Elias Veyra had grown up in a house where justice was only a word. His father, a high-court judge, was admired in public but monstrous at home. His father tormented him , mixing it with fists and words until Elias’s life became a prison gilded in gold. The public was too blind to see the … Read more
They laugh. I want them to take me seriously. But they always laugh. To them, I’m a wise-cracking dummy. They don’t know me. Not the real me. I’m merely a funny name, Uncle Knucklehead. I’m helpless. And there’s nothing I can do about it. Having no power, I’m nothing but a tool in the hands … Read more
This story contains sensitive content [Content warning: Violence, profanity and lots of mud] On 5th September the Royalist siege of Gloucester was lifted by the Earl of Essex and his army and the grateful citizens showered them, including Nell, her husband Bill and their comrades in the London Trayned Bandes with bread, cheese and ale, … Read more
Water trickled down the curve of a razor-sharp fang, over a blue lip, and into a wiry, green beard, soaking a patch of gray fur beneath. A behemoth, clawed hand reached up to wipe away the next tear that rolled from a yellow eye with a slitted pupil. This was the beast’s nightly ritual—return to … Read more
The temple bells had been quiet for three days when they finally rang for her. Ishaan felt the vibrations through the marble floor before he heard anything, a thrumming that seemed to resonate in his bones. The priests had warned him she was more weapon than woman, came wrapped in fire, but nobody had mentioned … Read more