Frugal Wizard | Chapter Four

Frugal Wizard | Chapter Four When I woke up, the young woman and man were standing on the ceiling. Or . . . wait, I was upside down. Yeah, that made more sense. My head had a faint pulsing at the base of my skull— without my nanites, there would have been some serious throbbing from that plank-to-face…

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The Sunlit Man | Chapter Six

The Sunlit Man | Chapter Six Nomad tapped on the driver’s shoulder and thumbed backward. She quickly glanced over her shoulder, said something he was quite certain was a curse, then bent lower over the controls. He reached for her rifle, but she put a protective hand on it and glared at him. Great. He…

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Yumi | Chapter Six

Yumi | Chapter Six All right, let’s talk about me. Uncharacteristically, I don’t want to discuss the topic. This isn’t a bright point in my career, and I would rather the attention be on other less statuesque people for the duration of the narrative. That said, I know it’s going to distract some of you unless I…

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Frugal Wizard | Chapter Five

Frugal Wizard | Chapter Five “You . . . do?” I said. “This is a good village,” she said, “with a strong and diligent thegn. Yet, they don’t have much. Why upon the lands would you pick here to run your scam?” Scam? “Oil with a stencil to create the burned-out figure,” she continued, “which I’ll admit is ingenious. Scattered…

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The Sunlit Man | Chapter Seven

The Sunlit Man | Chapter Seven The rain here wasn’t nearly as bad as a storm back home. Just a quick wash of cold water. The sprinkle lasted less than a minute, though they soon passed through another one. He guessed that those omnipresent clouds made for near-constant scattered showers in this dark zone. “This…

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Frugal Wizard | Chapter Six

Frugal Wizard | Chapter Six It was strange to feel a sudden sense of loss and pain for a person whose face I couldn’t remember. But it was there, a knot—no, a suddenly audible scream—inside of me. The pain felt fresh and raw, like a bruise before it went blue. I’d lost Jen. Somehow, I’d lost her. I…

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The Sunlit Man | Chapter Eight

The Sunlit Man | Chapter Eight Old women? That wasn’t as exciting as he’d hoped. But, hey, maybe one was secretly a dragon. Nomad could tell from the behavior of the others that these women were in charge, though they weren’t wearing anything regal—just common black dresses, gloves like everyone else, and hats, even here…

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Yumi | Chapter Seven

Yumi | Chapter Seven Painter wound through the next set of streets, tracking the nightmare as the rain tapped him on the head. The trail was difficult to follow; the dark wisps seemed to vanish in the haze. He backtracked twice as the streets grew narrower, winding through the huddled tenements of the city’s outer…

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The Sunlit Man | Chapter Nine

The Sunlit Man | Chapter Nine Walking into a storm wasn’t something usually done on Nomad’s homeworld. Yet he’d traveled the cosmere enough by now to know that even a violent storm on other planets was nothing compared to those of Roshar. Indeed, the wind buffeted him here, but it did not lift him from…

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The Sunlit Man | Chapter Ten

The Sunlit Man | Chapter Ten “What?” Wit said, dusting off his blue uniform—which was untouched by the rain. “A master can’t check in on his favorite student now and then?” He glowed softly, visible even in the darkness, and his substance rippled at the rain’s interference. Like he was a reflection on a puddle.…

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