speculative fiction

  • Defunking Grunter

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    Part 1: The Journey Begins Suspended in the swirling galaxies beyond our own, the celestial stage of the Cat’s Eye Nebula shimmered. The nebula was a kaleidoscope of iridescent gases, dazzling cosmic dust, and radiant energy, an ideal sanctuary for the Astral Scholars. Their gathering place, the Obsidian Forum, was a levitating, jet-black platform, as…

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  • The Shadow on the Rowan

    Part I: The False Spring The Great Hall of the Keep smelled of beeswax, venison, and the damp, ancient stone of the Highlands. It was a place of rigid lines and heavy tapestries, a stark contrast to the wind-scoured, chaotic beauty of the Ring of Brodgar where Colum mac Eòghain made his home. Colum stood…

    The Shadow on the Rowan