For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Beyond the black river, time is not as it is here. The spirit of Joshua looked back on all the generations before him,
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The Book of the Prophet Joshua – Chapter Eight
For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The sun sank beneath the trees. Joshua was one day north of High Jasper. The river bent east before him. He knew this
Continue ReadingThe Book of the Prophet Joshua – Chapter Seven
For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The empty space of the new graveyard yawned across the hillside. The workers cleared it as if generations would lie there, but
Continue ReadingThe Book of the Prophet Joshua – Chapter Six
For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The prophet, his deputy, and the abbess of Bethel met in the House of Justice. It was only a rough cabin, but
Continue ReadingThe Book of the Prophet Joshua – Chapter Five
For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1, 2, 3, 4. The dove came to Rebecca. It met her outside the Great Inn at Nindad and led her to the east. It seemed
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For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1, 2, 3. There is a long, high hill in Hadochee. The people there call it Flower Mountain. Once a boy named Joshua had lived
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For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1, 2. The prophet stood on a high bluff. A hot summer wind stirred the trees below, their myriad hues of green shifting like
Continue ReadingThe Book of the Prophet Joshua – Chapter Two
For earlier chapters in The Book of the Prophet Joshua, look here: 1. Despite the unholy terror which woke the goats with the morning, the flock was calm and compliant as Adam led them out
Continue ReadingThe Swarming in the Dark IX – Paper Goblins
For previous installments, click here. *** Trapped underground, Orsog held the dark at bay with only a guttering torch. He stood in the doorway with his back to an empty chamber, and a horde of
Continue ReadingThe Swarming in the Dark VIII – Hordes and Desperation
When the Goblin War began, it had been a single unarmed clan that raided a merchant caravan. Now almost a dozen clans lined the rim of the bowl-shaped valley, armed and armored in the spoils
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