from On The Subject Of Dragons a sequel to On The Subject Of Trolls as told by Aelfraed of Cirneceaster Dragons. People always ask me about dragons. They always seem to be far more interested in dragons than they are in trolls, but I think dragons are the much less…

Also called ‘Othoral and Hiadmath’ There were once two people, by the names of Othoral and Hiadmath, who lived in a small house in the countryside. …

There was once a great empire. This great empire was vast — reaching from the pine-covered mountains of Arennia in the west, to the golden beaches and azure reefs of Marcanne in the east, from the freshwater lakes of Belgamon in the north, to the apple orchards and apiaries of…

There was once a great city. Hundreds of thousands of people lived in this city. But the people were divided into two groups: the Many, and the Few. For the Few, life in this great city was wonderful, for the Few were very wealthy. They lived in grand houses on…

The Emperor had an enormous penis. That’s what he said, at least. Only the Empress and the Emperor’s concubines — all eighty-eight of them — had ever actually seen it, and they dutifully repeated the Emperor’s own claims about it. And the Emperor himself repeated his claims every chance he…