A horrific scream was so loud and so close, but did it come from his own body? If it did, there was no way to be sure. All was blinding light and blazing heat! Little Fish concentrated on getting out of wherever this was before he got lost within
Read more…A great wave washed over the deck of the longship battering the men aboard. Half starved and dumbfounded as to how they got there, the crew of fourteen surviving Aesir mariners could barely get themselves together. Trying to manage a longship in t
Read more…The light of the sun hit bare skin like a fist. Eyes fared less well. Even closed, there was no escaping its power. The woman made to put her hand over her eyes but it would not obey her. She then noticed she felt nothing except the gentle jostlin
Read more…The wind howled overhead from the desert blasting all in its path in choking sand. Huddled within the broken shell of the shipwreck, a young woman looked up through the hole in the hull. The tattered silk garment she held over her mouth and nose d
Read more…Something went wrong when he opened the way for the Chief to go to the time just before his men got lost in the storm that took them to the Slaver City. It was so much harder to open the way when he wasn't in the strange watery realm of the Black.
Read more…"UHHBLUUHHGH!" was the sound the Valley Knight made as he erupted from the swirling muck. Dragging himself upon the abrasive granite shore, he rolled onto his side and violently expelled all he'd swallowed after nearly drowning in the lair of t
Read more…The vision in the clamshell pot dimmed as black squid and octopus ink escaped from the latest additions to the stew. The Chief snapped out of his trance and looked up to see the adult Little Fish looking down upon him holding an armload of drif
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Swirling crimson and darkness enveloped everything in every direction. Yet there was no direction, no sense of heading, no here or there. Only the sensation of spiraling about aimlessly was certain. Little Fish put out his hands and feet tryin
Read more…The trick was to keep his wits as he fumbled about in total darkness. After what seemed hours of feeling his way, the Aesir Chief laid eyes on a welcome sight. A faint yellow glow far down-tunnel beckoned him toward it. Reaching the tunnel's en
Read more…Light. Light everywhere. The light hurt... a lot. There was a voice calling from within the light. First far off, then getting closer. When the voice got closer the words were, "Chief! Wake up!" Svengald Chief of the Aesir opened his eyes to sl
Read more…There was a giddiness flowing through the Witch not felt by her in more years than she could remember. Everything she had put in place, all her schemes and manipulations after so long a time would finally bear fruit! As she, her Nephew the King
Read more…The Chief was in a bind. He had to get his men out before any reinforcements arrived. However, he could ill afford to fight this young man as both their futures depended on each other! "You’ve got quite the high opinion of yourself boy. You hav
Read more…The King's room had been cleared of courtiers with only the Slave-Trader King, the One and several guards present. The King lounged upon the thick cushions of his great couch as bronze braziers cast a hard yellow glow about the room. Once more
Read more…The Priestess Saga is rolling on to it's inevitable conclusion, but except for a painfully few comments I'm not sure if the story is being read. Let an Author know if there's something moving out there other than crickets! Am I holdin' it down or jus
Read more…The One had been amazed by what he’d been witness to. Who could have known the King's Aunt was a divine being banished from heaven to live among mortal beings! It was apparent it was she who had been the builder of the City of Aduni and it was
Read more…Tall windblown grass rippled in waves like water under the hot desert wind. Under the shade of broad fronds from a lone palm tree, a pair of bright brown eyes took in the scene of the green field. Though the scene looked tranquil, the owner of
Read more…Night had fallen and Little Fish was following close behind the Valley Knight with the Chief at his back. Traveling in the dark through what the Knight called a 'sewer', with more crawly things than were under the pier and a smell which defied a
Read more…Far beneath the palace lay the true place of power in the land of the Slaver-King. A natural cavern carved by the relentless action of fresh river and saltwater from the ocean tides mixing together made for the most 'holy' place suitable for the
Read more…Looking at a stunned little Fish, the Knight then said, "Hmm, this is right around the time you were born. You were not born here were you?" Shaking his head adamantly, Little Fish said, "No Sir Knight! I was born in a little fishing village." "
Read more…Once more into the black descended the three companions. Inadvertently through miscues by both the Chief and their unlikely young guide Little Fish, the trio found themselves in the Chief's past. The childhood remembrance of the Chief's caused t
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