Short Stories — Peter Austin
First 10 pages of Star Clans: A Troll Hunt by Peter Austin and Hezekiah Austin
Chapter One: A Matter of Honor Or The Really Foolish Things Honor Gets You to Do. World of the Whispering Forests: Town of Rolling Hills. Winter-Tears Hector, often called the Jarl of Tears or the Snow Leopard, entered the Underhill Inn and Tavern. He paused inside the door to rack his lance, shield, hand-lance, battle-stone pouches and short-sword under the watchful eyes of the door-warden. House Andromeda, the owners of Underhill, had a business to maintain. Fights with the full array of Viking weaponry tended to destroy furniture. The door-warden scanned Hector for weapons, verifying that he was...