David Osborn is one of the many Watchers, of West Minter, keeping an eye to the the Outside, making sure than no threat come hither from beyond the walls of the city. And he is often treated to quite a sight, as he go about his duty...
Through the framing device of a support group for Malyenkiye (Tinies), we navigate several short stories set amidst the dismantling of the former Soviet State apparatus and the rise of Russian hypercapitalism and religious fundamentalism in St. Petersburg during the summer of 1999. Most of the members were born tiny. Faeries, pixies, sprites, domovoi, borrowers, leprechauns, and other little people. But the newest addition to the group was shrunk and is now trying to adjust to their new life. Features a large and diverse ensemble cast in an urban fantasy historical fiction multisize melodrama.
An ancient wizard has gathered the single greatest adventuring party ever to be seen on the continent of Xzar. Together they seek to rid the multiverse of the single most terrible force of darkness in all of the nine hells. Many are confident of their imminent success, through careful planning and sheer determination. However, Wulburt the Addled knows only too well the cost of overconfidence. Can there truly exist a horror so potent that twelve of the material plane's strongest heroes cannot overwhelm it? It's time to find out... Roll for initiative.
A human and a vampire meet in the dead of night. Only one will live to see the next day.
But before that, the predator will have her fun...