Dark Master

Gods and Monsters #3

by Richard Strachan

A Broken Realms short story

When a talentless musician learns of a magical chord that grants its player's deepest desires, he steals the source away and plays it at a deserted crossroads. Will he get the fame and fortune he desires? And what consequences could possibly come from bargaining with dark powers?

READ IT BECAUSE
Witness a classic fable told through the lens of the Mortal Realms, as the Dark Master takes interest in a seemingly insignificant bard for his own ends.

Genres: Short Stories, Fantasy

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 26, 2021

About the author

Richard Strachan lives in Edinburgh, UK. He has had stories published in magazines like Interzone, The Lonely Crowd, Gutter and New Writing Scotland, and writes for Games Workshop's Black Library imprint.

Reviews

[Danny Saines]

A different type of AOS story with almost no action but an engaging and enjoyable story. If you like to explore characters and settings that you may not have done previously in AOS fiction then I highly recommend this.

[Noah Nguyen]

This was a quick one! Richard gives a lot of love to the namesake of this story, and the sensory detail in this is as incredible as it is eerie. I felt every moment of Be'lakor's first appearance in the story.

Not to mention, when we finally get to see the culmination of the Faustian Bargain made in this story...

Chills.

[Andrew Alvis]

I do so enjoy Richard Strachan's dark work.