A Winter Solstice Sun
Puu walked quickly over the frozen ground. No sun yet, but his arboreal eyes didn’t need sunlight to see. He shook snow from his needles and pressed on.
Few animals lived [...]
In The Grove of Sickle Grass
“Greetings, Meljin!” Timn’s cousin hailed him with the false name as they entered the grove of sickle grass.
Timn answered, speaking loudly though Cran was now close beside him. “Hello, Ronalin.”
Timn [...]
The Ship of Silk on the Calmest Sea (A Fable from the Forgotten South)
The bars of the prison were invisible. They had been there so long that Tima no longer thought of them, seldom remembered that they were there, except in her dreams. [...]