The Unkempt Hole In the Wall—ahem, “The Cushy Corner Tavern”—was filled with sordid types that night. A group of ruffians guffawing in one corner. Watermir land sharks, the ensign guard, over there, discussing the crimes of the day. And three travelers enjoying a late dinner.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 49
There is nothing more to do. Be Easy and allow the Love of All That Is, the Source of All Creation, Flow through you and to you and Be the Outpouring of its most Glorious and Magnificent Expression in Form!
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 48
Gumpelthwomp and Giggazzibar stood back to back, determined to hold on as long as they could for each other. I was in Gumpel’s hand, and while I was above the crowd of monsters, I felt no sense of safety. Any moment the beasts would be upon us. Their gnashing teeth made me shudder, and the real worry that they might chew upon my live body made me want to vomit.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 47
We were completely surrounded. The zombies had us pinned. And worst of all was a couple of the creatures that burst through the walls on the sides. They were giants, turned undead as well. And they moved on us in kind. It was hopeless. We had no way out. There were too many of them.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 46
And then beside me, as unreal as any of it, was the bird. It looked familiar, like that which I’d once met in the labyrinthine hedge maze so long ago. Like the Hermit’s cockatrice, only now it was not yellow but red, and had a lizard tail instead of tail feathers, and it wore two goat-like horns on its head.
The beast ran up beside me with its long taloned legs. It kept pace for some time, seeming to run from a shared enemy. Then it turned its big, beady eyes towards me, opened its beak and “caw-cawed!”
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 45
I didn’t have much time to think as my body reacted to the moment. A tremendous wave loomed overhead…. it seemed a hundred meters high. I stumbled, slanted, across the deck, somehow wishing to escape it by running in the opposite direction. The ship tilted almost completely on its side and I fell face-first on the slippery wood planks.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 44
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The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 43
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The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 42
War was upon us. All our walls, weapons and traps were laid in place. And the forces of darkness descended from all around. There was no going back now. King Dramand did well to not flinch as he witnessed the army of Dral Graf enter the Barrow Lands from every horizon.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 41
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