Thing the first . . . The folks over on the Rath have an excerpt thread. I almost always share my excerpts with them (if not, they read the blog so they post them over there after I blog them!).  Delete scenes from Fragile Eternity are over there.


story:

A while back I admitted that I was writing a few short stories.  I asked readers to pick the book the Dark King should read*. . .  I loved the suggestions, and I now have in my head a great bookshelf of their books. (It's a wooden shelf, free of knickknacks but for a few odds that were left behind when they went over to pick up a book.)   Still, Pheona had the perfect suggestion . . . actually so did Tiger, Dusty, and RedRainDrops66, so all 3 of these folks can ping me (email or catch me thru PM on the Rath) if they want

a) to read it before anyone else does (i.e. in draft form in the next month or so)
b) a copy of the anthology whenever it releases (signed if you want--or not)
c) a copy of a different one of my books (signed or not if you want)
d) a copy of Irial's selected book (which clearly will not be signed) or the one they recommended.

And with the business out of the way, here's the excerpt in question . . . It's not a big one, or a finished one, but *shrug* I'm in one of those moods today . . .



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* It was NOT a contest, but I'm in a mood so *shrug*