Short Stories
These are the short stories (and flash fiction and novellettes) as they were originally written. Some were properly added in to the JAD novels, some weren't, some are canon, some are just brainstorming.
How the Kurach Came to Be
Long ago, things were solitary and chaotic. Then one day, one of the spirits grew tired of being alone.
How the Kurach Came to Walk on Two Feet
Long ago, the Kurach were simple little forest animals. Then one day, one of them sought the help of the faefolk and changed his people forever.
How the Kurach Came to be Human
Long ago, the kurach were simple little shapeshifting forest animals. Then one day, one of them sought the help of the eastfolk and changed his people forever.
How the Kurach Came to Wear Clothes
Long ago, the kurach were simple little naked forest animals. Then one day, they got tired of thorns in their bums.
How the Kurach Migrated Over L'aernth
Long ago, the kurach lived in just one forest. Then one day, they were smitten with wanderlust.
Cabin Boys
Before captaining a ship and peering through telescopes, Morgan and Dawson were running up and down the decks and shrouds together.
Common Love
While taking a stroll one day, Zanzen finds a young huntress stalking a buck, and finds himself wishing he were the prey.
How Zihna Met Dai
After finding a strange beast injured by a rivercat, Zihna is approached by a creature she knows all too well.
Soldiers on the Plains
Travelling to the forest can be dangerous for the Heyen clan since they must pass close by to the human city, Wynfall.
Consulting the Naiad
Nari seeks Danæ the naiad to learn what has become of her exiled daughter after a search does not reveal anything.
Dwarven Encounter
Shortly before Shanku became exiled, she was prone to wandering around in places and meeting things she shouldn't.
Jakko's Debt Repaid
Shanku and Jakko are good friends, but they didn't start out that way! Read how Jakko got off on the wrong foot — er, paw — and gained Shanku's friendship.
Kikeru's Descent
A minocentaur goes from quiet sire to vengeful warlock to destroy those who wronged him, and causes great unrest in the forest.
Fretful Parents
Nari and Zanzen worrying over their lost cub.
The Madman
A letter Shanku wrote to Dai and Zihna.
Pirate Raid
The Brelland Seacat targets a familiar vessel.
Danger at Sea
The pirates aboard the Brelland Seacat start to get a little too relaxed with their new kurach shipmate.
Training
Shanku struggles to focus during a sparring match.
Dining with Dwarves
Students in a dining hall tell of their mistakes.
Card Reader
On her way to find the elusive northern kurach, Shanku scares off a bandit and his would be victim expresses her gratitude.
The Calling Mountain Winds
A peasant living in a quiet village near the mountains has his life turned upside down the day his mother is believed to be possessed by a water demon.
Poacher
Rhett takes it upon himself to dutifully watch over the hunters in the Nyre to prevent another incident like the Port's Plague.
Turai's Return
After fifteen years Turai decides he wants to go back to the Nyre.
Hilael and Third Child
Muso has taken it upon himself to protect his older brother.
Musings
Hilael's pleasant spring afternoon is interrupted by a mischievous Shanku.
Wandering Nuisance
Niranjan must oversee the cubs sent out on the Foterutu, and one in particular is giving him fits.
Post-Industrial Revolution
Originally, JAD was set in a post-industrial revolution society, and we met Shanku when she was in college.
Wynfall High
A multi-national agreement states that all intelligent species must attend common high schools. The Sylvan kurach are usually sent to Wynfall.
Silver Rock Bar & Grille
What became of the original cast since 2007? Well, thirteen years later...
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