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Vale of the Fallen Moon (intro)

Vale of the Fallen Moon (intro)

Wearing a blouse of linen dyed blue, paired with black ox-hide trousers and riding boots, the stranger sat astride a tall stallion the color of and autumn sunset. His hair, a shade of pre-midnight, hung straight past his shoulders, framing sharp, pale features and eyes that mirrored the sky. Coming to a halt, his hands came to rest upon the stallion’s back. Slumped slightly forward, the boy could…

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A Season of Wolves (Introduction)

A Season of Wolves (Introduction)

February of 1763: With the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the Seven Years War finally came to an end. As a result, France relinquished control over many holdings beyond her continental shores. Under the leadership of Louis XV, people began rebuilding from the ravages of war and for a time all was generally quiet across the land. While yet adjusting to life after conflict, it was during this…

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Day's End

Day’s End

Day’s End

On the last of days, I lit a Camel. Nothing pleases like a final smoke.

Puff.

The children of technology embark upon a diatribe of why they cannot end.

Puff.

The keepers of the faith know how it is written. It has to be this way.

Puff.

So they ignore the ocean’s last wail, the embers of a fire dying, the stillness of the wind.

Puff.

“This matters!” they scream. “We are important!” they…

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Mettle

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The image above is from The Frost Giant’s Daughter by Robert E. Howard. The Poem below was Published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly issue #7

This climb’s to be my ending quest glory paves the road behind. My trek onto this mountain peak the last hill left to climb.

Temptations many did I slake and oft’ my way was woe. That I might pass within this gate I’ve bested every foe.

There came a time I…

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