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November 11, 2024

Atari ran as though hellfire were chasing him through the back alleys of Torga.

Which they were, if metaphorical.

If Craggy Tom caught up with him, he would be thrown into a figurative burning pit, left screaming for days, weeks, until his voice came out or Samael Crighton came to pass judgement and deliver his sentence.

And all this over a few stolen spells. Sure, they were expensive, dangerous, unique spells that Samael had paid to have created, but would he really need the two Atari had stolen? He needed them. Desperately. And now that he had them, he only had a small window to get them back to his family.

December 13, 2024

Magic swirled behind him as Craggy Tom lashed out with a spell, and Atari darted down a side alley to escape the hit. Crates lined the edge of the wall, and it was the work of a moment to climb them and leap to grab the eave hanging down from the roof. The metal creaked under Atari’s weight, but it held as he pulled himself up onto the rounded clay tiles.

A moment’s reprieve, but not enough. Craggy Tom was just as capable of getting up here. He had to move, keep the shadows.

Sure enough, he’d only just ducked behind a chimney when a gust of wind told him Tom had used a spell to get him up here without the effort of the climb.

January 14, 2025

Atari ran as swiftly and as quietly as he could, keeping to the shadows, ducking behind chimneys. He leapt over the first rooftop and cursed when his foot slipped and nearly sent him tumbling two storeys to the ground below. Sure way to land himself a broken neck along with letting Craggy Tom make quick work of his remains.

He didn’t want to think how Tom would put those remains to work.

Atari tightened his grip on the scrolls. All he had to do was make it home. Then he could use the spells he’d stolen, and there would be nothing for Crighton to reclaim.

Every stress was worth it if it meant saving his family.

Known for witty, vivid characters, Krista Walsh never has more fun than getting them into trouble and taking her time getting them out.


When not writing, she can be found reading, gaming, or watching a film – anything to get lost in a good story.


She currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her husband, toddler, and epileptic blue heeler

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