Street of Lost Gods (Tales of the Thief-City)
By Gareth Lewis
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Rax Darkthorn was the greatest Knowhound in Nexi, the thief-city, and one of the few to ever escape it. When a friend dies, he returns to learn what can kill a god, even one reduced to selling miracles on the Street of Lost Gods.
A 7000 word fantasy short story.
Gareth Lewis
Gareth Lewis has written a number of novels and shorter works in a few genres, including fantasy, science fiction, and thrillers. A programmer, he has a degree in computer studies, and lives in South Wales.
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Street of Lost Gods (Tales of the Thief-City) - Gareth Lewis
Street of Lost Gods
Gareth Lewis
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It took over a decade to escape the thief-city. Yet here I am, less than five years later, back walking its patchwork streets. And all because of the death of someone as close to a friend as I have. But dying isn't natural causes for a god, and I can't help needing to know what happened.
I used to be Rax Darkthorn, the best knowhound in this city. Haven't worn the name in a while, but I feel the persona returning with every step.
Nexi, the thief-city, doesn't exist anywhere that can be explained. Some claim it doesn't exist at all. Best I can understand, it sits in its own little dimension, touching a number of others as it feels like. Some residents stumbled here on their own, and some were swifted by the city itself, whatever its reasons. The first time I came here was the latter. This time... well, I might be the first to come here by choice, without a way out.
She hasn't changed. The dullness of what passes for a sky looms over her festering husk. Each street differs from the last, the difference often between buildings. Wooden-walled taverns neighbour red-stoned houses, which stand next to metallic buildings of a material I can't even identify, all acquired by the city in the same way as its residents, sometimes along with them. Waking one morning to find your house wasn't where it had been the night before isn't