Fiction
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Procession of the Firefly King
When the Firefly Kingdom falls dark and loses the ability to light their beloved King’s final journey, an unlikely trio of misfits—a water-fearing duck, a star-gazing mole, and a bat afraid of heights and the dark—must combine their unique quirks to brave the night and rekindle the light. Continue reading
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Why Cat is Afraid of Water
“Remember that summer I got my nickname at that tournament? That was the same summer I learned the truth about why cats don’t like water.” Continue reading
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The Seed Inside the Fruit
Long after the Seventh Prophecy, the world of the Two-Legged is gone, drowned beneath rising, toxic seas. Now, an elder of the water-kin shares a relic of the time-before—a preserved jar of peaches—and a story of lost kinship, a changing world, and the stubborn seed of hope meant for the surface world’s return. Continue reading
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Heads and Tails at Red Dawg’s
Paul was already there when we pulled in. Forty years and the sonofabitch still looked the same. I’d gone gray at the temples. Frizzy hair that couldn’t make up its mind between aging well or just giving up. Paul never changes. That’s the deal. Continue reading
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