The Thief: A Craft of Shadows Tale

By Diavosh Bassiti

A young thief mounts a daring and perilous burglary, but finds things do not turn out the way he’d expected.

A short fantasy story set in the mythological ancient world of the Craft of Shadows.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diavosh Bassiti
• Release date: Nov 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781911179023

Diavosh Bassiti

Diavosh has lived in lots of different places (currently London) and has one of those accents you think you almost recognise but just can't quite place. His favourite animal is the tapir, the reason being abundantly obvious to fellow tapir fans, and is a keen collector of those odd little books you find in adventure movies that ultimately lead to a white-knuckle ride through the mysteries of a long-lost legend. Unlike the prevailing stereotype, he has no cats.

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The Thief

A Craft of Shadows Book

By Diavosh Bassiti

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Published by Vincto Publishing.

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ISBN: 978-1-911179-02-3

The Thief copyright © 2015 by Diavosh Bassiti

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The Thief is a work of fiction. Any names, characters, places and incidents are either products of my imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental, excepting of course historical events of past centuries which may have inspired me, although I will likely have plundered with a great deal of artistic license and should also in no manner be taken as accurate representations. Any trademarks, service marks, product names, brand names or named features are assumed to be the property of their respective owners, and are used only for reference. There is no implied endorsement if one of these terms is used.

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The Thief

Falling from this height, thought the thief, will most certainly kill me outright. I wonder, will it be a brief instant of agony and then death, or some long drawn-out torment?

He recalled bodies he’d seen twitching after losing their head to a sword.

Do they feel pain, or are they like a plucked flower, an already decaying imitation of life?

Alone in the dark. Frozen by fear. Three hundred feet above the next highest spires of the city’s lofty towers. Hanging grimly on to cracks in the sheet rock-face that were mere ripples in the texture of the stone. He’d lost