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The Plentiful Powers of Pigeons

When Beth found him, he was pushing against a freestanding concrete wall. She watched him struggle a bit before she spoke.

“Last time I checked, pigeons don’t have super-strength,” she said.

Startled, Sam turned around. He immediately recovered himself, took the hands-on-hips pose, and said, “Hello, good citizen. What can I do for you?”

Sam was dressed in a pigeon costume.

Being that he was a pretty tall guy, he made for a very large pigeon.

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Forge of the Forsaker

We are descended from a powerful people. So it is said. The most powerful our world has ever known. Their might unmatched. Their domain unending. Their eyes all-seeing.

I am nothing next to them. I am a blade of grass underfoot. A mayfly blinking in and out of existence.

A mortal.

But today I will discover if there are forces in the world mightier than the gods.

For today is the day I bring them down.

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The Sovereign of Bevoneberg

She was never seen. Neither face nor form. Some say it was because she was so beautiful that the queen and king feared she would inspire terrible and unrelenting envy. Others said the opposite was true. She was hideous, deformed. She was never heard. Neither wit nor word. Some said there was no princess, and therefore, no suitable heir. For the queen and king had had another child, but he was only a son.

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