A repository of writing by Lachlan Marnoch - short stories, fantasy, science fiction, science fact, and adjacent opinions.
The rowax may be the only remaining species of ape. Muscle-bound, with greyish skin and a coating of red hair, the rowax can stand as tall as six metres. Allied to a fierce and burning curiosity, an intellect ranking high among the beasts of Proesus, and a general lack of inhibition in directing each of these attributes toward the harm of others, one begins to see how the ape may pose a serious danger.
Read MoreLeafshrine is a village built (or rather, grown) into a cluster of erefal trees (Magnum ludicrum). It is fair to say that the villagers build their entire lives around these remarkable plants - which, at over a kilometre tall, are the largest in Proesus, and likely all of Pendant.
Read MoreThis is my last week in the village of Leafshrine, a tiny community of Austia (Teensies explorator) deep in the Erefal Woods. Although I have worked with Austia before, I have never spent so prolonged a period living among them. The Austia, as a civilized species, have endured discrimination from as far back as history goes - owing chiefly, I believe, to their insectoid nature.
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