Letters of Solunus

Squishy Love - The Quiet After (4/4)
Squishy Love - The Quiet After (4/4)
“Mira.”She didn’t answer.“Mira, wake up.”Her eyes opened halfway.Tomas was kneeling beside her.“You passed out.”“I’m fine.”“You’ve been saying that for three days.”She pushed herself up.“Where’s Slim?”Tomas didn’t answer.The back room was... Read more...
Squishy Love - Breaking (3/4)
Squishy Love - Breaking (3/4)
“You’re shaking again.”Slim tried to stop.It made it worse.“…c…can’t.”Mira was already at the door, sliding the bolt shut.“Sit.”He dropped where he was.The floor creaked.“…t…too… much.”“From where?”He didn’t answer.His color was... Read more...
Squishy Love - A Thing that Should Not Be (2/4)
Squishy Love - A Thing that Should Not Be (2/4)
“You’re dripping,” Mira said.Slim immediately stopped moving.“…s…orry.”“No,” she said, already grabbing a rag. “I mean like - more than usual.”He looked down at himself.Or at least sagged in that direction.“…b…roke?”“No,... Read more...
Squishy Love - The Strange Neighbor (1/4)
Squishy Love - The Strange Neighbor (1/4)
The bell above the Hearth Tavern kitchen door jingled once.Mira didn’t look up.“Closed,” she said. “Unless you're dying.”No answer.She sighed, wiped her hands on her apron, then turned.The Slimus was... Read more...
The Beginning Chapter 1 - The Return and the Flawed Mercy of Fire (4/4)
The Beginning Chapter 1 - The Return and the Flawed Mercy of Fire (4/4)
John returned from the Archipelago with the quiet look of a man who had been measured and not dismissed. He found passage without difficulty, for the sea was willing to... Read more...
The Beginning Chapter 1 - The Goddess Who Measured Souls (3/4)
The Beginning Chapter 1 - The Goddess Who Measured Souls (3/4)
The sea carried John where it wished. The ship called Second Thought did not sail so much as submit. Its hull drifted upon waters that refused to behave as waters... Read more...
The Beginning Chapter 1 - Magnolia and the Quiet Camp (2/4)
The Beginning Chapter 1 - Magnolia and the Quiet Camp (2/4)
The road toward the Phantom Desert was honest at first. Then it began to lie. It was a small thing, the way the wind kept returning to him, as though... Read more...
The Beginning Chapter 1 - The Man Who Would Not Bow (1/4)
The Beginning Chapter 1 - The Man Who Would Not Bow (1/4)
John of Kum arrived in Friar with the look of a man who had been praised too often and trusted too little. He was not poor. He was not humble.... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Rumors of the Blade (6/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Rumors of the Blade (6/6)
He settled by the window, watching the frost gather at its edges. Outside, the wind carried the faint clang of distant armor - Kum soldiers marching the border trails with... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Winter at The Old Wash (5/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Winter at The Old Wash (5/6)
McGeough did not wander far that night, for winter winds were creeping down from the northern forests, dragging a thin frost across the road. A dim tavern lantern winked some... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - The Lost Charter and Magnolia’s Shadow (4/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - The Lost Charter and Magnolia’s Shadow (4/6)
For in a time before this cycle had ripened, she had written something dangerous, a scroll whose words could turn peace into obedience and unity into silence. A Charter meant... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Return of the Blade of Silent Dawn (3/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Return of the Blade of Silent Dawn (3/6)
For that very night, far upon the reefs of the Swaying Coast, the sea sighed and surrendered a relic long hidden beneath its waves - a plain blade, balanced as... Read more...