Here’s one for you. Yellow Teeth Remain Sharp, head of state of the Empire of Perfection, right? Wields the contents of the vaults of the Citadel of Rosepetals, right? Maybe the only entity in the Mother Countries with enough identity … Continue reading →
“For my next trick, I’m going to end time.” 1002′ above the Hill of Incipient Mark: two figures. Standing: a platform which hangs in the air presumably placed pasttime less-than one week. Down they look. D: verrik/sibeccai/giant mixed-stock humaniform created … Continue reading →
“For my first trick, I’m going to recreate the fertility of Xiphias Watercutter.” The target is in position, as predicted by the contractor. Penetrating the security curtain to reach this point? Trivial. Now though she stands within the range of … Continue reading →
Today’s lesson is Xoxo. Yet another squalid little tragedy out in the wilds off the Isle of Word. It’s a wonder any of those little islands are even left, given all the misery that’s been inflicted on them over the … Continue reading →
You read about the Wordwood: you know what the official line is. Branches Bend in Submission Provice, valued part of the Perfected Empire, governed by an archduke at the behest of the Prefecture, plurality faen population, ancestral faen homeland, population … Continue reading →
“Po?” I asked the twisted thing in front of me. “Po, is that you whom I see?” “Hello, Lirrerren,” the mojh said, its lipless mouth bending around the words like mushrooms bend in heavy rain. Po had been a tall … Continue reading →
IN LATE DY 1491 ZULLY THE LIAR WAS CONTRACTED BY THE KA-RONE GAZETTEER TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF DISPATCHES ON THE NEW PROVINCES, THE VERR, AND OTHER BENIGHTED POINTS FAR FROM THE BRIGHT CENTER OF CIVILIZATION. AFTER HIS SECOND STOPOVER … Continue reading →
Every point in time has its alternative. Therefore there must be an alternative time in which Ol-Rasta, Silver Marquise, did not uplift Vera Ilermalken. It would be edifying to peer into that alternative time and consider how our noosphere and … Continue reading →
The Velvet Men, they do not think the way you and I think. They do not perceive the way you and I perceive. They are Other. They are as unlike the Giants as they are unlike the Lesser Races. They … Continue reading →
So I was watching a production of Mozart’s the Magic Flute, and I was wondering why we don’t see more magic flutes in the popular culture. Wagner’s Ring cycle tapped into a rich vein of magic-ring related lore which led … Continue reading →
