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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 12h

If you've recently signed up, the first round of emails just went out! For those that were in the first round of recruitment, this week's prompts were sent out on Wednesday so check spam if you don't see anything! 🫡

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 3h

You can still donate here as well! However, I would highly recommend picking up a book from the Mercari shop on my pinned post!! #mutualaid

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 3h

I feel the need to point out, bc Bsky has tried to claim all day that 'Pope critcizes AI art' is trending, that Chicago Pope did no such thing. He drew a sharp distinction BETWEEN art and images regurgitated by a machine. So deceptive, that misstatement

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 4h

#AwesomeCharacters Well in Erosion this has to go to Jad, but not bc he's erratic: everyone's confused about his motives and character, so the problem is their expectations. Later? Probably 'Chacha. She's quiet and shy but has hidden depths

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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Autumn is upon us. Do you have enough books to get you through? As the days darken and the nights grow longer, find your way into the darkness with us in this amazing deal with THIRTY-SEVEN books for only $10!! itch.io/b/3876/we-ha...

Text reads: $10 itch dot i o. We have always been in the darkness. 37 Horror e-books, visual novels, & narrative games. Queer character, themes, and/or authors. Darkness is familiar, to people like us. Those who told themselves they own the daylight may have done their best to deny we exist...

Image of dark forest that fades from deep blue to blood red containing shadowy figures towards the bottom with glowing eyes. Text colors range from red at top, to gold, to white on the lower half. The words 'We' and 'Queer' are in rainbow.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 9h

Rofl one - but only one - of the jalapenos the guy got to garnish this pho is proper hot, so every time you eat a slice it's Russian roulette

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 10h

There's a new edition of THE HOBBIT & it's the one illustrated by Tove Jansson which has never been published in English before. (It was pub'd in Sweden where Astrid Lindgren picked her to do the illustrations!) Read more: tovejansson.com/hobbit-tolki... 📖 www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Tove Jansson's cover for THE HOBBIT with a very Jansson-esque Bilbo holding a shield and axe with mountains behind, Smaug flying overhead, and the line of riding dwarves as tiny silhouettes behind.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 10h

Man's eternal struggle: get up and eat lunch or continue cuddling cat while growing hungrier?

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 10h

#OctoberWorldbuilders Yes, but. Like everywhere in Haludar Ishishai, the number of people living outside the city(s) is vanishing bc the yerulo want to maximize their remaining territory, both what's cultivated or otherwise in use by people, and what's wilderness. The district of Mozaa Karphel that

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 11h

#Conlangity My browser closed and erased my first attempt at a post 😵 Anywho. I wanted Dowk to have a harsh sound to it (it's angry-language!) but what came out the other side has a breathiness and fluidity to it that was unexpected. This is partly down to the sounds I chose but I think

Screenshot showing a list of IPA symbols. The consonants are mostly the ones familiar to an English speaker, including both Th's, but there's no R. There is a tap-R, as well as both voiced and voiceless uvular fricatives.
The list of vowels is rather short and limited mostly to front and back sounds.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 13h

#LitHodgepodge Erosion is already about chaotic amateur detectives, and the thought of just how much damage Rithucaride and Phryne Fisher could do in a team-up is terrifying

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Chills, Thrills and Kills October Itchio book sale is live! We've got ghosts, goblins and gothic tales! Witches, warlocks and werewolves! Demons, dreams and Hallowe'en themes! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally watching Devil Wears Prada. Idk how I never got around to it before, I had a sub to Vogue for YEARS

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

To recap: I had to invent a new game for both cats this week, each for their own reasons, and they both love their new games enough to request them from Tall Dad as well as me ⭐ for me

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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 02/10/2026

"I'm furry and covered in blood? What are you talking about?" - Unawarewolf

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Check out my new urban fantasy! 🔪 murder mystery 🧚‍♂️ badass faerie people 🔥 fuck capitalism 🕵️ corporate espionage 🌇 amazing magical city books2read.com/book-Erosion mcburnell.itch.io/erosion

the cover of a book called Erosion by MC Burnell shows a bespectacled man in winter gear walking through a landscape of dirty snow and garbage. Behind him, a fabulous city in vivid pink appears to erupt out of the aurora.
“Think there’s nothing in the world worth fighting for? What about the world next door?”
Available Everywhere.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#OctoberWorldbuilders I'm going to be contrary and talk about the OTHER desert, Renkepi. It's high-altitude and highly geologically active, so lots of dazzling rainbow pools of toxic water and a boss volcano. Cold, bright, and very dry. So, beautiful, alien, and hostile

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#SFFChat Thank you so much for the questions! This was fun! I have a novella coming out NEXT WEEK! If you want a cozy horror MM fantasy romance, check out The Witch of the Wood! Universal: books2read.com/u/bw6gwP Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/the-witch-of...

