Travellers' Rest (5 page)

Authors: James Enge

“Goodbye,” she said.

“Take care of yourself,” Morlock said and walked away. Wyrth followed him, waving to her in farewell. They hadn’t gone twenty paces before the dwarf started talking about something, but Morlock didn’t seem to answer. She stood beside the greasy stinking fire and watched them go until they disappeared beyond the shoulder of a hill. Then she turned around and went reluctantly home to the Travellers’ Rest.

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James Enge lives with his children in northwest Ohio, where he teaches classics at a medium-sized public university. His short fiction has appeared in
Swords & Dark Magic
(Eos, 2010), in the magazine
Black Gate
, and elsewhere. His novels are
Blood of Ambrose
(Pyr, 2009), which was nominated for a 2010 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and listed on
Locus
magazine’s Recommended Reading for 2009,
This Crooked Way
(Pyr, 2009), and
The Wolf Age
(Pyr, 2010). Visit him online at
www.jamesenge.com
.

Chuck Lukacs has been illustrating for the science fiction and fantasy gaming markets for over twelve years. In 1993 he graduated from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, and has also spent a number of years studying the crafts of ceramics, book arts, and wood engraving. His clients have included Impact Books, Pyr/Prometheus Books, Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, Upper Deck, Games Workshop, Atlantic Records, and Alderac Entertainment.

Chuck’s paintings and prints have appeared and won awards in fine art and science fiction & fantasy conventions, galleries, and museums across the globe. He has been featured in
Spectrum
7,
ImagineFX
(June 2010), and
Fantasy Art
magazine (Peking University), and has authored two fantasy art tutorial books:
Wreaking Havoc
(2007) and
Fantasy Genesis
(2010). Check out his website,
www.ChuckLukacs.com
, for more info.

Pyr is the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books. Prometheus Books took its name from the courageous Greek god who gave fire to humans, lighting the way to reason, intelligence, and independence.
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, the Greek word for fire, continues this connection to fire and the liveliness of imagination. From the outset, Pyr has set the bar high for creativity, intelligence, and quality. To find out more about Pyr and its exciting authors and novels, visit
http://www.pyrsf.com
.

Published 2010 by Pyr®, an imprint of Prometheus Books

Travellers’ Rest
. Copyright © 2010 by James Enge. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a Web site without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Cover illustration © Chuck Lukacs.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Enge, James, 1960–

Travelers’ rest / by James Enge.

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