A Rouvin the Philosopher Short Story “Sell yourself into slavery,” they said. “It will be good for your career,” they said. Well, Helios had done exactly that, and after fifteen years of unpaid labor, was beginning to think it was a bad idea. His deepest desire, his greatest longing, his lifelong dream, was to become chief stewardContinue reading “Incapable of Reason”
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The Laughing Empress Chapter 9
The Potentially Homicidal Bird-Woman If you would like to support this free ebook, consider sponsoring a chapter. Thank you! Sponsor the next chapter for $10 Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Listen to the audiobook here Philothea stood looking over an open grassy field.Continue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 9”
The Laughing Empress Chapter 8
Philothea Makes a Bad Decision If you would like to support this free ebook, consider sponsoring a chapter. Thank you! Sponsor the next chapter for $10 Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Listen to the audiobook here The wood grew thicker, and the canopy filtered theContinue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 8”
The Laughing Empress Chapter 7
If you would like to support this free ebook, consider sponsoring a chapter. Thank you! Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Listen to the audiobook here Philothea ran for what seemed like forever, even after she was long out of sight of Zeno’s men. Every time she sawContinue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 7”
Next chapter of TLE delayed due to outages
I’m writing this from my phone. Due to Internet and power outages caused by the winter storm in North Carolina, I am unable to prep the next chapter of The Laughing Empress for tomorrow. I will post it next Monday (2/2). Thank you for understanding and stay safe! Katy
The Laughing Empress Chapter 6
Zeno Closes In If you would like to support this free ebook, consider sponsoring a chapter. Thank you! Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Listen to the audiobook here Keeper Ruth had always taught her students to treat creatures with the utmost respect and care. But when Pouli burst intoContinue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 6”
The Laughing Empress Chapter 5
Pouli Explains (Sort of) If you would like to support this free ebook, consider sponsoring a chapter. Thank you! Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Listen to the audiobook here The poof filled the whole cave with white smoke and when it cleared Pouli the man was nowhere to be seen. StandingContinue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 5”
The Laughing Empress Chapter 4
The Potentially Homicidal Bird-man If you would like to support this free ebook, consider sponsoring a chapter. Thank you! Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Listen to the audiobook here The very first thing Pouli did when he had come down the hill was snatch the few blackberries out of Philothea’s hand and popContinue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 4”
The Laughing Empress Chapter 3
Pouli If you would like to support this free ebook, consider sponsoring a chapter. Thank you! Previous chapters: Chapter One Chapter Two Listen to the audiobook here. Follow the river upstream until you come to a waterfall. Then continue east to the house of Pouli. “More detail would be helpful,” Zoe remarked as she read KeeperContinue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 3”
The Laughing Empress Chapter 2
The Emperor Causes a Scene Special thanks to all the people who made this free ebook possible: Emily Deady, Amelia Leedom, Mary Pelchat, and Marta Suer! Listen to the audiobook here. Read chapter 1 here. Philothea and Zoe entered the temple by one of the side doors and crept through the dark corridors toward theContinue reading “The Laughing Empress Chapter 2”
The Fables of Para Sympan 