Tag: grimdark
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Fate of Madness: Chapter 1
THE HOUNDS OF PABLE Two Years After The Escape Rextur moved through the reeds, listening to the harsh grasses scratching against his plate mail. The men around him hunkered down, keeping their heads below the tops of the reeds, approaching the City of Rivers undetected. But Rextur would not. He walked bold and unafraid of…
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Plight of Madness: Chapter 1
BO AND THE LEGIONS OF WINTER One Year After The Escape Bo looked out of the prow of the Blizzard, water and fog rolling off it. As the mighty ship pulled closer, clouds billowed, the fog dropping away to a light dusting of frost. Bo snarled, digging his claws into the ship’s deck, and turning…
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Wrath of Madness: Chapter 1
THE MEN OF SKY COUNTRY One Year After The Escape Aaron the Marked crouched outside the village, his king chief Peter Redfist and his brother Jordai Stonefist beside him. Thousands of warriors bedecked in thick steel, bearing brutal weapons, stomped past them and headed into the heart of the town. They had come from distant…
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Crisis of Fate: Chapter 1
THE END OF THE WORLD The Year of The Escape Her nails dug trails of blood in his back, and he winced. He gripped her hair and pulled her head back, staring into her eyes as he thrust madly into her. Never before. Never before had it been this passionate, this alive. Having Sai inside…
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Onslaught of Madness: Chapter 1
THE MADNESS Weeks Before The Escape The weight of the blade on his back increased as workers drove home the stakes that secured the last stones in the arch. The tent, stifling and oppressive, seemed overwhelmed by the structure. He looked behind him, to the modest cot waiting for his weary body, and cursed. “Master,…
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Mestlven: Chapter 1
FESTIVAL OF THE PALE The Year of The Escape The Pale, the goddess of death, fixed her rotting eyes squarely on the city of Mestlven where grew a darkness, patient and terrible. Her murder lifted from the battlefields of Corlene to swoop and brood on Mestlven’s roofs and scream at her citizens. Enormous crows, two…
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Legends of Eastgate: Chapter 1
THE SAVAGE Twenty-seven Years Before The Escape She stood bold before the window in the moonlight overlooking the street with a thin roll of aromatic tobacco in her hand and a black veil on her face. Her body was not lean. It was full and soft and tan, oiled to a shine and inviting. Her…
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Liefdom: Chapter 1
THE BIRTH OF THOMAS NARDOC Four Years Before The Escape The court wizard stood impatiently outside the queen’s chambers. He beat his fist hard against the door, as another thready scream wafted through and stumbled down the immense hall. King Phomax shouted from many rooms away, “Come back and drink with me, Ivoryfist. If she…
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Seeds of Forfeit: Chapter 1
THE FORFEIT Seven Years Before The Escape The sharp stone cut into his hand as he worked, chaffing and chapping his palm and his fingers. It took him five minutes to cut the branches with the stone, took him another ten to sharpen them. He bit into the bark and stripped the small sticks in…
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Seeds of Tarako: Chapter 1
THE EXILE Ten Years Before The Escape The sun was dying a bloody, silent death behind him, casting long, crimson shadows at his feet. Those shadows climbed the helm and the banister, falling to the ship’s deck and the blood and flesh that covered it. They were close enough to shore now that seagulls came…
Jesse Teller 