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  1. Dragon Moon
    Henry Kuttner
    0 followers13k wordsCompleted

    Elak is a wolf-faced swordsman drinking and brawling his way along the waterfront of Poseidonia when a Druid's white fire saves him from a sea captain's blade. Dalan the Druid bri…

  2. The Gifts of Asti
    Andre Norton
    0 followers5.7k wordsCompleted

    Memphir, empire of empires, burns below the mountain, and Varta, last Maiden of Asti, is the only one left to obey her god's final command. She lifts the tiny sun and its four wor…

  3. The Valor of Cappen Varra
    Poul Anderson
    0 followers5.2k wordsCompleted

    Cappen Varra, a red-haired minstrel from golden Croy, came north to sing for the barbarians of Norren and has regretted it ever since. Now he is freezing on King Svearek's ice-cru…

  4. The People of the Crater
    Andre Norton
    0 followers15k wordsCompleted

    Garin Featherstone is a war-hero pilot with no war left to fight, until the explorer Gregory Farson hires him to fly into a strange blue haze rising from the Antarctic ice. Garin'…

  5. Red Shadows
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    In a moonlit valley Solomon Kane finds a dying girl, and with her last breath she names the man who killed her: Le Loup, the Wolf. Kane is a gaunt English Puritan with a rapier, a…

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  1. The Hills of the Dead
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers7.4k wordsCompleted

    Solomon Kane is sick of the jungle, but before he leaves, his blood-brother N'Longa, voodoo man of the Slave Coast, presses a carved staff of black wood into his hands. Kane carri…

  2. Red Shadows
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    In a moonlit valley Solomon Kane finds a dying girl, and with her last breath she names the man who killed her: Le Loup, the Wolf. Kane is a gaunt English Puritan with a rapier, a…

  3. The People of the Crater
    Andre Norton
    0 followers15k wordsCompleted

    Garin Featherstone is a war-hero pilot with no war left to fight, until the explorer Gregory Farson hires him to fly into a strange blue haze rising from the Antarctic ice. Garin'…

  4. The Shadow Kingdom
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    Kull of Atlantis took the throne of Valusia with his sword, and now an old enemy is warning him that the kingdom is being stolen from within. Ka-nu, the cunning ambassador of the…

  5. Swordsman of Lost Terra
    Poul Anderson
    0 followers19k wordsCompleted

    Five years after the clans of Killorn left their purple hills, Red Bram's band marches into war-torn Ryvan and straight into an army out of the Dark Lands. The invaders are gaunt,…

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  1. The Jewel of Bas
    Leigh Brackett
    0 followers18k wordsCompleted

    Ciaran is a wandering harper and a thief, and Mouse is a branded thief with a temper and a good throwing arm. Between them they have never had a full belly or a roof over their he…

  2. The Virgin of Valkarion
    Poul Anderson
    0 followers15k wordsCompleted

    Alfric of Aslak rides into Valkarion looking for work for his sword, and before he reaches the gate, Temple slaves try to kill him with poisoned darts. Valkarion is the last withe…

  3. The Bottle Imp
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    0 followers12k wordsCompleted

    For fifty dollars, Keawe buys a bottle that will grant any wish, and the man who sells it cannot get him out of the door fast enough. An imp lives in the milk-white glass. It can…

  4. The Valor of Cappen Varra
    Poul Anderson
    0 followers5.2k wordsCompleted

    Cappen Varra, a red-haired minstrel from golden Croy, came north to sing for the barbarians of Norren and has regretted it ever since. Now he is freezing on King Svearek's ice-cru…

  5. The Shadow Kingdom
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    Kull of Atlantis took the throne of Valusia with his sword, and now an old enemy is warning him that the kingdom is being stolen from within. Ka-nu, the cunning ambassador of the…

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  1. The Bottle Imp
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    0 followers12k wordsCompleted

    For fifty dollars, Keawe buys a bottle that will grant any wish, and the man who sells it cannot get him out of the door fast enough. An imp lives in the milk-white glass. It can…

  2. The Shadow Kingdom
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    Kull of Atlantis took the throne of Valusia with his sword, and now an old enemy is warning him that the kingdom is being stolen from within. Ka-nu, the cunning ambassador of the…

  3. The Gifts of Asti
    Andre Norton
    0 followers5.7k wordsCompleted

    Memphir, empire of empires, burns below the mountain, and Varta, last Maiden of Asti, is the only one left to obey her god's final command. She lifts the tiny sun and its four wor…

  4. The Moon of Skulls
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers20k wordsCompleted

    For years Solomon Kane has followed the trail of Marylin Taferal, an English girl kidnapped as a child and sold to slavers, and now it ends at a black crag in the African jungle.…

  5. The Valor of Cappen Varra
    Poul Anderson
    0 followers5.2k wordsCompleted

    Cappen Varra, a red-haired minstrel from golden Croy, came north to sing for the barbarians of Norren and has regretted it ever since. Now he is freezing on King Svearek's ice-cru…

