fantasy
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Hemidactylum verdigris was first identified as an isolated hibernating colony uprooted by early spring construction in the northern Appalachian mountains. The bright blue bellies and tails of the salamanders prompted the workers to assume they had hit a shallow copper vein until the copper began to drop tails and sluggishly scatter around the scoop of…
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![[WIP] Prologue: The Wolf of Eidan](https://icarusblake.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image.png?w=900)
Please enjoy this sneak peak of my current project. 14 Ignatan, 831 Saint The bells chimed midnight in Eidan, the city a shadow against the blackness of the new moon. The wolf waited beside the wastewater outlet, a dirty reddish torrent tumbling into the bay below. Gradually the water slowed to a stream, then a…
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Starting around the age of 5, I became obsessed with dragons (and dinosaurs, of course, but these were just two parts of the same puzzle as far as I was concerned at that age). My mother, ever the supportive parent, took this enthusiasm and ran with it. Along with books like Dragonology, she also began…
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