Results tagged “novel” from znaddanz

A thin line of smoke faintly lit against the night sky was the first sign of civilization that they had seen in over five months, and when they saw it they altered their course to head directly for it. There was no telling what reception they might receive- they were entering unknown territory- the disposition of the nightside tribes on the dusk-side of the black winter was unknown. They could be ...

Embers were all that remained of the campfire, usually kept blazing throughout the night, but now left alone and unfed to run down to ashes and fragments. Asherei, Kerron's tribal leader, used the end of her walking stick to prod a few of those fragments, exposing unburned segments of wood to the flame, which flared briefly as it found fresh fuel to consume. The sky was now so light that the added ...