A Rat on the Back, Part 2
"A play about invisible rats? Is that really what you think the children need? Most of them are appropriately terrified of the regular ones. They don't need nightmares about invisible ones."
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A collection of 49 posts
A Rat on the Back, Part 1
"So not just a wild rat. A rat that can fly?" Tilly said. "A rat that can disappear?"
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The Flying Wind, Part 4
"What's down there?" "Um Wim, Wimmy old pal. Can I call you Wimmy? You're probably better off not knowing."
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The Flying Wind, Part 3
"I need more, though." He said. He raised his voice with each sentence. "I've worked these mines for years. You've given me many a warning. But we need more. More than just being warned away from the worst. We need a miracle."
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The Flying Wind, Part 2
"Wim? Is that you? Well, come in and tell me what went wrong after you stable that filthy beast."
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The Flying Wind, Pt 1
Another crack, this one louder and echoing. Timbers creaked. Eyes wide, Wim dashed up the mine. He nearly impaled his left shoulder with his pickaxe in a frenzied rush. Behind him, lumber snapped and rock roared into the shaft.
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The First and Last Tax Man in Thimblecross, Part 5
Laughter and the light of candles spilled carelessly from the inn into the thick fog, but a familiar, pale figure with well-trimmed nails stood between me and the merriment I meant to dismantle.
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The First and Last Tax Man in Thimblecross, Part 4
“This is your final tribute, Fetterly. Do you understand?”
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Collected Stories from the Stitched Realms
Free, novel-length web serial + completed short stories
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The First and Last Tax Man in Thimblecross, Part 3
"Tell me, Mr. Jolly, how did you come to be in possession of Harrow Castle? Or rather, should we call it the Black Castle again, since the Harrows are no longer with us?"
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The First and Last Tax Man in Thimblecross, Part 2
Ambrose Fetterly was sprinting down the street, yowling, pursued by an enormous dust cloud. In moments, the dust cloud chasing our accounting gadfly resolved itself...
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The First and Last Tax Man in Thimblecross, Part 1
"Well, if there’s no… object of particular interest in town, I suppose I will simply have to do an appraisal. A very thorough appraisal."
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The Dolly in the Trunk, Part 3
Did you think the story over, gentle reader? Or perhaps you and a few clever folks realized Ellie wasn’t telling the truth when she said that she left her dolly in Jasper and Corbin’s workshop. This final part of “The Dolly in the Trunk” reveals Ellie’s motivations,
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The Dolly in the Trunk, Part 1
Sometimes, dear reader, the flesh is willing, but the spirit is weak. Such may be said for Hoddin Nutterlin. Hoddin the merchant has the kindest disposition of any man in Thimblecross. Since his wife and child died, he often fills his lonely hours with a kind word or minor act
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Last week, gentle reader, we skimmed through the dark and Harrowing history of Thimblecross, with the grand opening of Jasper Harrow's circus turning mysteriously becoming his final act. The town of Thimblecross continued to dwindle with the disappearance of the last Harrow. Now, some say there are more
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