Tag: Stories
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Old No-Eyes
The ceramic cup was hot enough to burn his hands, but Yute sucked the tea through his teeth anyway, letting the steam fill his throat. There was a phrase he’d heard, “lying through your teeth,” which meant lying while you grinned. It made him smile to think of that. Most of the teeth in his…
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Debts Unpaid
After disgracing herself by losing her first, pivotal duel, a young swordswoman named Ryna is forced to serve as a bodyguard for an unscrupulous necromancer called Sozu to pay off her own ransom. Amidst the noise and smoke of the noodle bar, Ryna’s eyes flickered between the drunk slurring to himself near the door, the…
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The Lotus Gambit
In the freezing depths of a secluded prison, a blind, silver-tongued criminal named Yute challenges Shiro, his ambitious but frustrated jailer, to an impossible bet: he claims he can beat her at a game without seeing the board or pieces. Yute woke to the sound of screaming. He sat bolt upright from the floor of…