“Give me the girl,” the man said, holding out his hands. Even his voice was strange–deep and resonant, as if it was an instrument ...
The Shepherds II
“The Apparatus is used to facilitate the conversion,” Edwin said, turning to the woman. “Removing oneself from the heinous beliefs held by you and your husband often requires the use of such tools.”
The Feathered Forest II
For a young child, the deep woods can be a place of mystery, where wandering feet can travel never knowing what they might find ...
The Shepherds VIIII
Like Bjorn promised, he’d built them a fire. The orange light filled their small room on the second floor inside the Happy Gullet, causing dark shadows to dance on the walls as Lumen sat on his lap, looking up at him over her shoulder, one of her little hands playing with his thick beard.
The Feathered Forest
The first bird dropped from somewhere near the middle of the dark, undulating cloud, its tiny body tumbling from the sky. And then another, as if their souls had suddenly been torn away ...
The Shepherds VII
Suffering from neglect over the last several years, the road to Kura had become much like the city—fraught with unforeseen danger and in dire need of repair.
The Shepherds VI
“Little bastard surprised you did he,” Kullen said, the drunken smile splitting his face a solid clue to his misunderstanding of the point being made. “Who knows, he keeps it up, I might be the one getting replaced!”
The Shepherds V
The girl had loose curls of brown hair and smiled with a coo, forming a small bubble in the corner of her mouth. She was three years old, and her name was Lumen.
The Shepherds
“Despite the abundance of generosity shown by the church, the scribe and his wife refuse to convert,” Edwin said. “This will be his final chance ..."
The Bloody Abbot ... 