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Tag Archives: Thaylan
The Killing Place: Postscript
The other week I posted the concluding part of my novella ‘The Killing Place’. I hope everyone enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It’s a story that was a long time in coming, an idea I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Action-Adventure, Armour, Calador, Dark Fantasy, Evling, Fantasy Fiction, Free fantasy, Free fiction, Grimdark, Merrick, Novella, Online Writing, Postscript, Seagrave, Seatown, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, Wielding, Writing
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The Killing Place: Part 9 – Absolution
The boat had survived somehow – her design, perhaps. Others were smashed and broken but theirs was still moored, tied to the remnants of the quay. She’d laid him gently next to the tiller, feathers and all – he wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Ballista, Cadmus, Dark Fantasy, Escape, Ethan Reilly, Evling, Fantasy Fiction, Free fantasy, Free fiction, Grimdark, Hostur, Merrick, Novella, Seagrave, Seatown, Ship, Short story, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, The Killing Place, Wielding
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The Killing Place: Part 8 – Something New
It was while he was climbing out of the wreckage that he saw the shape of things: the way everything had gone, unexpectedly and inexplicably, and how it couldn’t have gone any other way – he had been led about, … Continue reading
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Tagged Calador, Chosen, Dark Fantasy, Empire, Ethan Reilly, Evling, Fantasy Fiction, Free fantasy, Free fiction, Grimdark, Merrick, Seagrave, Seatown, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, The Killing Place, Wielding
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The Killing Place: Part 7 – Wielding
Something was wrong: he could feel it. She sensed it too. At the last second she stopped, turned her head. He turned with her, caught sight of Thaylan an instant before he gave the signal. Then they were surrounded. Archers … Continue reading
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Tagged Archer, Armour, Arrow, Dark Fantasy, Escape, Ethan Reilly, Evling, Fantasy, Free fantasy, Free fiction, Gladiator, Grimdark, Magic, Merrick, Seagrave, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, The Killing Place, Wielding, Wound
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The Killing Place: Part 6 – A Trap is Set…
The Nauticans believed that all things came from the sea, and must needs return there. Thaylan believed something similar, though he did not worship the tides, or the God Beneath the Waves, or whoever it was the western islanders felt … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambush, Armour, Dark Fantasy, Dogheart, Evling, Fantasy Fiction, Free fantasy, Free fiction, Grimdark, Landsgard, Merrick, Seagrave, Seatown, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, The Killing Place, Trap, Wielding
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The Killing Place: Part 5 – Evling
He’d suffered so many wounds in the past that he’d begun to believe pain held no more surprises for him. He’d been wrong. The further they went, the worse it got. He’d seen men with broken backs, shattered spines, heard … Continue reading
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Tagged Armour, Cadmus, Calador, Dark Fantasy, Dogheart, Evling, Fantasy, Free fantasy, Free fiction, Grimdark, Landsgard, Merrick, Novella, Pursuit, Seagrave, Serial, Shield, Sternsword, Storm, Sword, Thaylan, The Killing Place, Wielding
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The Killing Place: Part 4 – The Hunt Begins…
Once when he was young and just come into his power, Thaylan had been invited to attend a celebration: one of the Old Seatown families was throwing a feast to commemorate the coming-of-age of some poor bastard or the other, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chosen, Dark Fantasy, Death, Dogheart, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Fire, Free fiction, Genre Fiction, Grimdark, Hunt, Merrick, Pulp Fiction, Seagrave, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, Wielder, Wielding
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The Killing Place: Part 3 – Memories & Escape
He’d thought about bursting in, killing them both there and then. Staring through the keyhole, crouched in the hallway, he’d fought to keep his anger in check, his hand on his sword, feeling the familiar weight, knowing its effectiveness. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Brothel, Combat, Dark Fantasy, Escape, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Fire, Free fiction, Grimdark, Imperia, Karah Deep, Mercenary, Merrick, Regret, Rescue, Revenge, Seagrave, Shield, Spear, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, The Killing Place, Vengeance, Warfare and Conflict, Whip, Wound
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The Killing Place: Part 2 – The Fleshdealer
When he was ten years old Thaylan had killed his first man. His name hadn’t been Thaylan then, it had been Lerce, and his older brother was Ruch. He’d stabbed him in the neck with a rusted spike he’d been … Continue reading
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Tagged Armour, Blood, Dark Fantasy, Dogheart, Eamon Rath, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Free fiction, Genre, Gladiator, Grimdark, Magic, Malach, Merrick, Pulp, Pulp Fiction, Seagrave, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, Unpublished, Whip, Wielding
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The Killing Place: Part 1 – Sternsword
Merrick stood and watched the storm gather in the west: it reminded him of the past, of raging battles. He’d fought at the Honurian Fields, and beneath the walls of Karah Deep, and even in the ruins of Calador, surrounded … Continue reading
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Tagged Armour, Axe, Combat, Crossbow, Dagger, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Free fiction, Grimdark, Larrus, Magic, Merrick, Novella, Publication, Revenge, Seagrave, Short story, Speculative Fiction, Sternsword, Sword, Thaylan, Unpublished, Vengeance
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