present danger. The alien germ of this fresh leaver fever…”
Everyone turned to the foreign young man, the handsome soldier of misfortune.
Ho-man couldn’t help but wince. The scarlet leader read his sentence.
“It’s time that the punishment fit the crime. Ready the room for a dual execution!”
The clerk inked his edict. And so it was law.
Treygyn looked seasick.
His folks wailed, “Our son!”
Xo cried them an ocean.
Their friends hit the ground.
De-turtled.
Un-terrapinned.
Dis-tortoised.
Hard.
And speaking of hard, the council Guard took up their weapons and looked for trouble. Syar-ull picked up a butter knife left from breakfast and brandished it like a sword.
A lackey in thick, furry armor stepped forward and raised a ram’s horn to his lips. He blew it. Its low music made the earth quake.
The billowing walls of the tent came down.
The mockatoo squawked in John Cap’s direction. “Awk! It looks like curtains for you!”
“Thanks a lot, Freebird. I got the gist. I have a really bad feeling about this…”
Fyryx surveyed the change of scene. He measured the sun. The horizon.
“Showtime.”
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To be continued… Look out for the next exciting episode of Lore of the Underlings!
About the Author
John Klobucher is the author of many technical manuals that you’d never want to read. But he is also to blame for Lore of the Underlings, this ill-advised epic adventure that’s available to you in tasty little episodes, with new ones coming — farm-fresh, organic, and cruelty-free — every now and again. (For more behind-the-scenes news and nonsense, hie thee to this bloggery: loreoftheunderlings.com).
John has also been known to paint a little, including the watercolors used in the cover art for Lore of the Underlings.
John lives in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA with his wife Diane, son Sam, and daughter Mia.
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Other ebook titles by John Klobucher:
Lore of the Underlings: Episodes 1 & 2 ~ A Door to the Lore
Lore of the Underlings: Episode 3 ~ Fyryx
Lore of the Underlings: Episode 4 ~ The Letting Pen
Lore of the Underlings: Episode 5 ~ Into the Pit
Lore of the Underlings: Episode 6 ~ Meeting Minyon
Lore of the Underlings: Episode 7 ~ Ho-man Holds Court
Print titles by John Klobucher:
The Lore Anthology
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