The Monster’s Bastard
Margery stared ahead, hands clasped and knees aching on the cold stone floor. She chanted the refrain with a hundred other voices. She knew better than to remain silent. The abbess had been good to her. Far, far better than most believed she deserved. Margery might have no faith left [...]
The Salt Trap [Short Story]
Once upon a time, there was a stupid boy with an irrepressible need for coolness. Cody kicked an errant clump of dirt as he revised his obituary. Once upon a time, there was an idiotic almost-teenager who wasn’t nearly as cool as he pretended. “You’re not going to chicken out, [...]
