http://plague.gravesidetales.com/ennoemail@noemail.org (Graveside Tales)Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:22:13 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com14125Renier is a port city that stands as a glorious gem on the edge of the kingdom. The people are justly ruled by their beloved Duke with the assistance of a benevolent wizard and a self-involved priest. Within twenty-four hours everything changes as a small group of strange lepers enter the port and cause a mysterious and deadly illness to rage through the city, killing most of the residents. Violent illness and gruesome death isn?t the end of the horror for the residents of Renier. Not by a long shot, as thousands of dead bodies rise from the cobblestone streets in search of living prey. Sword and sorcery battle against an unstoppable hunger as the few living residents try and escape the walls of an undead nightmare. "Bret Jordan's Plague blends dark fantasy and zombie horror with genuinely chilling results. You won't be disappointed - get hooked on this serial!" ~David Dunwoody, author of Empire "Bret Jordan has created an intriguing medieval world where blood & guts zombie mayhem is delivered with the brutal edge of a sword, not the barrel of a .45. Read it - you'll dig it!" ~Vince Churchill author of The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth & The Blackest Hearthttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gravesidetales/cuKR/~3/8ngdFbkurHc/chapter-4a-marthas-bakery.htmlChapter 4Bret JordanWed, 12 Sep 2007 10:22:13 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220111351511070742.post-972785296423240873"Mind your folk all your days If you don't there are ways To make you suffer and make you pay When the monsters come you cannot slay." ~Children's rhyme The sky darkened and drizzle dampened the...<br/> <br/> Visit Gravesidetales.com<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gravesidetales/cuKR/~4/8ngdFbkurHc" height="1" width="1"/>http://plague.gravesidetales.com/2007/09/chapter-4a-marthas-bakery.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gravesidetales/cuKR/~3/wRt6VnybPAI/chapter-3d-wystia-at-well.htmlChapter 3Bret JordanThu, 06 Sep 2007 15:55:57 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220111351511070742.post-8234761720429511788Wystia moved the wooden bucket to her other hand so she could be near her best friend Lindsy. 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