Peter stood back up. ‘Well, that was a perfectly useless conversation,’ he said with a sigh. Now, there is a wonderful thing in this world called ‘foresight.’ It is a gift treasured above all others...

The Victorian era was perhaps the last point in Western history when magic and science were allowed to coexist.

Runnin’s not a bad thing, sir, so long as you’re runnin’ towards somethin’ good.

Stories come in all different kinds.” Hester scooted closer, clearly enjoying the subject at hand. “There’s tales, which are light and fluffy. Good for a smile on a sad day. Then you got yarns, which...

A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens ’em. And a lie does the opposite. It helps you hide.

A well-spun tale can transport listeners away from their humdrum lives and return them with an enlarged sense of the world. (Peter Nimble)

Peter had spent his whole life in a town where fights were either drunken and friendly, or silent and petty. True war was foreign to him. He thought of how scared and confused he had...