The cover of The Witch of the Wood by Alex Larkspur surrounded by trope arrows.
MM Fantasy Romance
Novella
A Spooky Forest
A Search of a Witch
Fast Burn
Breaking a Curse

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ELwolfsblood |Author/Artist| @elwolfsblood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#SFFchat Go read @applesncinnamon.bsky.social Upcoming cozy horror the Witch of the Wood! It’s coming up in just a few days. After that check out The Witch of Eden Hollow by @theeldervampire.bsky.social Also upcoming in just a few days. & then if you have time come check out Thawing the Line 💙

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FenrirKin | ᚛ᚈᚆᚓᚔ ᚈᚆᚓᚋ᚜ @fenrirkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oathsworn: The Nameless is an urban fantasy/folk horror about the Fae, found family, and freedom. New chapters go up every Sunday on my Patreon, and you can read the whole thing (and everything else!) for just £1 a month! www.patreon.com/collection/1... #SFFChat

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Oathsworn: The Nameless | Collection from Winters Tales | 28 posts | Patreon

The first book of my in-progress trilogy. NOTE: Oathsworn is a horror/urban fantasy work intended for adults, and as such will contain themes and scenes…

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SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#SFFChat

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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hey, #SFFChat! I have a Backerkit campaign to bring #EchoSight to print! If you like fungal horror, dragons, phoenix shapeshifters, great pacing & mystery, give it a shot! And if you want a taste before you buy? My author website (in bio) has all my links, including the first 3 chapters on Patreon!

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Get notified when Echo Sight Physical Release launches on BackerKit!

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks Steve :) Phengaris available at payhip.com/b/58paC Parch Marks, SF that did sneak in some folk horror (marginalised and spiritually radicalised rural settlers in creepy masks in the Pennines) available here: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... #SFFChat Image courtesy of @marywyrd.bsky.social

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Eco horror - Phengaris
Cli Fi - Parch Marks.

Phengaris has a cover image of a, butterfly made of rusted parts

Parch Marks features markings of ferns on dried earth.

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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you for hosting!! #SFFChat Do what you need to for chat time, no worries ❤️ My upcoming novel comes out in about a WEEK!! That's so surreal bsky.app/profile/thee...

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Pherul doesn't laugh often and it tends to be wry or self-conscious. Rithu laughs more, but there's often an edge of cynicism. If you do get them to laugh for real, everyone is going to join in bc they've got that charisma to them

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads is perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! All by incredible indie authors! itch.io/b/3904/chill... [ #booksky ]

Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#SFFChat Hm. It's funny how almost all of the ones that come to mind involve deep water... Tie-breaker! Zimanges, the heist, my MC is climbing a thousand-ft-tall ladder and his foot slips. It's not high-concept or eldritch but does mark the worst I have ever upset myself while imagining a

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thirdmonti.bsky.social @thirdmonti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#SFFChat Outro: thanks for hosting Steve! Moving to Friday will likely make my life easier 😄 As to something I’d like shared, the wonderful art i received from @drdfllb.bsky.social of my boys 🥰 (No I’m not done sharing this yet, I’m too happy with it) bsky.app/profile/drdf...

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#SFFChat Idk if it's shelved as horror, but the book that scared me most, ever, is Sphere. Other Kingdoms by Richard Matheson is what got me into faeries. I was like... 'I thought they were pink and glittery WTF' and went down a rabbit hole I never came back out of

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#SFFChat It's an area where spec fic gets to spread its wings. Show off. We don't just deal in piddling metaphors, we can make the nightmares real. There's probably a serious answer to this question but my brain is just going ball pool! ball pool! How weird can we make something?!

