THE DISSONANT VERSES
Ian St. Martin
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A pox upon his name—we beat Viego and cast him out, and now I curse myself even for the kindness of that. Better to have gone further still.” 
The Garden of Forgetting
Rayla Heide
Ahri stood before the garden's entrance, where stone transitioned to soil and narrow labyrinthine caves opened to the sky in a deep caldera. 
Azir
As the sun blazed from the golden disc above him, Azir swore a mighty oath.
I will reclaim my lands and take back what was mine!
Echoes in the Stone
Tens of thousands of voices were etched into the rock. The fear and torment of their last moments, before their lives were cut down and their shadows were seared into the stone, screamed in her mind. 
The Slayer
The blow she delivered collapsed the animal’s skull in an instant, ending its torment. Poppy took no pleasure in the kill, but she supposed it was the best possible outcome, for her and the wolf. 
Snow Day
Michael Luo
In a flash, he slams his bulky arms against the beast’s behind, sending it forward to crash into the rocky wall of the cave’s entrance.
A stunted screech pierces the wind. Frozen rocks crumble onto the boar, now lying still.
Darkness Renews
“Brother…”
And with the source of his torment named, his own identity is revealed like the sun emerging from behind a stormcloud.
Sisterhood of War Part I: Old Wounds
Ian St. Martin
She offered him a thin smile, and Erath could swear he could hear something snarling behind him, just within earshot.
Silence for the Damned
Odin Austin Shafer
Her voice cut them from the trance, and her guards trudged into the darkness, outside of the firelight’s reach.
The Shedding of Skin
Rayla Heide
His stare hardened, greyed, and stiffened, his last cry of terror stifled as her curse transformed his flesh to stone.
Cassiopeia slithered up to the statue and softly caressed its hard cheek.
Frozen Hearts
David Slagle
What is that in front of you, Nunu? Can you catch a dream on your tongue? Or find glacial tunnels that branch, as if tracing the shape of a world-tree that our ancestors destroyed, and buried in ice. 
Voices
Jared Rosen
Davil tried to break the door in, good neighbor as he was, but the miserable fossil had more strength than anyone could have anticipated, bracing his entire body against the entrance as he babbled about heights and spiders and being pecked to death by birds. 
Human Blood
Meaghan Bowe
The fish were so plentiful, even a cub could catch them with clumsy paws. The calm air was rent by the howls of something, or someone, in great pain. 
Interrogation 101
“What happened to your hand?”
“Your damn sheriff shot if off,” he said. “What happened to yours?”
“I got an upgrade,” said Vi, holding up her hextech gauntlets.
The Eye in the Abyss
Anthony Reynolds
“You’re a heavy bastard, Half-Quiver,” he said. “Damn well nearly took us both down with you.”
“The ice gave way,” said Sigvar, weakly.
The Echoes Left Behind
Anthony Reynolds
There could be no peace, not unless the curse that held these isles in its foetid grasp was broken.
“And so, I must end it,” Ledros said.
The Harder Path
Lillian Herington
All gathered had heard of what the Snow Followers had done.
“We swore an oath that no faith-traitors would ever again follow those falsely claiming to be Avarosa reborn.
Water
The maneuver was an old standby. She would catch the weapon and kill the three remaining men in a single, spinning summersault. 
Son of Ur
David Slagle
Nothing could stop us. It would have to catch us first, and we were still running.
The city itself seemed to carry us forward as we slid down into its depths, farther and farther from the sump-scrapper we’d just robbed and left bleeding in the gutter.
The Curator's Gambit
Matt Dunn
He grabbed my gauntlet in one hand, yanked me over his shoulder with the other, and slammed me bodily through his work desk. The damn stone bell jabbed into my spine. I saw white, and splinters. Lots of little splinters.