Welcome to Xaranya 1.4 – Dragonslayer Redux

1.4 Dragonslayer Redux First, a long, low grinding sound like chains rumbling against chains and then a thud that caused the entire chamber to shudder, and then the red dragon fell to the ground, dead. The head lolling to one side, wisps of smoke escaping from its mouth. A triumphal horn blast blew and specks […]

Welcome to Xaranya 1.3 – Pickup Groups

Chapter 3 – Pickup Groups “Look out!” Vikom snapped his head away from the goblin that had just fallen to the ground, looking toward Rebecca the [Cleric], just in time for a loud ‘Crack’ as something hit him low, from behind, beneath the knees, causing him to stagger forward and almost fall. “What the-?” Vikom […]

Welcome to Xaranya 1.2

Book 1 – Vikom’s Story Chapter 2 – If at first you don’t succeed…. After Karol left, Vikom lost it a little bit or else – depending on who you ask – his problems surfaced. Very few people, including himself, would argue that he was okay, well no one who really knew him. Anyway. There […]

Welcome to Xaranya, Book 1, Chapter 1

*I haven’t published any fiction in a while, and decided to try this out. I will be posting a webnovel here one chapter at a time, and editing it here and elsewhere, once I have chapters finished enough to share. Will see how this goes!* *Warning, chapter one of this story includes discussion of suicide […]

IWSG: Heroes & Villains

It’s the first Wednesday of the month and that means Insecure Writer’s Support Group time! Optional March 6 question – Whose perspective do you like to write from best, the hero (protagonist) or the villain (antagonist)? And why? This is a really good question for me this month. I’ve been working on back story for […]

Release Day: Trouble By Any Other Name

Lori MacLaughlin, author of Lady, Thy Name is Trouble, is releasing her sequel novel Trouble By Any Other Name today May 23rd. Congrats Lori! Trouble By Any Other Name Tara Triannon is no stranger to trouble. She’s yet to find an enemy her skill with a sword couldn’t dispatch. But how can she fight one […]

He Was a Hairy Man

Yesterday we spoke about Gary, who was a great guy. Today, we continue his tale, with his kids. As men tend to do when left to their own devices, Gary found a wife and had kids. Most of Gary’s descendants were like him: hairy, inquisitive, and reasonably intelligent. However, some of Gary’s descendants took after […]

The Artist

Whenever she pictured him, he held A brush in his hand, mouth pursed in thought. Together, they imagined universes and colors and sound like the Delicate cool blue whirl of the pulsar like the ocean at the heart of every star. Whenever she pictures him, colors stain his fingers, Many colors swirled in a chaotic […]