About time I posted something, isn't it?

It might look as if I've labored mightily and brought forth a gnat here, but the truth is I haven't been working on my writing as hard as I should. I still have stories to tell, but it's been hard to gather the creative energy I need to get them out. Hopefully, with this one out of the way, the next will go ( Read more... )

The conclusion of Colder than Ice, Hotter than Flame.

( He led us to where a gully bounded by tall, rocky cliffs forked off the valley. )

Part 3.

( The cuts on Kit’s face healed slowly as such things go for him )

Part 2

( We breakfasted with Wei-fu and took our leave shortly before sunrise. )

This is the first story I completed for Tales of the Tempest and posted to y!Gallery. engine_red pestered me in her nice way to get one done, and it was the closest to being finished of any of the stories I'd yet begun. It takes place about 5 years after Along the Forest Road and brings Kitaro and Tamarick back to Lipak.

It was for exactly that reason that I ( Read more... )

As promised, here's Barbaric Treatment. It's just a silly short. The time setting is a week or so following The Shadow Duke.

The humor is more evident if you're familiar with the overwrought prose of Howard's original Conan stories.

( The noontide sun gleamed off Hrothgar the Northman's rippling thews... )

The conclusion of The Shadow Duke. I hope you enjoyed it.

I'll probably post the next story, Barbaric Treatment, in a week or two. It's very short by comparison and isn't of terribly great moment, but it'll be something to look at while I'm writing the next tale.

Edit: This is the revised version.

When I came to, my white fire had receded. I ( Read more... )

The middle third. This time I think I found a place to stop with suitable tension.

Edit: This is the revised version. The changes are relatively minor and no doubt have not addressed all the issues people raised, but it's a bit closer to how I had wanted it to begin with.

A dream troubled my sleep, all of fire, smoke, and monotonous chanting in ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose it's ready. This story will go up in three parts, partly because of LJ's posting limits but also because at about 10,000 words it's a little long for most people to read online at one sitting.

I drafted this one a very long time ago, and was surprised to find when I dug it out that it didn't require as much work as I thought it would ( Read more... )

The conclusion of Along the Forest Road.

If you've made it this far, thank you for being so patient with me. Most of my stories won't be this long now that I have our protagonists established and sent off on their adventures. The next one will be ready in a couple of weeks, and it's a short story that will go up in two parts at most. It's currently ( Read more... )