A Warlock’s Gamble

Short Story | ~3,500 Words | April 2023

From the author of Aevalorn Tales comes a story about freedom and autonomy.

Godwick Emberfoot, a Halfling Warlock enslaved to an Archfae, takes the king’s cousin hostage to learn the whereabouts of the last Gifting Tree—a tree whose fruit grants infinite, perfect knowledge—in the mortal realm. Upon finding the tree, Godwick’s pseudodragon familiar, Greymalken, urges Godwick to destroy it, but instead, Godwick eats the fruit from the tree, risking everything by asking a single gnawing question. And when the universe answers, Godwick's consciousness is pulled into the Faewild, where he must confront his master and the consequences of his actions.

Teeming with dark magic, suspenseful turns, and moral questions, The Warlock’s Gamble presents a world where knowledge comes with a price. Readers of Brandon Sanderson, Travis Baldtree, Patrick Rothfuss, and S. L. Rowland will enjoy this exploration of the soul, a journey that questions what it means to wield power and the lengths one will go for true freedom.

Futility. Magic. Swords and Sorcery. Dramatic.