We gathered our things and began taking leave of camp followers who had trickled out from the city. Our animals and equipment would be their reward for faith and friendship. I spent a sad, gentle hour...
The sergeant major roared like a bear who’d broken a tooth while gnoshing on somebody’s skull. I made out no distinct words but in all the history of the universe sergeants major never have been requi...
The old general amazed himself. The woman amazed him even more. Sometime in the wee hours the exhausted boss general promised, Tomorrow night again. Within the walls of Stormgard. Maybe in Stormshadow...
The law isn’t always about what’s right. Or wrong. A lot of times it’s about somebody being guaranteed an advantage over somebody else. And that’s human nature. That’s the nature of any sentient speci...
The age is sorrowfully short of characters of the magnificently villainous vitality of those the Dominator took in olden times: Soulcatcher, the Hanged Man, Nightcrawler, Shapeshifter, the Limper, and...
Relway mused, Now that it’s happened I’m not so sure I’m happy with the outcome. Spared their racial theories The Call would’ve been good for TunFaire. He would appreciate their interest in law and or...
Narayan will pay. I will tear his heart out and use it to choke his goddess. They do not know what they have awakened. My strength has returned. They will pay. Longshadow, my sister, the Deceivers, Ki...
Madle named names. Some were on my list and some were not. Those that were not I assumed to be spear carriers. Tally had been well and reliably scouted. The last corpse went out. I gave Madle a small...
Lately I’ve felt the burden of time more and more, all too often dwelling on everything I’ve missed. I can laugh at peasants and townies chained all their lives to a tiny corner of the earth while I r...
I’m going to adopt you. You’d make a wonderful daughter. Hey, evil-minded future daughter number two. You heard Arkana. What do you think? Grudgingly, Shukrat admitted, I think she’s right. Excellent!...
If you want to head for hell by way of smoking weed or opium, or by drinking, or by being dim enough to call a giant names to his face, go head. Enjoy the slide. I won’t get in your way. Nope. I won’t...
I am the Daughter of Night. I am the Child of Darkness Forthcoming. Come to my mother or become prey for the beasts of devastation in the Year of the Skulls.
First, Simplest Explanation. The simplest and most obvious explanation of any phenomenon is usually the correct one.
Fate is a fickle bitch who dotes on irony.
Even Brownie had a comment, a small doggie whimper. She leaned against the outside of my right thigh. Yeah. I started scratching ears. Those beasts have selectively bred us for thousands of years.
Consider little children. There are not many of them not cute and lovable and precious, sweet as whipped honey and butter. So where do all the wicked people come from?
Best way out, Elmo observed laconically, would be to kill everybody who knows anything, then all of us fall on our swords.Sounds a little extreme, Goblin opined. But if you want to go first, I’m right...
'Did I snore again last night?'-'You solidified your grasp on the all-time women's championship. You're ready to compete at the next level.
Get in touch with the seamiest side of yourself. Pick a fantasy, one you wouldn’t tell anyone about. One that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed when you think about it. In the Tenderloin there’s...
Troll? I squeaked. Yes. He’s got jaws like a saber-tithed tooger. Soobertoothed teegar. The goddamned growly things with the fangs.