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  1. The Shadow Kingdom
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    Kull of Atlantis took the throne of Valusia with his sword, and now an old enemy is warning him that the kingdom is being stolen from within. Ka-nu, the cunning ambassador of the…

  2. The Valor of Cappen Varra
    Poul Anderson
    0 followers5.2k wordsCompleted

    Cappen Varra, a red-haired minstrel from golden Croy, came north to sing for the barbarians of Norren and has regretted it ever since. Now he is freezing on King Svearek's ice-cru…

  3. The Moon of Skulls
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers20k wordsCompleted

    For years Solomon Kane has followed the trail of Marylin Taferal, an English girl kidnapped as a child and sold to slavers, and now it ends at a black crag in the African jungle.…

  4. Kings of the Night
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers13k wordsCompleted

    Tomorrow the legions of Rome march into the heather, and Bran Mak Morn, king of the Picts, may lose his kingdom before it is born. His alliance of Pictish clans, British chariot-f…

  5. The Jewel of Bas
    Leigh Brackett
    0 followers18k wordsCompleted

    Ciaran is a wandering harper and a thief, and Mouse is a branded thief with a temper and a good throwing arm. Between them they have never had a full belly or a roof over their he…

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  1. The Bottle Imp
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    0 followers12k wordsCompleted

    For fifty dollars, Keawe buys a bottle that will grant any wish, and the man who sells it cannot get him out of the door fast enough. An imp lives in the milk-white glass. It can…

  2. The Virgin of Valkarion
    Poul Anderson
    0 followers15k wordsCompleted

    Alfric of Aslak rides into Valkarion looking for work for his sword, and before he reaches the gate, Temple slaves try to kill him with poisoned darts. Valkarion is the last withe…

  3. Red Shadows
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    In a moonlit valley Solomon Kane finds a dying girl, and with her last breath she names the man who killed her: Le Loup, the Wolf. Kane is a gaunt English Puritan with a rapier, a…

  4. The Jewel of Bas
    Leigh Brackett
    0 followers18k wordsCompleted

    Ciaran is a wandering harper and a thief, and Mouse is a branded thief with a temper and a good throwing arm. Between them they have never had a full belly or a roof over their he…

  5. The Moon of Skulls
    Robert E. Howard
    0 followers20k wordsCompleted

    For years Solomon Kane has followed the trail of Marylin Taferal, an English girl kidnapped as a child and sold to slavers, and now it ends at a black crag in the African jungle.…

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  1. The Jewel of Bas
    Chapter 7
    0 followers18k wordsCompleted

    Ciaran is a wandering harper and a thief, and Mouse is a branded thief with a temper and a good throwing arm. Between them they have never had a full belly or a roof over their he…

  2. The Virgin of Valkarion
    Chapter 6
    0 followers15k wordsCompleted

    Alfric of Aslak rides into Valkarion looking for work for his sword, and before he reaches the gate, Temple slaves try to kill him with poisoned darts. Valkarion is the last withe…

  3. The Bottle Imp
    0 followers12k wordsCompleted

    For fifty dollars, Keawe buys a bottle that will grant any wish, and the man who sells it cannot get him out of the door fast enough. An imp lives in the milk-white glass. It can…

  4. The Valor of Cappen Varra
    0 followers5.2k wordsCompleted

    Cappen Varra, a red-haired minstrel from golden Croy, came north to sing for the barbarians of Norren and has regretted it ever since. Now he is freezing on King Svearek's ice-cru…

  5. The Shadow Kingdom
    Masks
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    Kull of Atlantis took the throne of Valusia with his sword, and now an old enemy is warning him that the kingdom is being stolen from within. Ka-nu, the cunning ambassador of the…

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  1. The Jewel of Bas
    Leigh BrackettStarted
    0 followers18k wordsCompleted

    Ciaran is a wandering harper and a thief, and Mouse is a branded thief with a temper and a good throwing arm. Between them they have never had a full belly or a roof over their he…

  2. The Virgin of Valkarion
    Poul AndersonStarted
    0 followers15k wordsCompleted

    Alfric of Aslak rides into Valkarion looking for work for his sword, and before he reaches the gate, Temple slaves try to kill him with poisoned darts. Valkarion is the last withe…

  3. The Bottle Imp
    Robert Louis StevensonStarted
    0 followers12k wordsCompleted

    For fifty dollars, Keawe buys a bottle that will grant any wish, and the man who sells it cannot get him out of the door fast enough. An imp lives in the milk-white glass. It can…

  4. The Valor of Cappen Varra
    Poul AndersonStarted
    0 followers5.2k wordsCompleted

    Cappen Varra, a red-haired minstrel from golden Croy, came north to sing for the barbarians of Norren and has regretted it ever since. Now he is freezing on King Svearek's ice-cru…

  5. The Shadow Kingdom
    Robert E. HowardStarted
    0 followers11k wordsCompleted

    Kull of Atlantis took the throne of Valusia with his sword, and now an old enemy is warning him that the kingdom is being stolen from within. Ka-nu, the cunning ambassador of the…