Category: The Last Coffle

Here is Chapter 101. Sherman’s name has been changed to Willard Marlow — an obvious reference to both Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. Captain Devall’s name has also been changed. It…

5 – EMANCIPATION An old barn on the far side of the abandoned village served as shelter for nineteen exhausted children, three horses, and four adult protectors. LT fed the children pieces…

4 – GNOLLS Hunter approached the entangled gnolls with no misconceptions. Gnolls can speak, but they are animals notwithstanding.  Driven by bloodlust, gnolls are permanently at war with every species around them….

First draft of Chapter Three. 3 – THE MASSACRE Gnolls are vicious animal warriors. Towering, bipedal hyenas, they outweigh large human men by nearly half.  A single gnoll in close combat with…

Here is the first narrative draft of Chapter Two. Chapter Three will be posted by the end of the week. 2 – THE RIVER CAMP The day was done. The sun was…