A short story draft that has been floating around for a few months has finally been completed. Hopefully in the next few days I can complete the rewrite and add the first new short story to the collection for some time.
The story – tentatively titled The Painted Ones – is the sequel to The Hall of Black Trees, taking place directly after the events in it. The little lizardman Tudhala, the human hunter Braega and his marsupial lion companion Alia make a return, meeting up with a strange woman in the deep woods who possesses unnatural powers over the primal world.