It required tapping into the life energy created by every creature, human or otherwise, who lived, worked, or did anything else within the city limits. Each and every activity that went into weaving the fabric of a city’s daily existence counted towards the pool of magic that could be used to War...
Christopher picked me up to put me in the truck’s front seat, and Jude turned on the heat so our drenched clothes could dry out faster. She reached past me to hand her cell phone to Christopher as he settled in the back seat behind us. They spoke to one another; I heard the words, but with no sen...
is a change of pace for me in quite a few respects. First and foremost, I don’t often write short pieces. When I write, I almost always tackle a piece with the intention that it’s going to be a novel—or a novella at the very least. So writing something that clocks in at just over seven thousand w...