It’s the first time she’s ever been on a field trip to meet a god and Mary was still trying to work out if she even believed in the premise. “Oh, hey, you’re early.” The god in question was in the middle of making bread, but paused to pass the task off to his assistant […]

You can’t save everyone. It was one of the first things they taught you as a Shephard, and one of few lessons that had made it into the morning prayers. “–and welcome those who’ve lost their way.” Two years, give or take, since she’d taken up the role, and she could still count her losses […]

A week was a long time to wait for anything, but when you’re sitting around twiddling your thumbs and waiting for rescue… it seemed like forever. The most frustrating part was their unexpected week of ‘vacation’ could easily be considered good luck. After all they Marion and Kid patrolled the same pass on their winter […]

Wynne wasn’t sure what she’d expected, after all she’d never been out of the city back in her world, but it certainly wasn’t the rambling white-washed expanse of the Sheppard’s compound. The Sheppard in charge of Wynne’s group was busy chattering on about the various spells and handiwork that had gone into the complex. Everything […]

It’s a fantasy world corrupted. Oh don’t look at me like that, it is. I’m sure at some point it was all cottages and farmsteads and unnaturally clean and chipper townsfolk, but take a look around, it’s Clarke’s Third Law reversed. Who needs technology when you have magic? Every person that falls through a portal […]