Tag: Day of the Dead Special Volume 1
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Dialogues with the Witch – Issue 6 – Incidental Witches
“I would much rather talk about the magic-using priest,” the woman said, like she could read my mind. “Or, the magic that people use unknowingly and inadvertently, like how your coven operates.” “I’m sorry,” Roy said. I could tell that while he was enjoying the conversation with the woman, he didn’t really believe a word…
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Deads’ Town – Issue 4 – A Grisly Tableau
Lêgba was fully on board when he left Deads’ Town, so much so that he did not insist that Owuo allow any of the Vodun including himself to access it at will. “I fear that unfettered access will harm the integrity of his place,” he said as he stood with Owuo on the grassy hill…
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Death Magic – Issue 3 – The Possibilities of Death Magic
Odomakama Owuo learned that Death Magic requires sacrifice, one that he does not have to pay. Owuo is the only being of the Fonlands and Prime 5 who wields Death Magic at no cost because he has given so much to Death that he bears the name and is its living embodiment. Owuo both is…
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Day of the Dead Special Issue 3, Vol. 1 – November 3, 2024
Thought I Was Dead * * * Thanks so much for joining us this season. We hope you enjoyed getting to know Owuo, the walking death, a little better. And come back soon for the exciting conclusion of the PRL Serials Volume 4! A decade of the best serial fiction has all been leading to…
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Dialogues with the Witch – Issue 5 – Lord Cockroach
“Great,” I said dismissively, “now let’s get back to these demons.” “Y’all don’t want to talk about demons,” the woman said. “You do realize that these so called demons gain power from mortal beings saying their names? It’s how they persist despite the lack of a physical body. And if they get a hold of…
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Deads’ Town – Issue 3 – Lêgba About Town
Neither of them were dead. Both Lêgba and Owuo had stabbed one another, both viciously enough to demonstrate their anger–Owuo’s in response to Lêgba’s who had questioned his creation of Deads’ Town–but not lethally enough to put the other down. And yet they had both fallen on their faces, and Lêgba was unable to move…
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Death Magic – Issue 2 – Wednesday
It has been established that the deads of Deads’ Town are randomly selected from the pool of souls of the beings who perish in universe Prime 5 and the Fonlands who are not instantly pulled to the space beyond. In order to populate Deads’ Town, Owuo established the Wednesday rule. He used his vast powers…
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Day of the Dead Special Issue 2, Vol. 1 – November 1, 2024
Thought I Was Dead * * * Welcome back! We hope that you are enjoying the season. It is unseasonably warm where I am right now, but the leaves are falling and the days are noticeably shorter. Light a candle in honor of someone you love and have lost, then settle in for some entertaining…
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Dialogues with the Witch – Issue 4 – The Necromancing Good Witch
I was surprised to see her. I didn’t expect her to be in the backyard when I made it home that evening. I wasn’t even at home really; after all the flooding from the hurricane, my partner and I left the mountains and stayed at Roy’s house in Rock Hill, SC. Valeria was ecstatic to…
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Deads’ Town – Issue 2 – Duel
The deads of Deads’ Town are randomly selected from the pool of souls of the beings who perish in universe Prime 5 and the Fonlands who are not instantly pulled to the space beyond. Owuo is a Fonlander of great power, and his creation of Deads’ Town was very deliberately done. Its creation angered Lêgba…