After all, once you’ve been a dragon, it’s not easy being human again. Inspired by the old Northumbrian tale The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, this story explores what happened after the maid May Margeret was released from the curse which had turned her to a hideous dragon. Instead it tells the full story of the origin of the dragon Graumag, who plays a crucial part in Volumes 5, 6, and 7 of the Unicorn Chronicles. Get The Boy With Silver Eyes on Amazon or Smashwords After the Third KissĪ full length novella, this tale is not set in Luster. The story features a brief appearance by Ivy Morris, and also explains how the song called “The Song of the Wanderer” came to be. This took many days and nights to say, of course, and Nils stayed all this time without moving, locked in a sort of trance. This I know from the soil on my roots and the sun on my leaves, from the rain and the wind, which carry me news.” Three to save a life, the last to put your own soul at rest. You must learn to sing four things: the songs of the Earth, the Fire, the Water, and the Air. “Seeds that are just sprouting will be trees many times your height before your heart will be at peace.

“You have a long road ahead,” said his new friend. And as he lay there, nestled in the tree’s roots, it murmured to him of the forest secrets, telling him it had waited hundreds of years for a human who could hear it. So Nils, who felt as if he had grown roots himself, lay still and listened, slowly and deeply, in a way he never had before. When a Hunter catches and kills the Guardian named Streamstrider, he does something unthinkable, something that will affect his son, Nils, for his entire life. This story is set after the time when the Guardians of Memory were established. Get The Guardian of Memory on Amazon or Smashwords The Boy With Silver Eyes What happens when one girl decides to do something about this sense of loss and bereavement is the heart of the story. It was as if the air had surrendered a bit of its spice, the water a bit of its sparkle, the night a bit of its mystery. Even those who had never seen a unicorn, never heard of a unicorn, felt the passing of something sweet and wonderful. That loss and that sorrow grew within the hearts of those who lived on Earth. When the great migration was over, and the last unicorn had left, it was as if the earth itself sighed with loss and sorrow.įor what is a world that has no unicorns? Just shy of being a novelette, this story-within-a-story features Grimwold telling the tale of how the departure of the unicorns for Luster affected the human population of Earth: For now, they are all available as e-texts on Amazon and Smashwords. E-versions of all three of these stories will soon be available at.

Bruce has written three short stories that connect to the Unicorn Chronicles.

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