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Andrew Ashling
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Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors
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The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse #1)
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2010
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The Invisible Chains - Part 2: Bonds of Fear (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse, #2)
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2011
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A Dish Served Cold
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2009
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The Invisible Chains - Part 3: Bonds of Blood (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse, #3)
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2011
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The Invisible Hands - Part 1: Gambit (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse, #4)
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2012
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The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse, #5)
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2013
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The Invisible Hands - Part 3: Pawn Storm (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse, #6)
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2013
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The Invisible Hands - Part 4: Mate (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse, #7)
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2014
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Just Don't Mess With Us: Family Matters
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2011
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Excerpt from Last of the Line
My editor and I are revising the final draft of the second Rahendo & Ryhunzo Mystery, Last of the Line.
The release is set for either late September or October of this year.
Tomar, the steward of the prince-warlord, has commissioned Rahendo and Ryhunzo to investigate the murder of a young nobleman.
Their first port of call is The Cranky Goat. The infamous tavern is the meeting place of a group o
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“Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. But for my part I have long perceived the nature of good and its nobility, the nature of evil and its meanness, and also the nature of the culprit himself, who is my brother (not in the physical sense, but as a fellow creature similarly endowed with reason and a share of the divine); therefore none of those things can injure me, for nobody can implicate me in what is degrading. Neither can I be angry with my brother or fall foul of him; for he and I were born to work together, like a man’s two hands, feet or eyelids, or the upper and lower rows of his teeth. To obstruct each other is against Nature’s law – and what is irritation or aversion but a form of obstruction.”
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“Deal with all this, live with myself, you mean? I honestly don't know. I stand often enough at the abyss of my soul, asking that same question, looking down into the dark crevices where the black monsters dwell on the bottom. They gaze up at me, and I look them in the eyes. “This also you are,” they say, and I almost fall into the void.”
“And then?”
Anaxantis shrugged.
“And then? I turn around and go do what needs to be done. What else is there?”
― The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
“And then?”
Anaxantis shrugged.
“And then? I turn around and go do what needs to be done. What else is there?”
― The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
“A while ago?” Anaxantis asked. “Yes, he raped me a while ago. Exactly nine months and two days ago. What's that? Nine months or nine minutes. It's the same. And it is in the past, you say? Then why is it still happening, every day, every time I close my eyes? Every time I hear someone behind me, and I don't know who it is? How is it that I get an almost irresistible urge to kill anyone who happens to touch me unexpectedly? Tell me, Hemarchidas, how do I forgive, let alone forget, something that is still happening, that keeps happening over and over? How? How do I do that?”
― The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
― The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
“I will give you a few guarantees of my own, Mukthar. I guarantee that before the sun sets, even if you win, even if my cold, dead body is lying on the field, you will rue the day you ever set foot in the Plains. For every inch you advance I'll exact gallons of Mukthar blood. I guarantee that there will be not one family of the Bear Mukthars or they will mourn at least one of theirs. I guarantee that even if you are triumphant the fruits of victory will taste like dust in your mouth. I guarantee that if you fail to kill me today, you will meet me again. You will meet me at the Ximerionian border. You will meet me at every city, town, village, and hamlet. You will meet me on every Amirathan crossroad, on every hill. I will fight you with every sword at my command, with every arrow, with every dagger. I will fight you with pitchforks. I will fight you with the very rocks of the land you try to conquer. I will never, never, never give up.
~Anaxantis, before the Battle of the Zinchara (May 29th, 1453 aed)”
― The Invisible Chains - Part 3: Bonds of Blood
~Anaxantis, before the Battle of the Zinchara (May 29th, 1453 aed)”
― The Invisible Chains - Part 3: Bonds of Blood
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“Above the entrance hung a banner. It read, “Welcome to the Computer Fiar.” Compliments of the people who write the code for our computers.”
― Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors
― Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors
“Believe me, you need that shower after Jason has given you a massage.”
― Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors
― Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors
“Davellon may be a village, but the Davellon House can be anything you make it. Nobility has to start somewhere. It might as well start with you. Let nobody look down on you, for whatever reason, My Lord. Titles are granted or inherited, nobility isn't.
~Tenaxos I to Landar Parmingh, Baron Davellon”
― The Invisible Hands - Part 1: Gambit
~Tenaxos I to Landar Parmingh, Baron Davellon”
― The Invisible Hands - Part 1: Gambit
“War, they say, is the answer of those who have no arguments left.”
― The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling
― The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling
“A while ago?” Anaxantis asked. “Yes, he raped me a while ago. Exactly nine months and two days ago. What's that? Nine months or nine minutes. It's the same. And it is in the past, you say? Then why is it still happening, every day, every time I close my eyes? Every time I hear someone behind me, and I don't know who it is? How is it that I get an almost irresistible urge to kill anyone who happens to touch me unexpectedly? Tell me, Hemarchidas, how do I forgive, let alone forget, something that is still happening, that keeps happening over and over? How? How do I do that?”
― The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
― The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
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Colton wrote: "Andrew,Thanks so much for your friendship on GR!
Regards,
-Colton"
My pleasure, Colton.
Andrew,Thanks so much for your friendship on GR!
Regards,
-Colton
Lilia wrote: "Thanks for friending."Thanks for asking, Lilia :)
I really wanted it to be Adam even if that doesn't fit as well as Alexander. Thanks for the Bday wishes
Bubbles (Dane) wrote: "Thank you, I saw you in the chat last night. You will forever be known as the man with a million middle names to me."LOL
Simple to remember though. Triple A.
Thank you, I saw you in the chat last night. You will forever be known as the man with a million middle names to me.
Td wrote: "Chapter 3 is up, YES! I'm off to read it now. Thank you. Happy New Year!"Happy New Year to you as well, Td. Hope you'll like The Mercy of Wolves.
Chapter 3 is up, YES! I'm off to read it now. Thank you. Happy New Year!
Tame wrote: "thank you for the friend acceptance :) I look forward to reading your works!!Take care :)
Tame"
Thanks for inviting me. I hope you enjoy them. :)
thank you for the friend acceptance :) I look forward to reading your works!!Take care :)
Tame
Oooh, finally... The site looks great! OK, I'm going to read now...thank you. :)
