under the moonlit sky, long past the time of the witching hour. Far from the Mage Towers of Limerock...
"Jim, head to the left. Hurry and keep banging your sword and shield!"
"Toll! Halt...
2019-04-09 02:45:17 +0000 UTC View PostDiscovery in the library
"Hehehe... Hahaha! I found you..."
Sounds of evil snickering echoed out from one of the rocky passages proliferating out from the library archives. It disappeared soon after as if the owner reg...
2019-04-05 01:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe south gate of Frost City could be said to be the busiest. Lines of merchant wagons escorted by mercenaries waited on inspection before entering the city. Teams of adventurers and seekers of ...
2019-04-02 01:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe headaches of Doug
Doug groaned as he massaged his forehead with his fingers. The grogginess from last night celebration had yet to dissipate. He practically rolled himself off the bunk bed of the small, dark bedroom and ...
2019-03-29 01:56:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A sneak peek at a side work in development. For my Patreon followers who have loyally supported me.
2019-03-26 02:21:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe Perfect Gift
With the arrival of well-known, influential figures, the numbers in the hall swelled to over two hundred. The leaders of the Clans and Houses invited to this social gathering wasted no time in slipping in th...
2019-03-26 02:11:58 +0000 UTC View PostA Birthday banquet with unusual gate crashers
While Chu negotiated at the table with a group of men old enough to be his grandparents, Miki and the others enjoyed a meal on the third floor. At the end of the afternoon, Chu l...
2019-03-22 01:23:34 +0000 UTC View PostMeeting patriarchs
Chu turned around on hearing the conversation. An old man dressed in a decorated gown stroked his trimmed goatee while talking with the redhead. He had no idea how they knew each other but the old man didn...
2019-03-19 03:05:06 +0000 UTC View PostFor a sixteenth birthday
This vacation leave coincided with their sixteenth birthday. Chu found Mr. Thomas waiting for him among the supply wagons in the same field when they first visited. Dressed in an attire no doubt pick...
2019-03-15 01:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe meaning of 'low profile'
Chu remained in the inner tower browsing books in the library for weeks. To avoid attention to his research he decided to share a burst of enlightenment so inquisitive eyes could focus elsewhere....
2019-03-12 02:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostA hidden secret
Chu sat on a chair gazing out of the open window. From the room allocated to him within the larger inner tower, he witnessed the scurrying of heads below. In the distance, loomed the high, unblemished walls o...
2019-03-08 02:30:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe price of becoming a Mage
Chu gripped the heavy sack in his hand as he picked his way down the roughly hewn steps while following the back of Mage Norivak. Never would he believe that under the massive amount of stone sla...
2019-03-05 01:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostDo you call that a Hound?
The Beast Tracking Division had its location in the southern part of the Outer Circle, close to the East Gate of Limerock City. Mage Pile, therefore knew nothing of the exploits of Sue in the northe...
2019-03-01 07:49:55 +0000 UTC View PostStrange Girls
The Scribe walked along the cobbled stone street lined with well-maintained hedges and then rounded the corner. The large stone building of the publishing workshop loomed into view. The open green lawns, the pa...
2019-02-26 05:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostPractical Alchemy
Sue made her way towards the large lecturing hall of the alchemist division. For the past couple of weeks, since she had been summoned to the hall, she practically lived there. She supervised the modificati...
2019-02-22 12:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostA Diplegia Bitzer
While the rest of his companions shed the skin of keeping a low profile, Chu requested a single room and spent most of his days locked inside. Under the light from the window during the day or the flickerin...
2019-02-19 12:32:28 +0000 UTC View Post