All stories from our blog
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The Fingerprints on the Moon
The moon comes down off its hook once a month, whether it likes it or not.
The Noise in the Wind
A banged gate, a dropped bucket, a dog barking at nothing, and one laugh worth keeping.
The Dust on the Leaves
Two badgers, one tin tub, and a great many dusty leaves.
Debtbound — Chapter 7: The Trap Springs
They didn’t need to catch him. They needed to watch him work. And when the trap closed, Kell learned the worst thing about the snare: the same hands that built it had built him.
Debtbound – Chapter 6: Compounding
The file was too complete. The story was too familiar. Nobody builds a trap that careful for a stranger. Kell counted the red flags, and the red flags lost to arithmetic.
Debtbound – Chapter 5: First Transfer
The forger doesn’t pay retail. Kell refuses to ask him why. So he works it out himself — and discovers that moving a debt is easy. It’s what the debt does to the vessel that keeps him up at night.
Debtbound – Chapter 4: The Counting House
Kell came to the counting house after dark to do one quiet, impossible thing. He found someone already there, who had been waiting a long time to meet a clerk who could see.
Debtbound – Chapter 3: Interest
A clerk’s error in the customer’s favor is the rarest thing in Vell. Rare things get noticed. And the man who notices Kell can read the soulscript too.
Debtbound — Chapter 2: A Debt Not His
Reading the true ledger was impossible. Changing it should be unthinkable. But Brann’s wife can’t breathe, the House won’t lend, and Kell has a quill nobody can see.
Debtbound – Chapter 1: The Tallyman’s Error
Kell Arden counts other people’s debts for a living. Tonight he learns he can read the one book nobody is meant to open — and that somebody has been cooking it.