Poetry with a Blade
Mo Xiong
Mo Xiong
Jared Rosen
He was rewarded with a senior command of his own, attracting many thousands of eager recruits from across the empire.
John O’Bryan
The blood of Navori itself.
Lost in thought, she began to slide the blades around, slowly reforming them into her family crest.
Jared Rosen
It was simply a matter of time before they would face one another in combat, and while Rell seemed hopeful, Gabriel knew what was coming. Yet for a while, at least, the two could pretend.
It is calling me to battle, as the Ra’Horak cast their spears once more.
And, for a moment, a star lost with the Constellation of War gleams brighter than the sun.
If all these legends are true, then Anivia must have witnessed the rise and fall of countless mortal civilizations. While there are still some dwindling remnants of those earlier times, most have long been forgotten, and buried beneath millennia of ice.
Within the long-lost kingdom of Camavor, there once lived a village of people far from the throne.
In moments, Icathia was lost.
Saijax rode to the ruined crater where the Void had been summoned, determined to fall upon his sword like the Kohari of old.
Anthony Reynolds
He swears blind he paid the Tithe ‘afore we left. “A single gold Kraken,” he said, “for ‘tis all I have to give.”
But none of us seen him throw it over the side, now did we.
Daniel Couts
Eighteen times he heard the blood-curdling scream of the boy falling to his death before he figured out how and where to arrest the fall and save his life.
Then, while pillaging a scrap heap with ties to Clan Ferros for bits of tech, a particularly aggressive gang of vigilnauts surrounded him.
Michael Luo
“Doubt that. But let’s skip to the part where I hurt you instead.”
The man laughed. “With what?”
Zeri reached for where her gun was usually strapped, only to find nothing there.
Dana Luery Shaw
“Why can’t I just scratch things until the long parts fall off?”
“Because human nails don’t work that way. You’d be left with a bunch of bleeding fingers.”