The Dying Lover of Nogorod
ShortStory 4,798 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
"Nogorod is built of black rock and dull iron and pale ivory, a city of high towers rising like petrified trees beside the rough grey seas. The common folk are whale-fishers, hunting with harpoons from their ships, but the nobles are all wizards, and they hunt dragons from bone chariots drawn by captive winds..."
Content warnings 2
deathdeath-of-a-loved-one
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