Tina Anderson
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The Lion & The Owl will be on hiatus until August. I’ve written over 109k words about this Roman and his Druid, and the readership and response at Bear House was a pleasant surprise. None of these chapters are printable in their current condition, so I’m taking an editorial and revisions break until August. I aim to produce the first 21 chapters as a fanzine-style novel with light art. I’ve only collected about $510 in donations on my KoFi, so I will do a Kickstarter once all costs are…-
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Crimson rivulets swirl into the grate, drinking the ritual’s bloody remains. Aedan empties another bucket of water over his head, then upends it atop his basted rags, a lopsided pile of pale red. Cardamon oil forms prismatic clouds upon the water’s skin, its heady scent filling the humid air. Of all the luxuries imposed while living among these wolves, he most enjoys their aromatic baths. The steamy pool lures him into its satiating embrace. Ears full of warmth, he surfaces so the chill can bite…
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A line of gray rises from the woods, but smokeless chimneys draw him to the village. No guard walks the wall. The smithy forge has gone cold, and courtyard braziers full of wood stand without flame. Pigs slumber in their pen, tightly packed mounds unmoved by his investigation. Knocking on doors yields no one, so he sets off for home under the fading day. Along the main road, he spots the villagers filing down the ridge. Two-wheel carts break up their procession, pulled by young men and full of…
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