by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 10, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Heart Of The World – Snippet 07 The canal had run dry, but down the middle of it now a little stream began to flow, a dark trickle. He had a momentary idea of the whole city bleeding. The air smelled bitter. Shimmering red, the sun was sinking down into a...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 10, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Marked Territory – Snippet 07 “That doesn’t affect me one way or the other, of course. But there’s the risk that if you get poked you come on down to see me. Now I’ve got a big damn alley cat with a grudge turning up on my turf looking...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 10, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 07 “Then we must go to Philadelphia, and perfect the world.” Chapter Two Sarah looked upon the veil of her goddess’s temple and saw. She looked from the inside, a vantage point she had held for weeks. She sat on the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 10, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 07 Chapter 4: Decisions The General’s coaches in the lead, the wagons slowly left the churchyard, no longer a collection of worshippers but a silent funeral procession. Hoping to remain unobtrusive, especially to his family,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 7, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Heart Of The World – Snippet 06 The crash brought him up out of his sleep like a shocked bird. It was dark. The moon shone down into the courtyard in a silver flood but the far wall was in a pit of shadow. Something was shrieking, across the way, venting tiny...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 7, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 06 His comment finally wiped the sadness from her face. Her brow wrinkled in disapproval, her mouth twisted like Aliceia’s when she scolded him. “You should not think such of yourself. Peto considered you a great friend....
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 7, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Marked Territory – Snippet 06 “He tried to kill me, Bear!” Swipes protested, all but screeching as he made his way to his feet. “Scraps will tell you, he saw the whole thing!” Bear glanced over at Scraps, who had a scrape from how...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 7, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 06 Mesh nodded. The dagger’s blade was pocked with lines of dots, forged into the metal. “So long ago that many years fails as a description. We were lords of the Ohio so long ago that the stars were different. The children...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 5, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Marked Territory – Snippet 05 I glanced over and saw a bright orange tabby lounging on a stack of boxes just beneath a hot air vent. Her coat was thick, but it had that rough look that told me she took care of it mostly on her own. Her eyes were a sparkling...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 5, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 05 Chapter 3: A Revelation The GranMalo towered over them all, more than eight meters tall, and so close that Davin could smell the rotten remains of its past butchery, hear the wind of its nostrils, feel the darkness of this...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 5, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Heart Of The World – Snippet 05 Made of fitted stones, the bank sloped easily at first but then turned steep, and he slipped and slid most of the way, grabbing for handholds on the rough wall. Halfway down the dry stone vanished under slick wet green weed,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 5, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 05 The giant frowned. “That was an error of judgment. When he sneaked into my camp, I believed I had been outwitted. I jumped to the conclusion that he, and you, were my enemies. I know now that I was mistaken.” “That...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 3, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 04 “And to count. Though with hands as large and ungainly as mine, it is difficult to take only the hair.” Mesh reached into the large sack hanging from his belt and produced a man’s head. He raised it by its long...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 3, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 04 Me? Dave felt dumbfounded, as his friends stared, goggle-eyed. Before smart-alec Angelo could comment, he said deprecatingly, “Perhaps those two years at Academy did me a bit of good after all.” “All of you did...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 3, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Heart Of The World – Snippet 04 Around Daud the people sank down, their voices failed. A low moan rose from them. Daud was gasping for breath. A prickle of terror ran down his back. He wheeled around, and ran. He kept running, his breath a fire in his lungs. He...
