( Chapter Six Part Two )

          Wrast had kicked the dead bodies underneath the cots. Trails of dark liquid Dip supposed was red lead back to the pools of blood where the creatures had been killed. Dip hadn’t really been surprised by Shiore’s strength and skill, guessing some of it on the ship and from the last few days, but still it came as a bit of a surprise. She ( Read more... )

Date: Starday, 6th of Harvest Plenty, 506AF

Place: Drunken Morkoth Inn, Cauldron

A mystery in Cauldron! And we’re on the case! It’s kind of exciting that no sooner do we arrive at a new place then we get involved in an adventure. I tell you, what luck! At least this also means that we get to continue traveling with our new friends, ( Read more... )

So it's Nano time again.  Not that it exactly snuck up on me, but I really have not been thinking about it at all this year.  Completely bypassed Camp Nano without a single word written.  I've barely finished my most recent chapter for Forgotten Castles for the writer's group and am still in the process of writing up the next chapter.  This just ( Read more... )

What I wrote for my Shackled City campaign (Zip and Dip's group) has been done up in book form!  I have put in my CreateSpace copies (five free for winning NaNoWriMo) and the order is already on its way home to me!  This will make my third paperback (although only one of those includes an actual finished story).  I've won four times, but two years ( Read more... )

            Zip glanced from the curtain to Shiore.  His eyes raked across her face, trying to find some understanding there.  “You can sense body auras or something?”

“Questions later,” she said, her lips barely moving.  “Now we should look for the other.”

The gnome under Wrast began to struggle, a strangled whimper of pain ( Read more... )

            Dreams haunted Zip’s sleep.  Dreams of memories from years past.  The feel of a cloth over his mouth.  Cold, dark tunnels.  Humiliation.  He woke in a cold sweat, his brother snoring softly in the bed next to him and Ayame sleeping soundly in the next bed over.

They had to find those kidnapped people, they had to.  Zip had an ( Read more... )

Date: Sunday, 5th of Harvest Plenty, 506AF

Place: Road to Cauldron

It’s been an incredible journey.  Off of Genevieve’s Shifter for less than a month and already we have new friends and a destination.  Cauldron.  Our newest companion is rather a surprise.  He seems to be some kind of tribal cleric or medicine man.  Zip used the word ( Read more... )

            Jungle rains accompanied their journey on the second day.  It came in sporadic bursts throughout the morning.  Dip snuggled into his cloak, the rain and air actually cold despite the more tropical weather of the area.  They could still hear monkeys somewhere in the forest, but none of them ever got close enough to see.

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            “Any idea how long it’s supposed to take to get to Cauldron?” kender warrior Dip Amberquip said, his lips practically next to Shiore’s ear.  He had his hand around the elf girl’s waist as the two of them and his twin brother Zip, sitting behind him, rode on the back of the girl’s giant rat mount, Trip.  They had only just left the port ( Read more... )