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#SFFChat Yo! Jeremy here, writer of fantasy! I watched The Birds as a kid and was scared off horror for (checks notes) practically ever. My favorite monsters are anything in the fae arena. Weird rules. Beautiful but cruel. Like nature. Might kidnap me if I can find the right mushroom circle

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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

anyone else feel like this

A digital illustration of a quetzalcoatlus perched on telephone wires among a flock of crows

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Started as a little study and became another one of the 'Secret Society of Unpractical Headpieces in Space' series (that still does not exist) 🪐

Illustration by Eleonor Piteira showing a black woman with an elaborate golden headpiece. Her hair is curly and long, she's wearing a dress, and gold and blue make up on her eyes. She is framed by a circle and behind her there is a space view with a star and small planets.

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L.L. Stephens @triempery.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Triempery Revelations series is complete! Six books of fantasy on an epic scale! Curious about what lies within the pages? Here's a glimpse. Available at all Forest Path Books (paper books get the ebook included) or at all bookstores.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We've got ghosts, goblins and gothic tales! Witches, warlocks and werewolves! Demons, dreams and Hallowe'en themes! Book sizes range from short stories to longer, full-length novels filled with all the autumn and magical vibes! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#WIPSnips 'injury' Kind of a gruesome one here, watch out chaps from Bells Begin to Ring, The Tipping World vol 8

From almost the moment they got underway, they were finding bodies, which was puzzling. Their foes had taken virtually no losses before Alia upended their cavalry. That an army fleeing in a panic might cast aside its injured to fend for themselves, he could comprehend, but where were the injured coming from? There hadn’t been any, so far as he knew. It made it easier to find their path, macabre though that was, because the snow was swiftly refilling the channel gouged by the tramp of hurrying feet. It was Wetha who found an explanation, and he could have wished he never learned the truth.
She’d been assigned the left-hand flank, and it was there she found the soldier whose throat had been cut. He couldn’t have suffered that injury at the hands of Sefan’s army and just been walking around for a period of hours before it caught up with him: it had happened in the place where he fell. His clothing was threadbare, thin-soled his shoes, cheeks hollow: a peasant. A conscript. Someone who hadn’t signed up for this and might have reached a point where he was no longer willing to go on marching through a blizzard in service to a cause that wasn’t his.
Marseviks didn’t convey this theory to the army marching at his back, but he was aware of the enlisted men listening in as he discussed it with his mages. It passed from mouth to mouth, and he observed the seething rage in the men behind him while he wondered at this twist. He didn’t know any of their opponents personally; Sefan’s enmity toward these people had progressed to a point where he had ceased to socialize with them by the time Marseviks set foot on their soil. Still, he knew his friend’s opinion of them. Short-sighted and self-centered, he had said, unwilling to face the ugly truth of what their actions did to other people. It was a far cry from murdering people face-to-face for the crime of being tired.

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 01/10/2026

Preorders for Project Tasman are finally live! Want to get your copy of the dystopian psychological thriller where a woman stuck in a government experiment has to choose who close to her lives and dies? Get your copy now! Full list of retailers below. #booksky 🌈🚀💫 #bsnm 🌈📚 gorlskiss.com

A black and white cityscape viewed from a rooftop. White text is overlayed reading "Society has abandoned us". Then, below in bright pink text is "embrace yuri" and "preorder now" "gorlskiss.com"

A book cover for the book Project Tasman by S. Morgan Burbank. A woman with dark brown hair is free falling in front of a group of green, blue, and purple lights. She is wearing a blue zip-up hoodie and a black t-shirt along with blue jeans. She has black eyeglasses, as well as piercings on her right eyebrow and nose. She is watching a number of poker chips -- one each purple, red, yellow, black, and blue -- falling through the air near her. A sixth chip is resting in her right hand, this one colored white.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#WritingQ I'd choose Japhet from Foreign Sorcerer, altho he is 8 inches taller than me. He's always wearing a waistcoat with matching cravat and a stickpin that matches his coat's buttons. Gleaming knee-high leather boots. He also has 19 orange sapphire studs in his left ear so... pretty obvious

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Conlangity The yerulo have 3 languages, Dowk, Huitalizh, Lethtalon. I'm probably going to talk mostly about Dowk bc it's the only language the human character speaks, so the faeries are forced to use it to communicate with him despite that often being hella weird.

