Kira sat in the driver’s seat of the same wagon they’d been traveling on for months. Fidgeting their hooves, the horses that had accompanied them on their journey nervously began clopping down the street after the long winter season during which they hadn’t borne any carriages at all. Sighing and patting their manes, she held the reins loosely to signal …

At last, Grra found the target of whom the wind had whispered. Bumbling along in his snowy domain, they were a group of three humans wrapped tightly in fur coats. Grra sniffed the air, sensing their auras. His nose wrinkled as he realized they had some type of charm to ward off the native ambient ice mana. Pfeh. Weaklings who …

Grra the Yeti lived a simple life. This morning he’d said goodbye to his wife and kid and left to go hunting. In fact, he had been feeling rather hopeful and promised his son, Yrgg the Yeti, that he’d even try to bring back some human flesh. While a human bystander would probably have been unable to understand the rapid …

Poking James, Nora gave him a once-over. While she had seen him during the day before, this was the first time when she’d been able to unabashedly stare at him. “I’m coming with you.” “Are you sure? It might not be safe…” James half-heartedly tried to dissuade her, even though he knew it was futile, and to be honest, wanted …

Nora looked over the small house owned by her cousin Gorgox, that was currently being lent to her new husband. In this subpar neighborhood, the odors of subpar living conditions and some less than legal substances leaked from a few houses. She scrunched her nose. Of course, Gorgox would force them to move here in his anger after being tricked. …

Stretching in bed, Nora awoke from a gentle dream of what had happened the night before. It all still seemed like a dream that she had yet to wake up from. She had always wanted to be with a man, and neither what she had previously done in the privacy of her room nor taking a secret trip to the …

Kable rested a gentle hand, his only remaining biological limb, on the sketch hanging on the wall of his office. Nearly twenty years had passed since the memorial had been made of when he and his two friends had worked for the stranger to produce that marvelous machine. While he’d aged and gone on to do many great things, that …

After the award ceremony came a congratulatory celebration at Kornor’s place. A strangely excited Gorgox came along as the sponsor, but Kira, Diana, and Howard had to remain behind. While they had been a bit disappointed, the excitement of James’s victory and his personal promise that he would celebrate with them as well later quelled their complaints. Nevertheless, despite the …

Kira, Diana, and Howard gathered around the guest area for the ceremony occurring a month after James had been locked inside the warehouse. Based on the fact that James’s warehouse hadn’t ever started smoking, they weren’t too concerned about his safety despite how trouble often seemed to follow him. To be honest though, by this point, the two young women …

James examined at the three. Without the briefest bit of hesitation, two of the three each handed the middle one a pair of coins. James chuckled. “I bet you’re thinking those are the worst coins you’ve ever made. Well, I guess I might as well tell you that I got roped into this as well. Name’s James. Who are you …