2025/012: Someone You Can Build a Nest In — John Wiswell

2025/012: Someone You Can Build a Nest In — John Wiswell

...if her biting off a bunch of people’s heads was how Homily learned her identity, it would probably stifle their relationship. Romance was awful. She couldn’t even do something as simple as murdering rude people anymore. [p. 69]

Shesheshen, an amorphous shapeshifting creature, lives in the cellar of a ruined mansion. She is woken by the latest set of monster hunters, who are keen to slay the Wyrm of Underlook (Shesheshen, apparently) who has cursed an entire family. Poisoned by a rosemary-anointed arrow, Shesheshen flees ... and is rescued by Homily( Read more... )