In this episode of "Secrets in Sulsut", an unexpected ally comes to Malric's aid in his darkest hour. Happy Reading! ___________________________ Malric thrashed within the net like a fish pulled from the sea. He couldn’t believe he was going to die in the belly of a deity lost to his kind; alone, anonymously, his bones …
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Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 8
In this episode, Malric learns of Galron's alliance with the Scavengers. Enjoy! _______________________________ A sea breeze from a large opening in the center of the room fed the sparse torchlight in the natural cavern. Two Scavengers stood by the entrance to a passage on the far side of the chamber, their tridents crossed over the …
Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 7
In this episode, Malric is ambushed and captured by the Scavengers. Enjoy! ______ The interior of the temple was moist and smelled of rotting fish. There were no torches and the floor sloped steeply downwards. Running his hands along the stone walls of the corridor, Malric discovered that the passageway was covered with carvings. Malric …
Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 6
In this episode, Malric launches a bold assault on the temple of Thulos. Happy Reading! ___________________________________________________________________________ Malric bit his tongue to shut out the memory. It terrified him and filled him with rage because the Guild had refused to believe his story, refused to believe because they had planned his death from the start of …
Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 5
In this episode, Malric travels into the wilderness beyond Sulsut to investigate the mysterious sect of Thulos. Happy Reading! ______________________________________________ Malric rode hard towards the sea. The hood of his cloak was off and his black hair flowed behind him in the slipstream like a mane. He was in love with the desolation beyond the …
Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 4
In this episode of Secrets in Sulsut, Malric recovers from his injuries while Sol studies the mysterious ring of Thulos. Enjoy! ____________________ Malric and Sol sat by the fire. The storm had once again worked itself up into a downpour, and it struck the thatched roof like muffled laughter. Malric and Sol were talking excitedly …
Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 3
In this episode, Malric escapes the temple and is healed by the wizard Sol. Enjoy! _______________________ Malric shinnied out of the window of a squat, black temple. He did not even try to break his fall to the ground. He was barely cognizant of the sensation of falling at all, or the fact that he …
Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 2
In this episode, Marlic learns of Galron's treachery, and encounters a new horror in the black temple of the Dharin Ki. Enjoy! ____________________________ “Watch the center tile,” Malric warned. Malric withdrew his blade, Sliver, from its sheath, expecting danger ahead. The two thieves crept up a narrow spiraling staircase, into a corridor lined with heavy …
Secrets in Sulsut – Episode 1
I've decided to try the S&S ("Sword & Sorcery") Fantasy genre for this month’s series. "Secrets in Sulsut" was one of my rare attempts at this genre, and I hope it echoes some of the great S&S tales from Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber. The protagonist is a thief named Malric living in the …
Fear Thy Neighbor – Epilogue
In the closing of the story, the hedge and the man next door have been destroyed, and things in the neighborhood slowly return to normal. Unlike the unhallowed ground of Stephen King's Pet Sematery, it was important to me to have the house and land next door restored to health once the malevolent forces had …
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