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Shifty

Shifty

Posted on 31/10/201701/11/2017 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

A few weeks ago, part of this story came to me. I wanted to write it and publish it on Halloween, because it seemed appropriate. There wasn’t much time left, with everything else going on, but we did it. I wrote it and Raven edited it into a better story. We had fun creating this Read More

Posted in Fiction, Short story Tagged beast, Halloween, holiday, horror, monster, monsters, season
Composed of Nows: An Excerpt

Composed of Nows: An Excerpt

Posted on 16/06/2017 by Raven van Dijk

With one of his favourite people surprising him with artwork of one of his characters and Camp NaNoWriMo right around the corner, this week Raven presents another excerpt from an upcoming piece in its raw, unedited state. Read More

Posted in Fiction, Short story Tagged Camp Nano, Excerpt, Jeska, Mel Sayre, NaNoWriMo, personal, project
The Sacred Maiden by Tessa Hastjarjanto

The Sacred Maiden by Tessa Hastjarjanto

Posted on 03/02/201718/04/2019 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

There once was a girl who lived in a cottage at the very edge of a small village with her parents. Her father was a woodcutter and he needed enough space to store the logs, so living near the forest made his job easier. Her father sold the logs he brought back from the woods to the Read More

Posted in Fiction, Short story Tagged bandits, fairy tale, ghost, paranormal, stag, The Sacred Maiden
Collapse by Raven van Dijk

Collapse by Raven van Dijk

Posted on 14/01/201725/03/2017 by Raven van Dijk

After a long chase, the URSW Saratora finally catches up to her prey, but the confrontation between the two war walkers may change more than just the lives of their crews. First of the World Machine stories. Read More

Posted in Fiction, Short story Tagged Collapse, fantasy, fiction, Machine World, Raven van Dijk, short story, steampunk 1 Comment

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