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had to invent a new game on the fly for Fiona this week bc her brother wanted to watch her play and parked himself right in the middle of the pitch where he was RUINING EVERYTHING. It is now the only game she wants to play with me, so go me!

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 01/10/2026

Halloween month! I'm totally sure what I'll be drawing this year, but it'll *probably* be animals. Maybe skulls. I'll figure it out soon If you like behind the scenes of art, or getting mail, I've got a few different tiers (path and gate are posts, earth & higher is mail!) patreon.com/fallenlights

ad image for the artist's patreon. One side has the info for sketch art in the mail for twenty dollars, two spots available. The other is an example of halloween art. A crow with extra eyes in pencil.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Chills, Thrills and Kills October Itchio book sale is live!!! Get this amazing deal of October-themed reads that'll last you until next year! 80+ books for just $69! Less than a dollar a book and all the jokes you can make about the price! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic 2 for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 01/10/2026

October is here, pumpkins are near, and it's time for some chills, thrills, and kills! You can snag 93 books for a nice $69 dollars to celebrate the spookiest of seasons. One of which is The Backwards Knight, so do not miss out! itch.io/b/3904/chill... #BookSky

CHILLS, THRILLS, & KILLS graphic with an orange background with the silhouette of creepy trees, a pumpkin, and a large moon. The text details information about the sale and reads:
96 books for $69
A very big and spooky bundle of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year's Hallowe'en Season!
hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Books! Get your books here!! #BookSky #WritingCommunity

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A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's October - and there's a great lineup of new releases coming this month! You can view the full post here: ajcalvin.net/the-indie-au... (There are a lot of amazing titles! I'll tag the authors in the comments.) #booksky #newreleases #indiebooks #comingsoon

The Indie Author Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror New Release List: October 2026
Promo image features:
Her Bloody Vengeance by NC Scrimgeour
Children of Wrath by Cheyenne Brammah
The Ruin of Rage and Reckonings by Steven Pannett
Forest of Stone by Emma L Adams

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I need a strategy to deal with prompt games. They're so fun, but I always fall off halfway through the month for one reason or another. Maybe if I sit down day one, figure out all my answers...?

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 01/10/2026

Four hours left. Get yourself some punk while the gettin' is good! 🤩

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

5 hours left! FOMO isn't very punk: get this bitchin bundle while you still can

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WIPSnips 'guard' Whoops! Funny story, Mar's solution ends up being 'pls just actually escape, we don't have time to deal with this nonsense administratively' from Tally the Betrayers, The Tipping World vol 6

“Lieutenant Horus Menek,” he supplied. “I’m in charge, and I’m also the one who just killed Lord Kanheidrallein, probably I’m the one you want. What say you let the rest of my people go home, and I’ll go with you like you want?”
The man agonized over it, but he had to give in, both of them knew that. Horus’s people could kill all of his, and why should he take a heroic last stand when he could take a little less of a stand and live to see the dawn? He gave the order to back off a little from the front of the house where the Mage Corps was trapped. The mages were upset, but Horus wasn’t worried; the obvious thing to do was run straight back to the Hazetherine and tell Mage Ivantreste everything, and he’d know what to do. If not now, then soon.
Horus himself was dragged into the middle of this broad, tree-lined lane, where he couldn’t hardly move for all the nauseous, frightened men trying to pretend how they was neither of those things. They decided they needed to put manacles on him, and he let them and didn’t bother to point out that he could just have the things off again if he felt like it. Tonight’d gave him a clear understanding how much he scared Un- folk, and if he freaked these guardsmen out, might be someone would lose their head. He wasn’t ever going to let someone hit him again now he’d got over the habit of ducking his head and stepping back, but that’d put him in the middle of the bloodbath he was trying to avoid.
Clanking like a smithy, he climbed into the bed of the cart they’d brought along and sat down. Was a man on either side of him each gripping his upper arm tight enough it was uncomfortable. In the midst of his crowd of a hundred jailors, he trundled off into the night, wondering how long he’d got to sit in a cell pretending he couldn’t escape before the mage could sort this out.

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