Stories tagged “tavern”
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Slipping her moorings
She’d snuck down to listen to the sailors’ tales for as long as she could remember, even if it did risk a beating. She’d learned patience from it. It had taken so much to fool her Ma into believing she was asleep, for she’d neve...
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The Vampire and The Monk
The vampire, Vladimir Constantinescu sat with his back to the wall behind the farthest from the door and most poorly lit table in the tavern. Only one small candle flickered and it did so timidly. Brother Andelko Jadranka leaned into the candlelight an...
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The Vampire and The Monk (II)
He settled back in his underpadded seat and took a moment to enjoy the squalor of the tavern, so drab, so human… so alien. The orphans were perfect for the ritual. He had made them so – arranging their parent’s marriage, making townsp...
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The Vampire and The Monk (II)
He settled back in his underpadded seat and took a moment to enjoy the squalor of the tavern, so drab, so human… so alien. The orphans were perfect for the ritual. He had made them so – arranging their parent’s marriage, making townsp...
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Old Man, Strong Man, Young Man
There was a tavern. It was a busy tavern, nicely situated within a village that received ample travel from merchants and pilgrims, and the occasional knight. However, it was late and most of the tavern’s patrons had returned home or retired to th...
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Rumination
“Why does love lead to ruin? Because it distracts, a beauty seducing the attention away from all else important in life, to the degradation of that life. That is why.” Concluding with a heavy sigh, Myothe dropped upon the wooden bench next ...