The Death of Eris: A FREE Novella!

 

When Eris died in battle, her problems really began.

The city of Majadan fell in one night to the army of the Wight Lords of the Madlands. The defenders of the city fought back, and they died. The people of the city tried to flee, and they died. Eris was one of the very, very few who almost made it out alive. The last thing she remembered was fighting to make sure that the woman she loved could escape.

Then she died.

In life, Eris was an earth-elf, a soldier, and a slave. All she’d ever known was the struggle to survive. However, her troubles didn’t end with her death, for the Wight Lords hadn’t merely conquered Majadan; they’d built a wall around it to trap the city’s souls. Unable to escape, Eris only had two choices: hide forever, or track the power that imprisoned the city’s ghosts to its source.

Eris’s life had always been cheap, but she’d make sure her death would cost the Wight Lords dearly.

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The Death of Eris is a free novella set within the chaos of the Battle for Majadan trilogy.

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“Discontinuity” in Apex Magazine

The hits keep coming! Another new story of mine is out right now in the latest issue of Apex Magazine. It’s called “Discontinuity.” Here’s a taste:

Stars snap into place outside Lura’s cockpit. A red giant twenty degrees off her ship’s nose has visibly shifted position. The nebula above her has grown more diffuse. She exhales, clicks the button to log another successful breach, and lets herself blink while the flight computer calculates the next FTL jump. She never closes her eyes during the breach. Whether or not it helps doesn’t matter. What’s important is to maintain her sense of self.

She reviews her mental inventory. She is Captain Lura Maraj. Her parents are Ama and Sondi. Her brother is Ravi. Her mission …

She shakes off a wave of dizziness. Her mission is her mission. She can’t let herself forget. She eyes the button that would inject her with a dose of Reboot, then pushes it out of her mind. She prefers other ways of keeping a grip on reality. 

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From their blog:

“With new fiction from Joelle Wellington, Rachel Swirsky, Maggie Slater, D. Thomas Minton, Rose Keating, and Jared Millet, classic fiction from Yohanca Delgado, Tenea D. Johnson, and Jason Sanford, non-fiction from Maria Dong and Ken MacGregor, and this amazing cover from Marcela Bolívar, it's a spectacular issue.”

Apex is a fantastic magazine, and I’m thrilled to be included with so many other great authors. But don’t take my word - read Apex for yourself!