In Brigands and Breadknives , by Travis Baldree, Bradlee asks Fern if she just absconded in the night. Finding it weird to talk to sentient cutlery, Fern claims it was a accident, to which Bradles says it “seems like a pretty long-running accident.” In a later scene, a pile of planks and pulled nails lie beside a door. The room smells pungently of goats. A brown-and-white-spotted nanny regards the group with disdain. It’s still getting hard to get used to the daylight shift.

In Dayspring , by Anthony Oliveira, the disciple whom Jesus loved introduces himself and tells his story. In Brigands and Breadknives , by Travis Baldree, Fern will bet everything that Viv’s face is one she really knows. Customers bustle to and fro with drinks and nibbles. Fern contemplates the unfamiliar bitterness on the sides of her tongue. Riding on Astrix’s back, Fern notes that the elf doesn’t come with any built-in cushions. It does beat stinging thorns and flesh-eatin

In Fairydale , by Veronica Lancet, Darcy spends the day preparing nice food for Amon. She winces as she thinks of him eating dead rats for her. When she arrives at Amon’s quarters, he is waiting for her. Thousands of years prior, the man in Sela’s garden asks her what her name is. She whispers to him, “Please don’t hurt me.” She never thought the violence happening in the world would visit her in her own home. Later, Meli tells Sela that she brought the extra stuff she reques