The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 13 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… “The lady does,” Lot answered, and accepted the black token, tucking it into her bodice. “Draw a card.” The Great Hunger, and The Mercenary were again placed…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 12 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… Below was…perhaps a ceremony, perhaps something else, but either way it seemed they had found the Moth Queen. Like the Gull Queen, she was not as expected. …
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 11 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… “Who shall we accost, then?” Lot asked, while appearing to stare musingly across the elaborately built space. “Will pauper or prince give us better answers?” And indeed,…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 10 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… Reaching the gate at last, in their turn, the five Lazarine faced now one more obstacle before going through. It was the gate-guard, standing just to one…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 9 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… “Could the silver thread have come from the Heart itself?” San whispered to El, remembering that conversation as the five climbed the rusty stairs back up to…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 8 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… “Just a heartbeat,” Lot answered. “It sounded like part of the Trawerler song at first, but then the song stopped and the hearbeat was still there, for…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 7 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… “Alright. Give me a minute,” she answered, a jerk of her small chin to make Lot scooch over, then settled down in her place. Back-to-back with the…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 6 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… Though death was an old, close friend to her by now, still this scene had her greatly unsettled. It shouldn’t have been so, but her skin shuddered…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 5 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… In the black of the river, in the cold, they swam downward, following a clicking, moaning, shuddering song, while Lot breathed in the shape and the swirls…
The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 4 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… They didn’t yet know this city or its people, but that shouldn’t matter. Music always spoke, and in the hands of a half-djinn—in the hands of Du…