Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 21 Shivering all alone in a room made of ice. As if my first day as a Locksmith weren’t weird enough. Checking portals, checking wards, that had all seemed natural. … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 20 When I triggered the opening sequence of that copper veined rock in the bed of the Multnomah Channel, I’d expected it to open like a portal. The rock was … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 19 There was a time when I loved pistachio ice cream. It was always my mom’s favorite flavor, so every summer we’d have plenty of it around the house. I … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 18 Vasco was eager to get out of this tight entryway to the Portland area dorach community. He was shifting back and forth with impatience. Magellan, beside him, had started … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 17 Dorachs, of course, lived in water. My initial thought was that their resemblance to river otters meant they could travel pretty freely along the Willamette, and its shore. Now … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 16 I’d wondered what the big, prismatic crystal cavern looked like when it was busy? This was my chance to find out. Whoever or whatever this woman was, she was … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 15 My world, a swirl of cherry red and midnight blue. The cherry red flowing clockwise. The midnight blue, anticlockwise. Sounds in my ears. Buzzing. Like a small swarm of … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 14 The Ross Island Portal wasn’t actually on Ross Island. Apparently, nobody wanted to call it the “Toe Island Portal.” That’s right. I said “Toe Island.” See, there was this … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 13 I’d assumed our first stop would have been near the riskatan attack. That maybe something about that location was the answer. But Vasco made it clear before we left: … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 12 I was having the weirdest dream. I was sitting on a big couch in a coffee shop I’d never been to. I think my mind had pulled it out … Continue reading →