This blog is actually a series of fantasy novels in serial form. If you’d like to start at the beginning and work your way through, this post provides a handy list of all the chapters in sequence. At least, it does when I update it. The Biography of Inglorion Atropos Androktasiai: Early Years Early Years […]
Another episode of Man Raised by Spiders, the coming-of-age story of Valentine Shelawn. Sieia told Valentine to meet with Marcus, and now it seems like it must be too late. He doesn’t need to seek approval for anything. The whole thing is bound to be awkward. And yet, when Marcus returns to Liamelia, he sends […]
Several detachments of gray elvish troops are deployed to the North Mountains, lending intrigue to Inglorion’s return trip. They appear to be engineering units with infantry attached, sent to destroy any underground structures they can find. Inglorion is no great woodsman, but gray elvish soldiers don’t even pretend to understand the environment. They travel only in […]
He’s gone when her water breaks. The pain yanks her into the open, impales her in her body and the cell around her. She’s bound, as always. The force is terrible — a series of rhythmic blows from the inside that warp her frame. It grips her by the nape, shakes her over and over, […]
Another episode of Man Raised by Spiders, the coming-of-age story of Valentine Shelawn. He masters an impulse to flee the house, ride up into the mountains. Instead, he forces himself to go to Sieia’s sitting room. He finds her seated by the fire. “Did you see her? What happened?” “I did. I don’t know.” He […]
Another episode of Man Raised by Spiders, the coming-of-age story of Valentine Shelawn. Valentine folds the letter, sets it down on the table between them. He can hardly look Valykria in the face. He feels a jumble of anger, remorse and dread. Finally he says, “What do you think of her letter?” “I hardly know […]
Another episode of Man Raised by Spiders, the coming-of-age story of Valentine Shelawn. Valentine returns home, exhausted, only to find the household in an uproar. A letter has arrived from Valykria’s grandmother. Her family is still pressing her to return, promising that all will be forgiven. Even Sieia’s equanimity has been shattered. “Good God, Valentine, […]
Another episode of Man Raised by Spiders, the coming-of-age story of Valentine Shelawn. Valentine has lost track of time — has ceased thinking of it altogether — when a knock comes at the door. Through the peephole, he sees an older, male Drow dressed for travel. The stranger is holding up a Jack of Hearts. […]
