Hardened warriors melt out of the forest of evergreens. Wolves on the hunt. Surrounding Venya on the lonely dirt road. Ready to kill to claim what she carries.

Venya: not just any courier. A clever warrior herself, and skilled in Arts no one ever taught warriors. Arts that might turn the ambush against those warriors.

But those Arts exact a stiff toll.

“Spell Burnt and Sleepless” – an exciting short story of fantasy adventure, full of action and twisted, dangerous magic. By Stefon Mears, author of Twice Against the Dragon, With a Broken Sword, and the Cavan Oltblood novels.