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Into the Dust #5
Labyrinth
"Labyrinth" is the fifth chapter in the "Into the Dust" series by authors Ren Cummins and Kiri Callaghan.
Following the events of Chapter 2: Avast, we learn what befell the would-be mutineer Gadrick No-Nails as he washes ashore at the mouth of one of Uphoria's darkest secrets: the Labyrinth. Who rules the maze, and will Gadrick find his way through before his fears find him?
Sample:
First rule: survival. He’d watched enough…what were those called, again, those things on the flashing box at home? Shows? It’d been so long, he couldn’t really remember. Something about a guy who drank his own piss, hope it won’t come to that.
He sighed, coming to the realization that he had absolutely no idea where he was in this giant maze. He had no water, no food; so starvation would claim him in around three or four weeks, but thirst would end him in a third of that time. But his life had been a pirate’s life, and such realities were less fear and more a confirmation of the bold direction of their course across the unending seas. He might have even been content to simply stay here and wait it out, but a scream of pain made its way through the twists and turns of the halls around him into his ears. With a steadying breath, he picked a direction at random and began walking.
"Labyrinth" is a dark fantasy story of over 4000 words.
Following the events of Chapter 2: Avast, we learn what befell the would-be mutineer Gadrick No-Nails as he washes ashore at the mouth of one of Uphoria's darkest secrets: the Labyrinth. Who rules the maze, and will Gadrick find his way through before his fears find him?
Sample:
First rule: survival. He’d watched enough…what were those called, again, those things on the flashing box at home? Shows? It’d been so long, he couldn’t really remember. Something about a guy who drank his own piss, hope it won’t come to that.
He sighed, coming to the realization that he had absolutely no idea where he was in this giant maze. He had no water, no food; so starvation would claim him in around three or four weeks, but thirst would end him in a third of that time. But his life had been a pirate’s life, and such realities were less fear and more a confirmation of the bold direction of their course across the unending seas. He might have even been content to simply stay here and wait it out, but a scream of pain made its way through the twists and turns of the halls around him into his ears. With a steadying breath, he picked a direction at random and began walking.
"Labyrinth" is a dark fantasy story of over 4000 words.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 15, 2012
12 people want to read
About the author
Ren Cummins
38 books96 followersBorn in California, Ren lived in three more states and one other country before finally settling down in Seattle, Washington. There with his wife and daughter and their two dogs and one of the heaviest cats in existence, he juggles a love of writing, music, science fiction and the occasional desire to make an honest buck.
After a college professor in his English department took a good look at his work and aspirations, and subsequently challenged him to find his voice out in the world and not in a classroom, Ren decided to interpret this challenge positively (and not in a "why don't you just sod off, you tosser!" sort of way) and has been working to find that very voice ever since.
Along the journey, such relatively mundane occupational interruptions like working as a hotel manager, music studio engineer and middle eastern drummer for belly dancers offered their respective distractions, but only served to diversify his voice, granting new accents and dialects. His life-long studies of philosophy, religion and the evolution of language have also played their part in affecting the development of his writing style.
Along with short stories and a developing anthology of Children's stories, Ren has been writing a series of steampunk-themed novels, collected into the "Aerthos Trilogy", an epic adventure centering around a twelve year old orphan girl who discovers that her own destiny is tied irrevocably to the past and future of their divided world. The first novel, "The Morrow Stone" was nominated for the Steampunk Book of the Year 2010 by Steampunk.com.
When not working on novels, Ren can also be found sipping on a white chocolate mocha, playing RPGs (dice or video games) or trying to teach his dogs not to jump on the couch.
After a college professor in his English department took a good look at his work and aspirations, and subsequently challenged him to find his voice out in the world and not in a classroom, Ren decided to interpret this challenge positively (and not in a "why don't you just sod off, you tosser!" sort of way) and has been working to find that very voice ever since.
Along the journey, such relatively mundane occupational interruptions like working as a hotel manager, music studio engineer and middle eastern drummer for belly dancers offered their respective distractions, but only served to diversify his voice, granting new accents and dialects. His life-long studies of philosophy, religion and the evolution of language have also played their part in affecting the development of his writing style.
Along with short stories and a developing anthology of Children's stories, Ren has been writing a series of steampunk-themed novels, collected into the "Aerthos Trilogy", an epic adventure centering around a twelve year old orphan girl who discovers that her own destiny is tied irrevocably to the past and future of their divided world. The first novel, "The Morrow Stone" was nominated for the Steampunk Book of the Year 2010 by Steampunk.com.
When not working on novels, Ren can also be found sipping on a white chocolate mocha, playing RPGs (dice or video games) or trying to teach his dogs not to jump on the couch.
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