Haruspex: Part 1 - Cherubim

By the time that they realised it was a cherub and not a small bird that they had prepared for the oven it was too late. Their hunger had been great upon them and they had acted without thought — hunger drove them and hunger had damned them. Was God mocking them that he would [...]

some time later

‘You’re acting like a child.’
‘I never took any lessons.’
‘My, then you must be a natural.’
‘Thank you. I have to admit that I am having trouble remembering your name.’
‘That is because we erased it from your mind. We are not letting your reality survive.’
‘No? And how do you intend to prevent it surviving? Isn’t reality a [...]

Dogleg Hinterland One

Madrigal had travelled the inner spirals of Cerebellum for longer than she could remember, dodging the bird shadows with their crow-skull heads and the hungry wolf spirits so that she could hawk her dream-spice to the Quiet Sleepers. She had seen more Inn Spires than most and she never tired of the mirror-spun magic and [...]