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Sword and Tattoo

Book cover for the fantasy short story "Sword and Tattoo."

At the center of the known world lies a village with no name. Few traverse the heart of the Sea of Grass, fewer still stray from the main road. But from time to time a traveler loses the way back to civilization and find themselves in this strange village.

Such as a man with a broken sword and the tattoos of one of the bandit tribes. More dead than alive, the villagers leave him to the care of the last ward they took in.

Just a girl when she appeared among them, a woman now, she never speaks a word. But everyone hides their own secrets, especially those who live in hidden villages.

“Sword and Tattoo,” a fantasy short story which originally appeared in the ages of Mythic Delirium.

The eBook of this short story is in the following collection:

Tales From Across Space

Published: August 5, 2018

Available in: eBook (epub and mobi), Paperback

ISBNs:

eBook 978-1-946552-80-8

Paperback 978-1-946552-81-5

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