We may seem the weakest and most insignificant of all the Realms, but our strength comes in other ways. We have what no other race has: imagination. Any one of us, even the lowliest, can...

But time has a way of stealthily deciding a person’s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day that she had come to know her choice.

Some people have many tales. Sometimes they are linked into one big tale, sometimes they are utterly distinct. Most people do not have one at all.

If you did, then the tale would take on a whole new light. Instead of being the journey of Poison from Gull to save her sister, it would be the terrible story of how a...

Ain’t no deserving, or otherwise,’ Silo said, his bass voice rolling out from deep in his chest. ‘There’s what is, and what ain’t, and there’s what you do about it. Regret’s just a way to...

Devil-boy Jack: “A higher power than ours directs us against the wych-kin. There is no turning back.”Thaniel Fox: “There is no higher power, Devil-boy! And I am no-one’s pawn, neither man nor wych nor whatever...

Poison.” he said, deadpan. “That’s an unusual name to give your child. You must love her very much.”She’s a treasure.” Bram agreed, blithely ignoing the sarcasm…..Then went a few dozen feet in silence, until they...

Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever.

Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.

they’re simple stories. Real life is a story, too, only much more complicated. It’s still got a beginning, a middle, and an end. Everyone follows the same rules, you know. . . It’s just that...

They were happy, and free, and the endless sky awaited them. It was enough.

Our heroes have arrived, then,” the stranger said, his voice a soft, bubbly murmur.”Excuse me?” Poison queries.The odd creature put down his rod in a little wooden cradle that rested next to him and got...