Weird Story lineWhen suggested to Craig Halloran to create a unique story line for a new book, he shot for the moon. I have to say, he hit his mark with this crazy, bizarre story. I did not know what to make of it in the beginning. It was just weird and hard to wrap my head around the plot, but a...
She approached the other infinite being who drifted on the edge of the massive black void with hostility. Scorch was not fazed by her as he seemed preoccupied with other things. He ignored her efforts for conversation, not seeming to either understand or care, as he had other things in mind. She ...
The man, I hated to admit, punched like an ogre. I could only imagine his booted heel descending towards my head would be twice as bad. Seeing spots, I rolled, gathered my feet, and sprung away. All the people who'd cheered me on moments before now screamed for my head. “C...
Deep in its middle, a ring of teeth chomped up and down. The vines gripping Brenwar and Selene dragged them downward toward the bone-crunching hole. “Hold on!” Nath yelled. There were no replies. Selene and Brenwar’s mouths were encircled by vines. ...
Everything is just like it was when you left,” Weege said. Henry and Tori had both made their way down to the field where Weege and Alice were busy rounding up the docile zombies. His good friend from Dubai, Weege, was hiding something, they all were, except Tori. Weege’s ...
All four eyes of the Ettin widened. Shum got it. Right in the heart. The great Elven spear jutted from its chest. “Ugh,” he said, removing his spear. Shum had been fighting for hundreds of years. He’d killed and hunted many beasts, some mystical, so...
Crack!“How did this happen?” she demanded. “Escape from The Deep is impossible!” She walked up to Kryzak and wrapped her tail around his neck. “Isn’t it?”The big draykis was rather calm when he said, “It was until now.”She squeezed a little harder, turning his face purple, and released him. Kryza...
More than a hundred caves dotted the steep cliff face. Hollowed holes. Dens. Cavities. Some deep, most shallow. Unless you could fly, it would take at least a day to search them all. “Snarggell! Snarggell!”His keen eyes scanned for traces of their passing. His nostrils flared. But their scent was...
Fang provided that. A sheer a pale blue light adorned the blade. I didn’t need an orb to follow either. Now that I knew where the Dragons were, dark or light, I’d never forget. No twist or turn would fool me. I didn’t run. I didn’t trot. I dared anything to cross me. ...
I thank you.” Nath shook the veteran’s hand. “Can you handle him?” He spoke of the last living nuurg. The nine-footer’s arms and legs were shaking in heavy chains. With a smile, Tim said, “I feel like I can handle anything. We’ll put this monster to work back in the fortre...
Suffocating. I could barely move my arms and legs under all the weight. I’d faced death before. Fought my enemies. Beat them with cunning and steel. But now I was in the fight of my life against the elements. My foe was vast and undeterred. The very earth itself. I tried to scream again, but the ...
I love it when she makes mistakes. He tossed a small, rough sack over his shoulder and belted his scabbard around his waist. He carried two daggers only and kept his pipes tied close to his neck. The rest of the camp bustled with activity, and the march to seize another ci...
He hadn’t meditated since he was a boy. It was something his father had taught him. A tool to maintain focus. Nath had never considered himself a deep thinker, but now it seemed time to be one. His brow furrowed. He envisioned himself with wings. He envisioned himself as a dragon. He slammed his ...
Smoke came out the chimney on the top. A pole stretched up taller than the chimney. On it, a checkered blue-and-orange flag bearing a wheat symbol flapped in the brisk wind. An archway covered by a sheepskin led inside. Nath pushed through. “Hello?” ...
He didn’t know what else to do. He’d lost his friend once already. He didn’t want that to happen again. Billip and Nikkel raced alongside him. “Don’t do anything stupid, Georgio!” Billip yelled. “He’s gone, Georgio!” Nikkel a...
The dreadful journey that seemed to take an eon came to an end. The sound of rippling water and Tonio’s raspy breath had worn on McKnight like a festering earache. Just when he was contemplating stabbing his own dagger into his ears, they arrived. McKnight was never more t...
The framework of the stone and iron bridge was nothing short of enormous. Spectacular. Ancient. Foreboding. Bayzog sweated. The heat from the fiery river below made all his clothes stick to his body. It was humid. Hot. Nasty. His enemies that led them from one side to the other had never smelled ...