The Prince, the Thief, and the Shadow Emperor
Traveling home by way of the Black Forest, Ilya is accosted by a highwayman who unexpectedly breaks free of his magic by dissolving into smoke. Not a highwayman, he learns later, but rumored to be the malcontent spirit of a despised dead emperor killed centuries ago.Ilya dismisses the tale as...
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Traveling home by way of the Black Forest, Ilya is accosted by a highwayman who unexpectedly breaks free of his magic by dissolving into smoke. Not a highwayman, he learns later, but rumored to be the malcontent spirit of a despised dead emperor killed centuries ago.Ilya dismisses the tale as superstition and clever shadow magic … until he sees the thief again in the very last place he expected.Note: This story was originally published in the That Famous Happy End anthology.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781620043837
ASIN: B00L2OZRYC
Publisher: Less Than Three Press LLC
Pages no: 84
Edition language: English
Pretty good fantasy for such a short story. I read this story as part of a Less than Three Press anthology, That Famous Happy End, which as a whole is incredibly good.