Tales from the Orc Chasm

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tales from the Orc Chasm</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a collection of short interconnected romances in a cozy fantasy world involving orcs humans halflings and fairies.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Snowed in with the Orc</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fawn has seen countless others try to flirt with the handsome orc tavern keeper Erryc she knows he always turns them down. Unbearably shy she's determined to keep her feelings for her friend to herself even when he comes to her with a dilemma- he needs her to pretend to be his lover to gently dissuade a persistent patron. However a drunken kiss at the Winter Solstice festival might ruin their friendship forever.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Only One Bedroll</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mushrooms halfling-eating monsters and orcs oh my. When Bianca Chanterelle gets lost in the woods she doesn't expect the orc hunter that finds her to be any help getting back to her traveling party but with him finds adventure a secret microbiome a terrifying monster and a budding attraction between them. Tanis son of Dhane the Bloodthirsty shouldn't be so curious about the halfling woman who is utterly unsuited to living in the woods but he can't resist the way his blood calls to her especially when they find themselves hiding in a tent sharing his bedroll. When the rest of the orcish hunting party decides to raid the traveling halfling troupe of actors' camp however a staged kidnapping and a monster intervention may not be enough to make sure everyone gets out of the woods.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What Makes A Firebug Glow?</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The problem isn't that the bounty hunter orc is several times the fairy's stature. It isn't even that he's rude mouthy and makes Nettle scald with only a look- it's that he might just be what she needs to glow again. She only hires the grizzled Silver to help her navigate a treacherous gauntlet but between saving each other's lives and getting thoroughly mixed up in each others' drinks and business they find a way to make it fit.</span></p>