M. B. Weston has posted a short story (1,000 words) about two characters in her next book, The Elysian Chronicles: Out of the Shadows, on Sandy Lender's blog: Today the Dragon Wins.
The story invovles dragons, which Weston is excited to introduce into her Elysian Chronicles series, and she hopes readers will enjoy getting a slight preview of things to come. (Visit M. B. Weston's personal blog, To Elysia and Back Again, for more of her thoughts on this.)
Here is an excerpt from the story:
The Elysian Chronicles: Kinole of the King's Guard
Kinole’s serpentine body soared through the air, and he ignored the raindrops pelting his eyes and sizzling the moment they touched his searing, blue-green scales before evaporating. His heart pounded. Would the other dragons attack him? They were only Tatsu—the smallest of the dragon races, but Kinole was the slightest even of them. He glanced over his shoulder and saw a dragon with deep plum scales gaining on him.
Kinole crashed into a tree trunk and plummeted to the ground. The purple dragon landed on top of him and climbed on his back, digging his claws into Kinole’s shoulder. “Don’t tell a soul what we’re planning, Kinole,” he growled…
To read the story in its entirety, click here to visit Sandy Lender's blog, Today the Dragon Wins.
Fantasy novelist M. B. Weston is the author of The Elysian Chronicles, a fantasy series about guardian angel warfare and treason, which is being adapted into a graphic novel series by Wandering Sage Press, Inc., with Weston penning the script and KISS comic book artist, Adam Black, doing the art. Weston is also the host of The Final Cut, an internet radio talk show about science fiction and fantasy movies on Ad Astra Radio, which can also be heard as a podcast on M. B. Weston's Podcasts site or on iTunes. Weston is a speaker who talks to children, teens, and adults about writing and the world of publishing. For more information on M. B. Weston, visit her personal blog, To Elysia and Back Again, at www.mbwestonblog.com. Find out more about The Elysian Chronicles at www.elysianchronicles.com.