Wednesday Briefs: October 20, 2024

Here is a list of all the authors flashing this week, along with a brief snippet from their latest free work. Click the link after the snippet to be taken to the complete story on the author’s home page. If you are interested in becoming a Wednesday Briefer, please leave a comment or email me at shelley_runyon@yahoo.com.

Jonlyn and the Urionites: Part 16 by J Ray Lamb

The Urionites settled into a détente with the Ulmites.  Spies were active on both sides.

The return of the cold season was not severe but the relative warmth wasn’t enough to start life returning to the land but it was warm enough to gather non-food supplies around the village. The village stores were being built up with enough wood to last through the change of seasons, well into the season of rebirth while also allowing the weapon smiths a near limitless supply of wood. The smiths were busy making the materials for Narthun’s new fire arrows…

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Dracula #33(7.3) by J L Hayes

Relief swept through Avram at the sight of the wagon. Andrei’s arrival was a timely one. Avram was grateful that he did not have to try to explain to Dracula why it would be unwise to steal the smuggler’s boat, when neither one of them could operate the craft and neither were they familiar with the route they would need to take to reach the Danube. Prior to this, their travels had always been accomplished over land, not water.  Not to mention that Andrei’s cousin would not be happy with them for abandoning his relative/business partner and would probably refuse to take them to Vienna. That in itself would only lead to problems as the vampire was not good at being told no when it came to getting what he wanted.

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