Flashes of Peril and Adventure: The Saga of Sir Bryan, #6
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Book 6 of the Saga of Sir Bryan.
Sir Bryan spends more and more time exploring the past as he sees events that happened not only when he was younger and just setting out on the path of the knight, but also the events that his father, the Marquis of Erdenwald, experienced as a younger man. In the present, Sir Bryan must make the treacherous journey back to the Statlight Monastery, where he hopes to lay the earthly remains of an old friend to rest. He will be taking his new charges with him, though, and he must hire additional help to protect them at all costs.
This collection of exciting dark fantasy flash fiction stories features ten thrilling tales of action and intrigue. Each story is exactly 500 words in length.
Eli Taff, Jr.
Eli Taff, Jr. is an author in the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror genres. All his life, he’s lived through fiction, being a stage actor and director, as well as a lifelong video game player and miniatures wargamer. He lives in California with his wife, Chelsey, and their two Pekingese pups and Parrotlet.
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Flashes of Peril and Adventure - Eli Taff, Jr.
INTRODUCTION
[GREGOR WULFRAM lays atop a moldering straw mattress in the windowless room of a tiny shack. Frail and gaunt, his stinking nightshirt plastered to his feverish skin with a sheen of cold sweat, the old peasant opens his dry, cracked lips.]
Bryan?
[Gregor’s eyes are milky and clouded. He smiles.]
I thought you were my son. The healers say blindness is one of the final gifts of the Lingering Death. It won’t be long now.
[He gestures to the bedside table, where a sheet of parchment sits beside a quill and an inkwell.]
Please.
[You go to the table and pick up the quill.]
To my son....
[Gregor is wracked by a fit of coughing. Blood flecks his lips and the lank, unkempt hair of his beard.]
"The family longsword lies beneath the firewood pile alongside the cottage. Take the horse. Travel south to where the river meets the mountain. Stop at the roadside inn, The Last Dragon. Ask to speak to Maxwell Hudson. Tell him that you are my son and you want my armor. Stay the evening, and in the morning, head north up the mountain. Rest for the night in the small hunter’s shack beside the brook; you should reach it before nightfall if you keep a steady pace. The next day, you will arrive at the vineyard. Seek out the Orc Kilgash Skullstompa of the Black Mountain Tribe. I fought beside him many years ago. If you are truly set on walking the path of the knight, there is none better to guide you.
"Now...heed these last words well, son. I want you to live. Not for honor, love, or anyone, or anything...just live. Experience it all. Life, as you know, is