Fantasy Stories

A Rage Story
How do you tell someone they belong to another species and have them not think you are completely insane? How do you give them the all of the information they need to embrace their new reality and intelligently choose the new path their life will travel? Radovan Dzerdja's existence is dedicated to the history of Homo esoterica. Part of his job as a Loremaster is to Awaken those Lost to the reality that is Homo esoterica. When he is hired to Awaken Candy and Angus, his job gets interesting.

Hell was a mage created no man land of creatures and death. Only half the men that went to war ever returned because we were not just fighting each other. Sometimes even when we were fighting each other something else would decide to join in.

In an industrial-fantasy world, the knightly Princess Zofia Tourmaline teams up with the transgender rogues Val and Lizabet to fight against a secret society of depraved slavers, using as much trickery and crime as swordplay. (Content warning: rape and non-consensual slavery are portrayed, but treated as serious villainy and contrasted against healthy sex-positive relationships and BDSM.)

A Dark Wars Tale
Edgar Laetham had enough. He had spent enough time shedding blood and losing friends for Queen and country. A chance encounter with an old friend from Australia while recovering from a wound in Bahrain a year after the First Gulf War sent his life on a different path. How different he would not know until one fateful, rain-soaked day while driving his new charge through the streets of Harrow. After that day, he knew life with Dame Alice Spencer-Killdare would never be the same. Or boring!

A Ley Line Witch Story
The story covers things that happened following the end of the Yuryi story. It is told from Yvonne's perspective and is mainly about the things that were important to her over many years.

A Rage Story
Angus O'Shea ruled the underworld with an iron fist as the Bloody Hand Lord of New York. When his namesake cousin is nearly killed by mafiosos, Angus smells rotten fish. Little Angus' father, Rory O'Shea (formerly Angus Cavanaugh), scours the night for answers and the answers he finds reveal an old blood feud come back to haunt the O'Shea Bloody Hands that threatens the balance of power in the city.

A Steven George Story
Steven George the Dragonslayer continued to trade Once Upon a Time stories with those he met. Now the King has summoned him. The Principality of Rich Reach has been beset by a Terror! No one knows what it is or where it is located, so the King has summoned Steven to find and master his terror as he did his dragon. What is Steven to do, but what he has always done: travel the long road exchanging stories with those he meets. Each Once Upon a Time brings him a step closer to his goal.

In a world where mana, faith, and ancient laws shape reality, a boy named Rowan awakens as something never meant to exist—a Creation Dragon. When the people chant the name The Sanctum of the Twelve Dragons, faith returns, dragons stir, and the world begins to change. Hidden behind unbreakable walls, Rowan builds a kingdom while gods watch closely, failure means annihilation, and the universe waits to see whether he will become its salvation… or its end.

A story in the Dark Wood Universe
The third short story based around Dark Wood. This is a standalone story that does reintroduce some of the charactors from Apprentice Smith. Hope you enjoy.