Dust to Dust
By Billy Wong
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A heroic fantasy tale featuring the indestructible female warrior known as the Iron Flower.
Scarred and weary veteran warrior Rose meets the spirit of an ancient hero king, with whom she finds she has more than a little in common.
A short story previously published in Blazing! Adventures Magazine. Takes place after Iron Seeds.
Billy Wong
Billy Wong is an avid fan of heroic fantasy, with a special love for strong female warriors. He draws inspiration from the epic legends of old, and is on a quest to bring over the top deeds and larger than life heroes back to prominence in today's literary world.Billy lives in Coney Island, Brooklyn and as one can see from the picture, works as a ninja.A Chinese ninja.
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Dust to Dust - Billy Wong
Dust to Dust
by Billy Wong
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Rose stepped through the rotting wood gate and frowned at the dust that billowed up around her worn boots. In all the years, she had never seen an inhabited town worse maintained. Buildings in varying stages of decay filled her sight, and she wondered how the locals could frequent them without constant fear of collapse.
Then again, maybe they didn't expect to live much longer anyway. Of those she watched shamble across the fractured cobblestone streets, none appeared under ninety years of age. Their groans, made with the mere effort of dragging their bodies around, punctuated the otherwise silent air. Rose sympathized. Though not half their age, after decades of battle and hardship she felt just as old.
Is this Albern?
she asked a shriveled, hunchbacked woman pushing a cart about which huge flies buzzed. It isn't on any maps, but I heard it was around here.
The woman turned her head slowly towards Rose, a dazed look in her barely open eyes. She blinked a few times, then, without saying a word, averted her gaze and continued walking.
Rose put hands on her big hips and sighed. This was probably Albern, all right. Her luck was too bad for it not to be, unless it was instead some monster-ridden trap waiting to drink her blood. Not that it couldn't be both, of course. Even the weather seemed less than inviting here, if today's gloomy skies represented the norm.
She looked over the mysterious letter written in dirt that had brought her here and frowned. Heroine