Not at all related to the last story I posted here. The setting is technically fantasy, but the fictional kingdoms all have historical inspirations which I hope are self-evident to readers. In a sense you can consider it a retelling of the old "Emper
It feels like forever since I last posted on the Black Science Fiction Society website, let alone in this group. I finished this short over the course of two days but haven't received much in the way of feedback yet when posting in critique forums. I
I've been working on the whole "show, don't tell" rule about describing my scenes.
The crammed damp room was thick with anticipation though no one dared make a sound. An empty stomach groaned plaintively echoing against the hard concrete walls, stirr